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Maybe too obvious, but... #8883 10/31/08 04:41 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA Don Gaynor OP Veteran
OP Don Gaynor Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA	The way I keep my new BIAB songs and 'work in progress' at the top of my song picker list is to use an underscore "_" before the title. That causes the songs to stay at the top of the list (ASCII sorted). Any character in the row above the QWERTY keys will do the same thing. Its just a little time-saver. Donny SoundClick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1209254&content=music SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donald-gaynor BIAB 2021 w/current updates.

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... Don Gaynor #8884 10/31/08 05:06 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t... WienSam Veteran
WienSam Veteran Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t...	Great idea, Don. But what happens when you are working on half a dozen songs and they all have underscores? Follow That Dream Sam Karaoke King -------------------- Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... WienSam #8885 10/31/08 05:21 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 888 Ottawa ON Canada PapaMikie Expert
PapaMikie Expert Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 888 Ottawa ON Canada	That half dozen song stay at the top of the list sorted by name. Still not bad to have a half dozen songs to browse through. PM

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... WienSam #8886 10/31/08 05:30 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA Don Gaynor OP Veteran
OP Don Gaynor Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA	Sam, The ASCII sort would simply move right and sort on the first character of the song title. I don't mean to name the song "_" but "_samssong1.mgu" etc. It will keep it toward the top of your song picker list. You should be able to find your 'work in progress' easier. Of course, you would want to rename it Sams Song 1 when it is finalis(z)ed. Its just a trick to keep selected songs on top of the list. Donny SoundClick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1209254&content=music SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donald-gaynor BIAB 2021 w/current updates.

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... Don Gaynor #8887 10/31/08 10:29 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t... WienSam Veteran
WienSam Veteran Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t...	Follow That Dream Sam Karaoke King -------------------- Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... WienSam #8888 11/09/08 06:34 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA Don Gaynor OP Veteran
OP Don Gaynor Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA	Those who use BIAB for live gigs can use this scheme to separate sets, ie: Songs in set 1 start with "_"; set 2 songs start with "^"; etc. Your songs will remain grouped and alpha-sorted regardless of the title. Donny SoundClick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1209254&content=music SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donald-gaynor BIAB 2021 w/current updates.

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... Don Gaynor #8889 11/14/08 05:44 AM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA MikeK Veteran
MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	Here's how I name my projects: - 001 - projectname-date_last_worked - 002 - projectname-date_last_worked etc ... Works well for me. Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... MikeK #8890 11/14/08 08:14 AM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t... WienSam Veteran
WienSam Veteran Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t...	It is better to write the date in reverse order - i.e. 14th November 2008 is written as 081114. That way they remain in a logical sortable order with the oldest first and the newest last. I learnt this at uni with all the mountains of notes I took in my various classes. My big file once fell apart in the first few weeks - it was a total nightmare. Then I worked out this system. The file could fall apart now but I would still be able to put it back in the right order without having to do anything other than look at the number on the top right corner. Those of you who are / know students, please pass on this little tip Follow That Dream Sam Karaoke King -------------------- Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... WienSam #8891 11/14/08 09:55 AM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA MikeK Veteran
MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	I go through this routine with the date last worked: - 001 - MIDNIGHT_20081112 Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... MikeK #8892 11/14/08 05:16 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t... WienSam Veteran
WienSam Veteran Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,900 A corner of Vienna, Austria, t...	Genau! Ganz genau! Super! Roughly translated: right on! Follow That Dream Sam Karaoke King -------------------- Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... WienSam #8893 11/14/08 07:26 PM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA Don Gaynor OP Veteran
OP Don Gaynor Veteran Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 8,987 Oklahoma, USA	At least I got you blokes to thinking. Donny SoundClick: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1209254&content=music SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/donald-gaynor BIAB 2021 w/current updates.

Re: Maybe too obvious, but... Don Gaynor #8894 11/17/08 07:49 AM Post your own Tips and Tricks here
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA MikeK Veteran
MikeK Veteran Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,610 Buford, GA	Quote: At least I got you blokes to thinking. Naw ... just expressing what we're ALREADY doing. LOL! Cheers, Mike Cheers, Mike My Music * Asus ROG Strix G15CF 32 GB DDR4 4TB HDD + 1 TB SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB Win 11 AKAI EIE PRO Sound Interface. BIAB/RB 2024 UltraPak Build - Latest

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