It is important you have a high grade sound card on any machine you use
for collecting music, be it from CD or dubbing from some earlier format.
Using any 'On Board Sound Card' is dangerous and you can actually hear
the difference.
I have been building a library of music stored on Rivendell over the
past 17 years, primarily sourced from CD, some recorded as wav from 78,
45, and LP, some from cassette, and a few mp3's when nothing else is
available.
I set someone up with a Rivendell installation and he carted a few
thousand tracks which I copied into my system.
I was loaned a large CD collection for a few weeks which I was able to
load in, and then spent months curating.
I have been fortunate to have various people share their CD collection
with me. Usually because they want to hear that genre of music played on
the station.
But the bulk of the collection has been sourced by haunting the bargain
bins of various retailers. Amazing what you can get for $1.99 !
I usually load 1 or 2 CD's each day which is a manageable number of
tracks to assign to a GROUP and to give Scheduler Codes.
My library provides 3 formats, obviously with a lot of crossover, and
contains a little over 40,000 cuts.
I am not sure how many CD's I have, but a lot just didn't make it.
Before you start you need a plan, and here is mine.
I assigned cart numbers 10,000 - 99,999 to MUSIC and the same numbers to
CD. I have a group FROMMP3 which takes numbers from 40,000-99,999 and a
group IMPORT which takes numbers 80,000 - 99,999.
Inevitably I find I have 2 or 3 or more versions of a song and the
source helps me cull.
BUT
I share a focus on the 'original' version of a song which may be hard to
find because many compilation CD's have re recordings of the tune with
as few as 1 of the original group members. American pressings were
copied in other countries and re mastered. Releases in the UK and US may
be from different takes, or sessions, and the Album track may differ
from the Single. Some CD's have been remastered using compression which
ruins the original. Occasionally someone goes back to the original multi
track and tries to do a better job. Same song, different key. Same song
different replay speed. Never be surprised. Out of phase stereo. Muddy
Mono Mixes.
Radio Listeners tend to notice these discrepancies.
I check every track that goes in to the system. Even 'Big Name' CD's
have flaws in them that show up when you are ripping them. The naming
database(s) are unreliable. Trust nothing.
A lot of Compilations have 'enhanced' tracks that are just rubbish.
I set the replay level and the open and close cue points. You only have
to do it once.
I have 4 main groups and some other groups like LIVE and ROCK and I
daypart with scheduler codes. The music scheduler works as well as any
of the big $'s ones if you plan, and you can always change things.
BACKUP
I back up /var/snd AND MySQL daily in 3 places, with another monthly
archive making 4. I have used the backup once.
Creating a music library for a station(s) is a labour of love. You need
to pay attention to the music, the mechanical quality, and the replay
parameters.
It takes time, and there is no short way.
The job satisfaction: priceless!
regards
Robert Jeffares
On 28/04/17 11:51, James Greenlee wrote:
What are some good methods/strategies for building a music library on
Rivendell? Starting from scratch...This looks pretty daunting.
Thanks,
James
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