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1. 39 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation Music MAN READ ME e In the Selected Source pane click shift click or apple click to select the items When an item is selected in the Music Source pane the tracks in the selected source s are displayed in the Track List pane e Inthe Track List pane click shift click or apple click to select the tracks To select Tracks using the Drag and Drop e Go to the Finder e In the Finder click shift click or apple click to select tracks e Drag the tracks from the Finder to the Selected Music source pane How to Clip Music Man will make a clip in the following formats OGG WAV MP2 MP3 M4R iPhone Ringtone M4A M4B AAC or WMA To Clip 1 Click the Clip tab 2 Navigate to the track you want to make a clip for and click on it For further information see How to Navigate above In the Track List Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the clip 4 Using the fields to the right of the track title or using the sliders below the track modify the clip parameters e Start select when in the track to start the clip e g A start time of 0 will start the clip beginning of the track e Length select how many seconds long to make the clip e g A length of 30 creates a 30 second clip e Fade In select how many seconds of fade in e g A Fade In of 1 creates a 1 second fade in at the beginning of the clip
2. The Selected Source Pane When you select a Music Source Music Man will display all the sources of that kind in the Selected Source pane For example if you selected Play List all your Play Lists will be displayed Use the Selected Source Pane to select the tracks to display in the Track List The Track List Pane The Track list displays the tracks you can work with Click shift click or apple click to select the tracks The Album Art Image Pane When you select a Track Music Man displays the Album Art for that track in the Album Art Image pane You must select a track to view Album Art If you select multiple tracks the Album Art from the first track that was selected will be displayed 36 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME To view Album Art e Select a track e Click the k or gt buttons to display the images To Change Album Art e Select a track e Click the lt or gt buttons to display the image that you want to change e Choose the image type from the popup menu above the image e Drag anew image over top the old image and drop the new image to make the change To Add Album Art e Select a track e Click the button e Choose the image type from the popup menu above the image e Click the lt or gt buttons to display the image that you want To Delete Album Art e Select a track e Click the lt or gt b
3. With a Play List you can e play your play lists e convert the contents to other digital music formats e burn them to media e and add them to Play List Groups e g Make a Play List of your favorite inspirational music When you re suffering from a lull play the play list To create a new Play List e Click the button below the Play Lists pane A Save Dialog will appear e Name the Play List and click the Save button To delete a Play List e In the Play Lists pane click on the Play List to select it e Click the button below the Play Lists pane To hide a Play List in the Play Lists Pane e In the Play Lists pane click on the Play List to select it e Click the Hide button below the Play Lists pane To unhide a Play List go to the Playlists tab in the Preferences To display the contents of a Play List e In the Play List pane click on the Play List to select it e The contents of the Play List Group will be displayed in the Selected Play List Pane to the right To Select a Play List e In the Play List Pane click on the Play List to select it How to Modify a Play List To add a File or folder to a Play List e Inthe Play Lists pane click on the Play List to which you want to add the item e In the Library Pane or in the Finder locate the file folder you want to add To navigate click on the disclosure triangles As you navigate you can go 12 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyri
4. 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME quality Then you don t need to convert them every time you want to burn them but you will have 2 copies of the same song on your hard disk one at each of the two quality levels 35 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Tag Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores Music Source Ubrary Mt J May Lists gt Joan Baez Play List Groups P John Denver Flash Media Pjohn Lenin YJohnny Clegg amp Juluka Scatterlings 02 Kwela Man m4a __ Lester Flatt amp Earl Scruggs hn hn hn S nre Year Track Thie Ce 2 10 Kwela Man World 1982 Cover trono Decry lofi lt gt G C Ea Johney Clegg amp Juluka Scattertings see Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 8 Tag Task The Tag tab allows you to easily manage the meta data for your tracks and is divided into 5 main areas the Music Source list the Selected Source pane the Track list the Album Art Image pane and the Buttons How to use each area is described below You can tag tracks from anywhere The Tag Pane Interface The Music Source list Displays all track sources e Library e Play Lists e Play List Groups e Flash Media such as USB thumb drives or compact flash memory that you have connected to your computer
5. Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To M4A Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button To convert music files to M4B format 1 2 3 Click the Convert tab Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To M4B Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button To convert music files to MP2 format 1 2 Click the Convert tab Use the Convert gt Advanced Settings menu item to configure the Quality Remember that the better the quality you choose the larger the file will be on your hard disk Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To MP2 Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button To convert music files to MP3 format To use this feature you need to install the LAME component For further information refer to the Appendix B Open Source Components section of this document Click the Convert tab Use the Convert gt Advanced Settings menu item to configure the Quality Remember that the
6. e Fade Out select how many seconds of fade out e g A Fade out of 1 creates a 1 second fade out at the end of the clip e Volume select how much to increase or decrease the volume from the original e g A volume of 0 0 will leave the volume set to the original volume of the track 5 Click the play button gt to test the clip If required use the sliders below to adjust the parameters 6 Click the Clip menu and choose the format to which you want to clip To make an iPhone Ringtone 1 Click the Clip tab 2 Navigate to the track you want to make a ringtone for and click on it For further information see How to Navigate above In the Track List Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the clip 4 Using the fields to the right of the track title or using the sliders below the track modify the clip parameters 40 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME e Start select when in the track to start the clip e g A start time of 0 will start the clip beginning of the track e Length select how many seconds long to make the clip e g A length of 30 creates a 30 second clip To make an iPhone Ringtone make sure the total duration of the clip is 30 seconds or less e Fade In select how many seconds of fade in e g A Fade In of 1 creates a 1 second fade in at the beginning of the clip e Fade Out select how many seconds
7. e Optical Media such a CDs or DVDs that you have inserted into your computer e Flash Media such as USB thumb drives or compact flash memory that you have connected to your computer e Any file or folder on your computer using Drag and Drop To use a Music Source If you prefer to use your Library Play Lists or Play List Groups Optical Media or Flash Media you can use the Music Source List To select Tracks using the Music Source List e Inthe Music Source list click on the music source name e Navigate to where you want to start playing from To use the Drag and Drop To select Tracks using the Drag and Drop e Go to the Finder e In the Finder click shift click or apple click to select the items that you want to play 15 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME e Drag the items that you want to play from the Finder to the Selected Music source pane The Selected Source Pane When you select a Music Source Music Man will displays all the sources of that kind in the Selected Source pane For example if you selected Play List all your Play Lists will be displayed To select a Source e In the Selected Source pane click shift click or apple click to select the items that you want to play When an item is selected in the Music Source pane either manually or automatically Music Man will find all the tracks in the selected source s and display th
8. Advanced Rip Settings section of this document 6 If required edit the track information For further information see the How To Edit Track Information section of this document 7 If required edit the clip information only if you re making a clip For further information see the How To Edit Clip Information section of this document 8 To rip just some Tracks select that track shift or apple click to select multiple tracks click the Rip drop down menu and select the menu item titled Selected To format To rip the entire CD click the Rip drop down menu and select the menu item titled All To format 9 Select the folder where the ripped files should be stored and click the Save button We recommend you save in your Music Folder home gt music 19 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Advanced Rip Settings The Rip gt Advanced Settings menu item allows you to configure the rip quality and the ripped file name format You may alter these setting at any time prior to ripping You only need to alter them once You can use Advanced Settings to adjust the rip quality configure the automatic creation of Artist and Album sub folders and configure the format of the file name that will be used when CD tracks are ripped The settings available depends on which audio format you are ripping to MP OGG AAC or WMA You can also configure autom
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10. oe Coy The Mireth Technology Corporation Ail rights reserved Figure 4 Rip Task The Rip tab allows you to easily rip your Audio CD tracks to your hard disk one track at a time or the entire CD The Rip Pane Interface The Music Source list When you want to rip an Audio CD you need to select the mounted CD While most Macintosh computers only have a single optical drive CD Drive it is possible to have multiple optical drives and thus multiple mounted CDs You can rip music from any CD that you have inserted into your computer To select a Music Source click on the CD name in the Music Source List The Track List pane This pane displays all the songs on the selected media source To select tracks click shift click or Apple click the desired tracks e You can edit any of the Track Title Genre or Date fields prior to ripping e Ifyou have enabled automatic MP3 Clip ripping Rip gt Advanced Settings Automatically Create MP3 Clips you can specify a customized Clip Start CS and Clip Length CL to override the default values on a per track basis If you leave the CS and CL fields blank the Advanced Settings values will apply Eject Button Use this button to eject the selected CD FreeDB Popup Menu Use this menu to select an alternate album if FreeDB returned more than one possible choice for the CD You can disable FreeDB access in the Music Man preferences 18 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Co
11. Button to chose the folder to rip the tracks to Then press the Save button 6 If required edit the track information For further information see the How To Edit Track Information when ripping section of this document 7 If required edit the clip information only if you re making a clip For further information see the How To Edit Clip Information section of this document 8 To rip just some Tracks select that track shift or apple click to select multiple tracks click the Multi Rip drop down menu and select the menu item titled Selected To Multiple formats To rip the entire CD click the Multi Rip drop down menu and select the menu item titled All To Multiple formats 22 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Convert Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores gt Broadway Babylon mp3 Empty Chairs mp3 Everybody Loves me baby mp3 Sister Fatima mp3 The Grave mp3 Till Tomorrow mp3 Vincent mp3 Winterwood mp3 lakaan Albius Copyright 2092 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 5 Convert Task The Convert tab allows you to easily convert your tracks and is divided into 4 main areas the Music Source list the Selected Sources pane and the Convert menu How to use each area is described below The Convert Pane Interface The Music Source list You can convert tra
12. CD is the way you want it Once the CD is correct then burn the final project toa CD R You can then erase the CD RW and use it again as a master for your next project 29 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME To burn a Music CD DVD Use this procedure to burn unconverted music files MP3 WMA Ogg toa CD or DVD When recording with digital music format you can get approximately 10 hours of music on a CD and 50 hours on a single layer DVD 1 Click the Burn tab 2 Click the Music Source that you want to burn from 3 Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to burn from 4 Click the Music Format popup and select the item titled Burn Music CD DVD Click the Burn button To burn a DVD Audio Use this procedure to burn DVD Audio music tracks to a DVD R DVD R or a DVD RW When recording with DVD Audio music format you can get approximately 2 hours of music on a DVD 1 Click the Burn tab 2 Click the Music Source that you want to burn from 3 Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to burn from 4 Click the Music Format popup and select the item titled Burn DVD Audio Click the Burn button Some things to watch out for with Audio CD e Music Man is not intended for studio or professional DVD Audio productio
13. The Music Store list When you want to quickly access an online music store you need to know its web site address You can keep the web site address of your favorite music stores in the Music Store list The Text Fields There are 2 text fields e Store name use this field to enter or change the name of the store e Store web address use this field to enter or change the web address URL of the store The Buttons There are 5 buttons e use this button to add a new store name and web address to the Music Store list e use this button to delete the selected store name and web address to the Music Store list e gt use this button to go to the selected store using your default web browser e Update use this button to change the selected store name or web address e Factory Defaults use this button to reset the Music Store list to the original values Any changes you have made to the list will be lost 42 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Working with Music Stores With Music Man you can go to many different music stores We suggest that for ease of use you purchase music in the industry standard MP3 or Ogg Vorbis open standard formats To purchase music Use this procedure to visit a music store and purchase music 1 Click the Music Stores tab 2 Click the name of the Music Store that you want to visit 3 Click the gt
14. Windows Media Component for Quicktime http www microsoft com windows windowsmedia player wmcomponents mspx To enable MP3 conversion features in Music Man install the open source LAME MP3 software If you are connected to the Internet Music Man can automatically get this software for you For further information refer to the Appendix B Open Source Components section of this document To use Music Man with an iRiver Flash player device install the UMS firmware for the specific iRiver product available at http iriver com htm1 support download sudw_list asp If your Mac doesn t meet the system requirements you can download the previous version from our download page at http http mireth com download The previous version e Works on Power PC G3 G4 G5 Macs running OS X 10 2 or later e Works on Intel Macs running OS X 10 4 e Requires Quicktime 6 0 or later Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Installing Uninstalling Music Man How to Install Music Man 1 2 Drag the Music Man folder to wherever you keep application software Double click the Music Man icon The Registration dialog will appear when you launch the program displaying four buttons Quit to quit the program click the Quit button Run Demo Downloaded version only For further information refer to the Appendix A About the Demo section of th
15. better the quality you choose the larger the file will be on your hard disk Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To MP3 25 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation 6 MUSIC MAN READ ME Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button To convert music files to OGG format 1 2 Click the Convert tab Use the Convert gt Advanced Settings menu item to configure the Quality Remember that the better the quality you choose the larger the file will be on your hard disk Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To OGG Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button To convert music files to WAV format 1 2 3 Click the Convert tab Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To WAV Select the folder where t
16. button To delete a music store Use this procedure to delete a music store that you don t plan to use 1 Click the Music Stores tab 2 Click the name of the Music Store that you want to delete 3 Click the button To add a music store Use this procedure to add a music store that you plan to use 1 Click the Music Stores tab 2 Click the button 3 Click the store named New Music Store Name 4 In the Music Store Name text field change the name of the store to whatever name you want to use In the Music Store Web Address text field enter the address of the music store Click the Update button a To reset the music stores to defaults Use this procedure to reset the music store list to the original items Any items that you have added will be lost 1 Torun Music Man double click the Music Man icon 2 Click the Music Stores tab 3 Click the Factory Defaults button 43 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Help Troubleshooting Guide If you have a problem with the software please do the following e Refer to the Known Problems section of this document for the latest information on existing problems e Check our site for answers to your question http mireth com e If your question is not answered please contact Product Support at support mireth com Please include the following information e Problem descript
17. disk and burn it the disk will be unusable If you limit your DVDs slightly less than these maximums you shouldn t have a problem e To save money and time it s a good idea to test with a CD RW or DVD RW to make sure the music fits and that the CD or DVD is the way you want it Once the CD or DVD is correct then burn the final project to a CD R or DVD R You can then erase the CD RW or DVD RW and use it again as a master for your next project To burn an Audio CD Use this procedure to burn Audio CD music tracks to a CD R or a CD RW When recording with Audio CD music format you can get approximately 80 minutes of music ona CD 1 Click the Burn tab 2 Click the Music Source that you want to burn from 3 Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to burn from 4 Click the Music Format popup and select the item titled Burn Audio CD Click the Burn button Some things to watch out for with Audio CD e A CDis limited to around 80 minutes of music and 99 tracks It s not 100 accurate because there is some overhead and the conversion from compressed music to uncompressed music results in an unknown space requirement If you put too much music on a disk and burn it the disk will be unusable If you limit your CDs to 60 minutes or less you shouldn t have a problem e To save money and time it s a good idea to test with a CD RW to make sure the music fits and that the
18. fade in at the beginning of the clip Fade Out select how many seconds of fade out e g A Fade out of 1 creates a 1 second fade out at the end of the clip e Compress using background tasks Max Simultaneous tasks Check this box to enable background compression using multiple tasks This option will speed the process of Ripping but may slow down your computer for other tasks By default the Max simultaneous tasks will be equal to the number of processing cores in your computer but you can adjust it to any value that you like Your computer may become un responsive if you allow too many simultaneous tasks If you are not sure what to choose do not modify this value e Cache folder Select the folder where you want Music Man to store temporary files that are needed to compress using background tasks The default is in your home folder in Library in Caches in com mireth musicman3 ripcache How To Edit Track Information when ripping When you insert an Audio CD Music Man will look up the CD title and artist as well as the track title and other information This can be disabled in the preferences You can edit the information returned from FreeDB before you rip Sometimes FreeDB will return more than one possible CD Title and Artist You can pick the one you want using the FreeDB PopUp Menu or you can edit the information in the FreeDB Album information fields e To edit the Album information highlight the information in the Artist or
19. freedb freedb org Refresh Click this button to refresh the host list Music Man will ask your default freedb host to provide an updated list of hosts The default is freedb freedb org 3 Once you have changed the default settings click the Save button the save the settings e To revert to the last saved default settings click the Revert button e To revert to the factory set default settings click the Default Settings button How to configure Music Man as your default music application Your default music application is the one that is launched to play an audio file when you double click the audio file By default iTunes is your default music application but you can change that to Music Man if you prefer If you change your default to Music Man and want to use iTunes just launch iTunes to play an audio file instead of double clicking the audio file To make Music man your default music application do the following To use Music Man as the default music application when a CD is inserted 1 Open the System Preferences 2 Select CDs amp DVDs 3 Click the When you insert a Music CD pop up menu and select Music Man To use Music Man as the default music application when a Music file type MP3 OGG etc is double clicked 1 In the Finder single click a music file File gt Get Info Disclose the gt Open With area From the pop up select Music Man Click the Change All button OV
20. from one Audio format to another Convert To Convert From AAC M4A M4B MP2 MP3 Ogg WAV WMA AAC v v v v v v v AIFF v v v v v v v v Apple Lossless v v v v v v v v Audio CD v v v v v v v v FLAC v v v v v v v v M4A v v v v v v v M4B v v v v v v v Midi mid kar v v v v v v v MP2 MP3 v v v v v v v Ogg v v v v v v v WAV v v v v v v v WMA v v v v v v v unprotected only To convert to Audio CD use the Burn tab The Advanced Settings menu item allows you to configure the convert quality You may alter these setting at any time prior to converting You only need to alter them once To convert music files to AAC format 1 Click the Convert tab 2 Click the Music Source that you want to convert from 3 Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from 4 Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To AAC 24 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation 5 MUSIC MAN READ ME Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button To convert music files to M4A format 1 2 3 Click the Convert tab Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from
21. ite D289 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation Music MAN READ ME The Music Man Interface Figure 1 Music Man Tasks Music Man uses a task based interface where each task is represented by a tab across the top of the Music Man window Click the tab that corresponds to the task you want to perform The tasks are Organize organize your music in to Play Lists and Play Lists in to Play List groups for burning Play Play Audio CDs music files from your Mac from CD from DVD or directly from flash media Rip Rip files from CD Convert Convert music from one format to another Burn Burn file to Audio CD MP3 CD MP3 DVD DVD Audio Flash Write music to flash memory Tags Edit meta data tags in music files Clip Create short clips of music files or iPhone ringtone compatible MAR files Music Store buy music from Music Stores The interface for each task and how to use it are described in the following sections Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Organize Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores Fast Slow Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 2 Organize Task The Organize tab allows you to quickly organize your music and is divided into 4 main areas e the Library pane e the Play Li
22. left alone e g Your Flash media has a song called Stairway to Iowa on it You now have a new version of Stairway to Iowa To replace the existing version with the new version when you write tick the Replace existing files tick box 33 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Don t put music in folders By default Music Man will put each play list in a folder Some older flash players will not find music in folders To support one of these older players check this option so that play lists will not be enclosed in folders when you burn Copy non MP3 files to MP3 using the default conversion quality By default Music Man will just copy your music files to flash no matter what format they are in Check this option to convert all files to the MP3 format as they are being copied Your original files on your hard disk will not be changed Copy all files to MP3 using the quality selected here Music files on your hard disk are usually stored using CD quality or higher Asa result they are large and you can only copy about 1 hour of music for each 64mb of storage space To get more music on the Flash Media select this options The music will be written to the flash media at a lower quality thus allowing more music to fit on the media This option only affects the quality of the target music burned to the Flash Media It does not alter the quality of the source files
23. of fade out e g A Fade out of 1 creates a 1 second fade out at the end of the clip e Volume select how much to increase or decrease the volume from the original e g A volume of 0 0 will leave the volume set to the original volume of the track 5 Click the play button gt to test the ringtone If required use the sliders below to adjust the parameters 6 Click the Clip menu and choose Clip to M4R Once you have the MAR file you can drag it into the Ringtone section of iTunes and it will be synchronized with your iPhone 41 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Music Stores Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores Free Music Archive Factory Defaults eM use The music purchased at our recommended music earBuzz stores is delivered in an open format like OGG and Independent Music Online MP3 that provides you with your full fair use rights Classics Online Please support these stores whenever possible Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 10 Music Stores Task The Music Stores tab allows you to quickly purchase new tracks from online stores that deliver music in unprotected non DRM format It is divided into 3 main areas the Music Store list the Buttons and the Text Fields How to use each area is described below The Music Store Pane Interface
24. on your computer i AM Radio Around 4 hours of music per 64mb flash card ii FM Radio Around 2 hours of music per 64mb flash card iii CD Quality Around 1 hour of music per 64mb flash card Mono Sometimes it is desirable to copy music files as mono so that you can listen to music using only 1 earpiece This allows you to carry on a conversation while listening to music or share your headphones with a second person To use this feature with MP3 you need to install the LAME component For further information refer to the Configuring the Preferences section of this document 5 Click the Write button Some things to watch out for Flash media tend to be limited in size To get a lot more music on the media use the Quality Slider on the Write Setup Panel e g If you write at CD quality you can get around 1 hour of music on a 64mb flash memory If your write at AM Radio quality you can get 4 hours of music on the same media This will NOT change the quality of the original files on your hard disk You can write additional tracks to the same media without reformatting it Music Man will keep writing files until the media is full Conversion to lower quality is slow on some computers If you want to use these converted files multiple times you may want to copy them back to your hard disk from the flash media and create a new play list for the files converted to a lower 34 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright
25. optical and flash media using Drag and Drop To use a Music Source Using the Music Source List you can burn from your Library Play Lists or Play List Groups To select Music using the Music Source List e Inthe Music Source list click on the music source name To use the Drag and Drop To select Music using the Drag and Drop e Go to the Finder e In the Finder click shift click or option click to select the items that you want to play e Drag the items that you want to play from the Finder to the Selected Music source pane The Selected Music Source Pane When you select a Music Source Music Man displays all the music sources of that kind in the Selected Music Source pane For example you could have several Play Lists or Play List Groups If you drop several files and folders using Drag and Drop they will be displayed in the Selected Music Source pane 27 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME To select music e Inthe selected Music Source pane click shift click or apple click to select the items that you want to burn The Erase Button Use this button to erase a re writable CD or DVD CD RW DVD RW The Burn Format Menu Use this menu to select the format that you want to burn You can burn your selected tracks to e Music DVD or CD the selected tracks will be burned without modification e MP3 CD or DVD the selected tracks that are no
26. will display all your Play Lists The ones that have been added to the selected Play List Group will be checked To delete a Play List from a Play List Group e Inthe Play List Groups pane click on the Play List Group from which you want to delete a Play List e In the Play Lists pane uncheck the checkbox to the left of the Play List to deselect it 14 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Play Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores susie Source 00116 Soggy Bottom Boys feat Dan Tyminski _ Am A Man Of Ubrary 01 What Wid Ye Do CLP MP3 Play Lists 01 What Wid Ye Do MP3 Play List Groups O1SDixie Chicks You Can t Hurry Love Runaway Bride Sound Optical Media 02 Nights In White Satin wav Fash Media 024Elvis Presley A Little Less Conversation mp3 04 1Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love mp3 gt unknown C ore ess Jc E Wo Jay E Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 3 Play Task The Play tab allows you to easily find and play your tracks and is divided into 5 main areas the Music Source list the Selected Source pane the Track Player List pane and the Player Buttons How to use each area is described below How to Select Tracks The Music Source list With Music Man you can play tracks from any of these places e Library e Play Lists e Play List Groups
27. Album name field and edit it e To edit the track information highlight the information in the field for that track Track Number Title Genre Date and edit it How To Edit Clip Information when ripping When you rip a track Music Man can automatically make a clip You can specify the Clip Start CS point and the Clip Length CL for the clip that you want to create To specify other clip settings use the CLP MP3 Tab of the Advanced Settings under the Rip Menu Rip tab gt Rip pop up menu gt Advanced Settings gt CLP MP3 tab 21 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME How to use the Multi Rip feature You can use Music Man to rip Audio CDs to more than one format at the same time To rip to MP3 you need to install the LAME component For further information refer to the Appendix B Open Source Components section of this document 1 Insert a CD into the CD drive It will automatically begin playing this behavior can be changed in the Music Man preferences 2 Click the Play tab and then click the Stop button You can t rip a CD while the CD is playing Click the Rip tab 4 Select the CD in the Music Source tab If required use the Multi Rip gt Advanced Settings to configure which formats to rip to and which folder to put the ripped tracks in Format Tick Box Tick which formats you want to rip to Folder Set Button Use the Set
28. In the Scroll slider slide the control to the left or right to change the speed To export the selected playlist to M3U format e Click the Export M3U button If you want Music Man to shuffle the M3U Playlist check the Shuffle checkbox prior to clicking the Export M3U button Some things to watch out for e If you move your music files on your hard disk then Music Man will not find them since it uses absolute path names In this case you will need to navigate to the new location and add them back in to your Play List All the Play Lists that you have created will need to be fixed Try to avoid moving the files if at all possible e Ifyou change a play list that was imported from iTunes your changes will be lost next time Music Man synchronizes with iTunes If you want to preserve your changes to an iTunes play list in Music Man simply rename the play list to anew name Doing so will convert that play list to a standard Music Man play list 11 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Play Lists A Play List is essentially a file on your hard disk that contains the names of the music files in the list When you burn to physical media the layout will be created on the media item CD DVD or Flash Media and your files will still be in the original location on your hard disk Creating a Play List makes it easy to work with a group of songs instead of one song at a time
29. Music MAN READ ME Music MAN READ ME WWW MIRETH COM SUPPORT MIRETH COM THE RIGHT SOFTWARE FOR THE JOB Table of Contents About MUSIC Man ccecccecececececececesececeseceneseseseeensececececesececesecesececeseeasecess 3 Systemy REG UNITS EC TES sa sececsass scenes saan svesanss ne vasoiiecekaandaademei saaunananetaposieuntonadenisasaeceensaaian 4 Installing Uninstalling MUSIC Man cceceecseceeseceececnececeeceeccesceecsecesasensans 5 How to Install Music Matter ccciccesceseieeisssoessetecensvasensdeseveosdeei vineccssiezsosvsestecsaussarsaesesecivecs 5 How to uninstall Music Man ui ceccssssccccccesesssccceccccscsssesseceeceesenssaeseeceesesssaeeesseseenss 5 How to upgrade M sic M1 ati csicsicsccscsncscencttiosevestesnlennticecatevttnciecisteresivietenbeentimicenaask 6 Configuring the Preferences ss ssessessesissestissiesseertrstesstertrssrenstereessrensteneesnrensterets 6 How to configure Music Man as your default music application cccceeee 8 The Music Man Interface cccccececececececececececececeseceneseeeseecesecececececececeseaeas 9 Organi2e posso Se erene EE E EENE EEr EEr EI EEE EEE OEE AE EES 10 The Organize Interlace menea E aE E E E AR Ree 10 Play Lists eoon a NE E A 12 Play Tist Se seca token creases eroi entree tiiat edie raini eiieeii iii 13 Play seed vevedesedvedss o ecarri aE EES E S A E ERA EEE a SEE REEE EN 15 How to Select Trackside a a a ad a e a akar A 15
30. age Capacity Hours of Music 64 mb 128 mb 256 mb 512 mb 1gb 2 gb At CD Quality 1 2 4 8 16 32 At FM Radio 2 4 8 16 32 64 Quality At AM Radio 4 8 16 32 64 128 Quality Actual results may vary Music Man can put all your music files on the root level of a flash player not enclosed in any folders to support first generation flash players that won t find music organized in folders You need to make sure the player supports the file types you are writing While most players support mp3 they do not all support wma ogg etc Refer to the documentation that came with your player for more information If your player does not support wma ogg etc it may simply skip over the files using an unsupported format and just play the songs in supported format s Music Man will play mp3 ogg unencrypted wma m4a m4b m4p aif wav mid and kar files from flash 1 Click the Flash tab Click the Music Source that you want to copy from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to burn from 4 Click the Copy icon From the Setup Panel Select the options you prefer e Erase before writing Select this to erase the current contents of the flash media before items are copied e Replace existing files Select this if you want to replace existing files with the new ones with the same name If you don t select this option pre existing files will be
31. arning dialog when the amount of music you have selected is less than the amount configured in this preference The default is 600 Warn me if the burn is more than number Mb Tick this box to get a warning dialog when the amount of music you have selected is more than the amount configured in this preference The default is 649 Since disc recording can be onto 650mb or 700mb Cds or even onto a DVD Music Man does not prevent you from over burning However the disk will be unusable if you try to over burn Preserve order by pre pending sequence numbers Tick this box if you want your songs and folders to stay in the order you have specified If enabled Music Man will insert a 3 digit sequence number in front of the file names to preserve the order If disabled the songs and folders will be sorted in alphabetical order on the CD The default is Off Create M3U Playlist files Tick this box to enable the creation of M3U play lists files for each play list when a CD or DVD is burned The default is Off Filesystems and Tags Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Include only the Windows filesystem Tick this box to have Music Man include only the Windows Joliet filesystem on the CD MP3 CD Players do not require the MacOS HFS filesystem so unless you have a specific reason for including HFS leave this checkbox alone The d
32. atic MP3 clip production Quality Slider Slide the Quality slider to your preferred quality Remember that the better the quality you choose the larger the file will be on your hard disk Default CD Quality Maximum Speed disable cdparanoia error checking Enable this option to rip tracks faster but at a lower quality if the CD is damaged Default Off Mono Enable this option to mix down the stereo tracks to mono so that both speakers or earphones contain all the music Stereo effects will be lost Default Off Variable Bit Rate MP3 instead of average bit rate Enable this option to create VBR MP3s Default Off Automatically place music in Artist and Album sub folders Enable this option to automatically store ripped tracks in Artist and Album subfolders You do not need to create these folders Music Man will do it automatically This feature requires information from FreeDB Default Off Place music in file extension folders Enable this option to automatically store ripped tracks in a subfolder that uses the same 3 letters as the file extension Defautl Off Shift folder names to lower case Enable this option to automatically shift the characters in the folder name to all lowercase letters Default Off Remove spaces from folder names Enable this option to automatically remove any spaces from folder names Default Off In Filenames Replace With Add any customer character replacements that you want in this table Default No
33. be changed for all the tracks you had selected 38 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME fell Whenever possible include meta tags in clips u J 2 Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 9 Clip Task The Clip tab allows you to easily create short clips from your tracks and is divided into 5 main areas the Music Source list the Selected Source pane the Track List pane the adjustment Sliders and the Buttons How to use each area is described below The Clip Tab Interface The Music Source list Displays all track sources e Library e Play Lists e Play List Groups The Selected Source Pane When you select a Music Source Music Man will display all the sources of that kind in the Selected Source pane For example if you selected Play List all your Play Lists will be displayed Use the Selected Source Pane to select the tracks to display in the Track List The Track List pane The Track list displays the tracks you can work with Click shift click or apple click to select the tracks How to Navigate To select Tracks using the Music Source List e Inthe Music Source list click on the music source type When you select a Music Source all the sources of that kind will be displayed in the Selected Source pane For example if you selected Play List all your Play Lists will be displayed
34. can add an ID3v1 tag by using the Append ID3v1 Tags preference For further information refer to the Configuring the Preferences section of this document Your first generation MP3 player does not require the ID3V2 tags and they take up a lot of space You can strip these unneeded tags using the Strip ID3V2 Tags preference For further information refer to the Configuring the Preferences section of this document If you have current MP3 player it will display the information available in the ID3v2 tag or in the ID3v1 tag if an ID3v2 tag is not available If there is no tag file name information will be displayed 31 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Flash Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores Music Source BeachFlash2 Ubrary CC1Studying Play Lists CC2Studying Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 7 Flash Task The Flash tab allows you to quickly copy your tracks to Flash memory based MP3 players and is divided into 3 main areas the Music Source list the Selected Sources pane and the Copy Button How to use each area is described below The Flash Pane Interface The Music Source list and Drag and Drop You can write tracks to Flash from any of these places your library from Play Lists from Play List Group or from Any file or folder on your comput
35. cks from any of these places your library from Play Lists from Play List Group or from any file or folder on your computer including optical and flash media using the Drag and Drop To use a Music Source If you prefer to use your Library Play Lists or Play List Groups Optical Media or Flash Media you can use the Music Source List To select Music using the Music Source List e Inthe Music Source list click on the music source name To use the Drag and Drop To select Music using Drag and Drop e Go to the Finder e In the Finder click shift click or option click to select the items that you want to play e Drag the items that you want to play from the Finder to the Selected Music source pane The Selected Music Source Pane When you select a Music Source Music Man displays all the music sources of that kind in the Selected Music Source pane For example you could have several Play Lists If you drop several files and folders using Drag and Drop they will be displayed in the Selected Music Source pane 23 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME To select Music Source e In the selected Music Source pane click shift click or apple click to select the items that you want to convert The Convert Menu The Convert Menu allows you to e Convert selected tracks e Configure advanced convert settings How to Convert You can use Music Man to convert
36. ead Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Howto Chp ze niae aaar ela a a a dae aesbenebetass EE 40 To make an iPhone Ringtone visiiseccissisescsvestasuesstoranncngvinsinasinsiors eestecstsandenesaesennevessnetts 40 MUSIC Store Saee e ra eat EE ete Os A ES e E TaS E aaRS o 42 The Music Store Pane lntertaces 45 0 Gnu cecatacseinscetans sce oed rots aeae eee 42 Working with Music StOR6S isis csssiinunsiscovivecbavacachs tessvionnssitinmnaniondnnduermesteeredsibanndeiuanle 43 FIO aida ti secids ods E E chev cuvevcukes sues be cuueeseeedbevessevondaseveetocdccedesecseveaves 44 Troubleshooting Guide iscsi sicssisesssascdsnesstissascoctoxs evsnsdausieednasnstsianssovangniseaelccasnsensectin 44 Knowin Probl ims se sticted ahehadine ed a A ee ee 44 Appendix A About the Demo ccccsesscsccececseseeeesceeeeaececsceecesecaceeseceeeeeees 45 How to install and run the Music Man demo cscssssssssesesseescssesecseeecsesecseeseesees 45 Appendix B Open Source Component csccsceecsececnececceceecsceecscesesenes 46 TAMIR otc sree 2 host eet ete oun ea cee Re ctitie wate a 6 ee nig r a A Vhs 46 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME About Music Man Music Man is the easy way to rip convert burn and play MP3 WMA AAC M4A WAV Ogg Vorbis on Mac OS X Whether you want to rip convert bu
37. ect the play list in the Play Lists pane and click the Hide button If you do that it will add the selected play list to the Hide these playlist list Helper Applications Tab LAME lame sourceforge net Location If you have installed the LAME MP3 software in a location other than the default click this button and locate the lame command line utility When you have correctly located lame its version will be displayed The default is usr local bin lame or Applications Utilities depending how you installed lame If you have not already installed lame and wish to do so click on the link in the preferences and lame zip will be downloaded to your computer To install Lame Locate lame zip in the Finder and double click it to extract lame Drag lame to your Utilities folder in your Applications folder Quit and Restart Music Man and MP3 features will be enabled Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Internet Tab FreeDB org Disable FreeDB access Tick this box to disable FreeDB access Music Man will not consult the database when an audio CD is inserted and album information will not be retrieved The default is Off Make Default Click this button to make the selected host the default FreeDB database This can make freedb access faster if you choose a server that is geographically close to your location The default is
38. efault is On Strip ID3 version 2 tags Tick this box to have Music Man remove ID3v2 tags during the burning of the MP3 on the CD First generation MP3 CD players do not require ID3v2 tags The default is Off Append ID3 version 1 tags Tick this box to have Music Man include ID3v1 tags during the burning of the MP3 on the CD First generation MP3 CD players require ID3v1 tags to display Title and Artist information If your MP3 CD player is not displaying Title and Artist turn this option on burn another CD and try again The default is On Use COVERART tag for Ogg album art Tick this box to have Music Man include old style COVERART meta tags This is only required for first generation OGG players that do not support the new cover art standard Only enable this item if your OGG player does not correctly display the album cover art Playlists Tab Hide these playlists Click this button to add a new item to the list of play lists to hide A new item titled Type playlist name here to save it will be added to the list Double click that item and type the name of the play list that you want to hide The item will be saved and the play list will not be displayed in the Play Lists pane The default is an empty list Click this button to delete the selected item in the list of play lists to hide The item will be deleted and the play list will be displayed in the Play Lists pane It is possible to sel
39. em in the Music Player List pane The Track Player List pane The Track Player List pane displays all the tracks from all the source s selected in the Selected Source Pane To play these tracks click the Play button To play a specific track click to select it and then click the Play button How to Play Music Man will play almost any format To learn more refer to the About Music Man section at the beginning of this document Playback Modes There are four playback mode buttons located on the left of the screen Shuffle Use this playback mode to shuffle the selected tracks and play continuously When the last selected track has finished playing the tracks will be shuffled again and continue playing e Stop Use this playback mode to stop playing after the last track in the selection has played e Repeat Use this playback mode to repeat playing the selection from the beginning after the last track in the selection has played e Next Use this playback mode to continue playing the next track after the last track in the current selection has played Playback Controls Play from beginning Click to play the current selection from the beginning 16 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Play gt Click the Play Button to play the selection or Doubleclick the selection Stop m Click the Stop Button to stop playing the currentl
40. er including optical and flash media using the Selected Music source pane To use a Music Source If you prefer to use your Library Play Lists or Play List Groups you can use the Music Source List To select Music using the Music Source List e Inthe Music Source list click on the music source name To use the Drag and Drop To select Music using Drag and Drop e Go to the Finder e In the Finder click shift click or option click to select the items that you want to play e Drag the items that you want to play from the Finder to the Selected Music source pane The Selected Music Source Pane When you select a Music Source Music Man displays all the music sources of that kind in the Selected Music Source pane For example you could have several Play Lists or Play List Groups If you drop several files and folders using Drag and Drop they will be displayed in the Selected Music Source pane 32 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME To select Music Source e In the selected Music Source pane click shift click or apple click to select the items that you want to flash The Copy Button e Use this button to copy the selected tracks to Flash memory How to write music to Flash Use this procedure to copy tracks to Flash When recording with digital music format you can get approximately 1 to 4 hours of music on a 64 mb Flash card Stor
41. ght 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation Music MAN READ ME anywhere on your computer only support music format files will be displayed To access your iTunes music click the triangles beside the following Library items 1 Users lt your user name gt Music 2 iTunes 3 iTunes Music e Once you find the folder or file that you are interested in drag it to the selected Play List pane If you drag a folder Music Man will search all subfolders and populate the play list with all the files that it finds To delete a File or Folder from a Play List e In the Play Lists pane click on the File or Folder to select it e Click the button below the Play Lists pane To create a new Folder in a Play List e Click the button below the Play Lists pane A New Folder is created Rename it if desired To change the order of a Play List e In the selected Play List pane drag and drop the files or folders to change the order Play List Groups A Play List Group is a logical representation of what you want burned to a CD DVD or Flash Media Organizing play lists into groups makes it easy to burn a second copy of something if the first one gets destroyed e g Burn your favourite tunes on to a CD to play in your car If the CD gets warped from the heat or stolen from the vehicle just burn another copy To use a Play List Group you need to 1 Create a Play List Group see below 2 Indicate which Play Lists you wan
42. he converted files should be stored and click the Save button A WAV file is large compared to an MP3 This may take up a lot of room on your hard drive depending on the size of the selected items To convert music files to WMA format 1 2 a Click the Convert tab Click the Music Source that you want to convert from Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to convert from Click the Convert menu and select the menu item titled To WMA Select the folder where the converted files should be stored and click the Save button 26 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Burn Organize Play Rip Convert Burn Flash Tag Clip Music Stores Music Source aaa_EmptyPtaylist Play Lists alittleheck Play List Groups brahms Y 3b 5 H amp a 8 Copyright 2002 2009 The Mireth Technology Corporation All rights reserved Figure 6 Burn Task The Burn tab allows you to quickly burn your tracks to CD or DVD and is divided into 4 main areas the Music Source list the Selected Sources pane and the Burn Buttons and Menus How to use each area is described below The Burn Pane Interface The Music Source list and Drag and Drop You can burn tracks from any of these places your library from Play Lists from Play List Group or from any file or folder on your computer including
43. ion e Ifyou are having problems with a particular product please include the following information as well o What product and version you are having problems with To find the version number Mac single click the product icon and Get Info OS8 9 File Get Info OSX File Show Info Windows single click the product icon and show properties File Properties Version tab o What OS version you are running To find the version number Mac OS8 9 Apple Menu About this Computer OS X Apple Menu About this Mac Windows Start Menu My Computer Help About Windows o Whether you are using the demo version or the registered version of the product Known Problems e There are no known problems with Music Man 44 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Appendix A About the Demo The program runs in demo mode when it has not been registered The demo is provided so that you can see how the program works The demo looks and performs exactly like the full version of the software but will expire in 15 days and only rip 1 track at a time Once you have purchased the product you can enable the fully functional version of the program by entering the registration information How to install and run the Music Man demo 1 To install follow the How to Install Music Man instructions in this document omitting Step 3 To run the demo registration is no
44. is document Buy Now Downloaded version only If you wish to purchase this program now online click the Buy Now button and follow the instructions Register To register the program now follow the instructions below Register Music Man e Enter the License Type Purchaser s Email Address and Registration Key Serial Number supplied when you bought the product If you purchased online the easiest way to do this is to copy Apple C and paste Apple V the information from the email we sent you If you purchased a CD the Registration Key Serial Number will also be printed on the CD jacket e Click the Register Button If you have entered the Registration information correctly the Registered message will be displayed If there is a problem with the registration information the Invalid Registration Information dialog will appear To correct the problem refer to our website http mireth com Configure the Preferences For more information refer to the Configuring the Preferences section of this document Once you have configured your preferences quit from Music Man How to uninstall Music Man Configure another application to be your default Music application Drag the preferences files to the Trash HOME Library Preferences com mireth musicman plist Move the Music Man folder from wherever you keep application software to the Trash If you ve created an alias to Music Man m
45. n e non WAV files will be converted to 44 1 khz 16 bit audio e WAV files with sample rates other than 16 or 24 bit will be converted to 44 1 khz 16 bit audio e WAV files with sample rates of 16 bit or 24 bit are supported up to 192 khz e To use DVD A with high sample rates use WAV files with 24 bit and up to a maximum of 192 khz Try the software in demo mode prior to purchase to ensure the produced DVD A is acceptable If you require a higher sample rate for your DVD Audio choose a professional level DVD Authoring product Working with MP3 ID3 tags The MP3 format has evolved over time and one of the things that has changed is the ID3 tag which is used to display song Title and Artist information The MP3 will play regardless or whether the ID3 tag information is there or not Whether or not the song Title and Artist information is displayed depends on what type of ID3 tag is in the MP3 and what type of player you are using Other music formats use their own tag formats this is often referred to as meta data Whether or not this data is present will not affect music playback but it will affect displayed information By default Music Man burns both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags 30 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME If you have a first generation MP3 player you need an ID3v1 tag to display the information If the MP3 you have only contains ID3v2 tags you
46. ne Song file name format Select the format you would like the ripped song names to use This feature requires information from FreeDB You can use a custom formatting string that recognizes the following tokens and character case shifting for replacement from tags Artist Artist exactly as specified ARTIST Artist in upper case artist Artist in lower case Album Album exactly as specified ALBUM Album in upper case album Album in lower case Titile Title exactly as specified TITLE Title in upper case title Title in lower case Ext File extension in upper case EXT File extension in upper case ext File extension in lower case 20 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Track Track number Examples Track TITLE EXT could produce 00 SONG TITLE MP3 Track Title ext could produce 00 Song Title mp3 Default Track Name e Automatically create MP3 clips Check this box to automatically create an MP3 clip when you rip a song Customize the clip using the following settings Start select when in the track to start the clip e g A start time of 0 will start the clip beginning of the track Length select how many seconds long to make the clip e g A length of 30 creates a 30 second clip Fade In select how many seconds of fade in e g A Fade In of 1 creates a 1 second
47. ove it to the Trash If you are running Music Man from the Dock drag it out of the Dock Empty the Trash Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation Music MAN READ ME How to upgrade Music Man 1 If you ve created an alias to Music Man move it to the Trash If you are running Music Man from the Dock drag it out of the Dock 2 To install the upgrade follow the instructions in the How to Install Music Man section of this document Configuring the Preferences To configure the preferences do the following 1 From the Music Man menu select Preferences 2 Configure the following settings All Media Tab Playback Control Automatically play removable and double clicked media Tick this box to play the CD or Flash Media when it is inserted into the computer and to play tracks associated with Music Man when they are double clicked If you do not select this option you need to use the Play tab to select tracks that you want to play M3U Playlist Export Path Prefix Enter a value that will be pre pended to the path to files If you don t know what this leave this field blank Export folder Enter a path to the folder where you want M3U playlists to be saved when they are exported The default is your home folder Library Music Man M3U Optical Media Tab Recording Control Warn me if the burn is less than number Mb Tick this box to get a w
48. pyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME FreeDB Album Information There are two fields e Artist field this field is returned by FreeDB and it identifies the album artist You can edit it prior to ripping the CD e Album field this field is returned by FreeDB and it identifies the album You can edit it prior to ripping the CD Multi Rip Menu Use this menu to rip a track to more than one format at a time You can rip the entire CD or just the selected song tracks Rip Menu Use this menu to rip a track You can rip the entire CD or just the selected song tracks How to Rip a Song or Album You can use Music Man to rip Audio CDs to AAC M4A M4B MP2 MP3 OGG WAV and WMA or to multiple compressed digital audio formats at the same time To rip to MP3 you need to install the LAME component For further information refer to the Appendix B Open Source Components section of this document 1 Insert a CD into the CD drive It will automatically begin playing this behavior can be changed in the Music Man preferences 2 Click the Play tab and then click the Stop button You can t rip a CD while the CD is playing Click the Rip tab Select the CD in the Music Source tab If required use the Advanced Settings to configure the Quality and Ripped File Name format Remember that the better the quality you choose the larger the file will be on your hard disk For further information see the
49. r computer e Create custom play lists e Automatically create m3u play lists when you burn an MP3 CD This feature is used by many car audio MP3 players to present a single MP3 CD as multiple simulated Audio CDs e Automatically import play lists from iTunes and synchronize changed play lists each time Music Man is launched e Fit 4 times more music on a Flash player by recording it at AM Radio Quality e Easily burn another copy of a previous project without having to create it from scratch Burn over 10 hours of CD quality music on a single CD These digital music CDs are playable on your computer on portable CD players and on car CD players e Burn over 50 hours of CD quality music on a single DVD e Write over 4 hours of CD quality music to a 64mb USB flash media e Erase and re use CD RW Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation Music MAN READ ME Not all music formats are playable on all players Check your CD player to ensure it supports the format you want to play Your Mac computer will play Audio CD MP2 MP3 unprotected WMA WAV AIFF AAC M4A M4B M4P M4R OGG KAR FLAC Apple Lossless and MID using Music Man System Requirements To run Music Man you need e Intel Mac e Mac OS X version 10 3 or later e Quicktime 6 4 or later e Burning Audio CDs requires Mac OS X version 10 4 or later To enable WMA9 support play and convert install the Microsoft
50. rn or play music Music Man is the digital music software for Mac OS X that does it all Music Man offers you all the features you want in an easy to use music player that also includes ripper converter and burner features and the ease of use you ve come to expect from Mireth Technology Use Music Man to e Rip Audio CD to OGG MP2 MP3 AAC M4A M4B WAV WMA e one track at a time or the entire CD e Use Multi Rip to rip Audio CDs to multiple formats at the same time e Convert from AAC AIFF Apple Lossless Audio CD FLAC M4A M4B Midi MP2 MP3 OGG WAV WMA unprotected only e Convert to Audio CD AAC M4A M4B MP2 MP3 Ogg WAV WMA Music Man will NOT convert a DRM protected file this includes protected WMA DRM protected M4P iTunes tracks or any other DRM protected file formats e Burn music to Audio CD MP3 CD Music CD AAC M4A M4B M4R AIFF MID MP3 OGG WAV WMA KAR FLAC Apple Lossless DVD Audio e Write to USB Flash Drive Memory e Play Audio CD MP3 unprotected WMA WAV AIFF AAC M4A M4B M4P OGG MID KAR on Mac OS X from your Mac from CD From DVD from Flash Drive Music Man also allows you to e Make an OGG WAV MP2 MP3 M4R M4A M4B AAC WMA clip e Make an iPhone ringtone using any MAR clip less than 30 seconds in duration e Edit ID3 tags v1 amp v2 OGG Comments and MPEG 4 tags e Edit MP3 OGG and MPEG 4 album art e Create a music library that includes music from any folder on you
51. roups pane allows you to organize individual play lists into a group This is convenient for burning CDs DVDs or Flash memory devices that are large enough to hold more than 1 play list For more information on how to use them refer to the Play List Groups section below The Play Lists Pane The Play Lists pane displays all the Music Man and iTunes Play Lists on your computer Your Music Man Play Lists are displayed in black and your iTunes Play Lists are displayed in gray Music Man will save Play List files that you create in your home directory in Library gt Music Man gt Playlists Music Man will also import your iTunes play lists and save those files in your home directory in Library gt Music Man gt iTunes All the Play Lists in those two folder will show up in the Play Lists pane on the Organize tab of the Music Man window The music files in a Play List can be added to Play List Groups copied to physical media CD DVD or Flash or converted to other formats Music Man will re import your iTunes play lists each time it is launched If you change an iTunes play list and want to see the changes in Music Man you need to quit and re launch Music Man The Selected Play List Pane The Selected Play List pane displays the contents of the selected Play List allowing you to change the contents For more information on play list refer to the Play List section below To change the speed at which items scroll in the list e
52. st Groups pane e the Play Lists pane and e the Selected Play List Pane How to use each area is described below The Organize Interface The Library Pane Your Music Library is represented by the songs in folders on your hard disk Music Man can access any folder on any hard disk on your computer By default Music Man adds the root of your system and your Music folder in your home directory to your Library but you can change it to include anything that you like To add a folder to the Library e Click the button below the Library pane An Open Dialog will appear e Navigate to the folder and click the Open button Some things to watch out for e Ifyou add a folder from a disk that is removable and then remove that disk the music files in that folder will not be accessible e If you add a folder and then delete or move that folder in the Finder the music files in that folder will not be accessible To delete a folder from the Library e In the Library Pane click the folder to select it e Click the button below the Library pane 10 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME This function only deletes the folder from appearing in the Library Pane It does not actually delete the folder from your hard drive To delete the folder from your hard drive you need to drag it to the Trash in the Finder The Play List Groups Pane The Play List G
53. supported format and just play the songs in supported format s To burn an MP3 CD DVD Use this procedure to burn MP3 music files to a CD or DVD Any files that are not in MP3 format will be converted prior to burning the media When recording with the MP3 28 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME digital music format you can get approximately 10 hours of music on a CD and 50 hours ona single layer DVD 1 Click the Burn tab 2 Click the Music Source that you want to burn from 3 Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the Library Play List or Play List Groups that you want to burn from 4 Click the Music Format popup and select the item titled Burn MP3 CD DVD Click the Burn button Some things to watch out for with compressed music e A CD is limited to around 700 mb of files It s not 100 accurate because there is some overhead for the directory entries and Apple does not provide a clean way to calculate it If you put too much music on a disk and burn it the disk will be unusable If you limit your CDs to 650 mb or less you shouldn t have a problem e lt A single layer DVD is limited to around 4700 mb of files and a double layer DVD is limited to around 8500 mb of files It s not 100 accurate because there is some overhead for the directory entries and Apple does not provide a clean way to calculate it If you put too much music on a
54. t already in MP3 format will be converted to MP3 and all tracks will be burned as MP3 e Audio CD the tracks will be uncompressed and burned to the standard Audio CD format e DVD Audio the tracks will be uncompressed and burned to the standard DVD Audio format The Burn Button Use this button to burn the selected format to CD or DVD How to Burn Music Man can burn CDs and DVDs in four formats The supported formats are e Music CD DVD this format burns your digital music files on the optical media CD DVD as exact copies of the digital music files from your hard disk e MP3CD DVD this format converts non MP3 files to the MP3 format and then burns the MP3 files on the optical media using your original MP3 files and the converted MP3 files e Audio CD this format converts your compressed digital music files to uncompressed music and burns the uncompressed music to a standard Audio CD format e DVD Audio this format converts your compressed digital music files and burns the music to a standard DVD Audio format If you are planning to use a Music CD or DVD with a component or portable player you need to make sure the player supports the media type and the file types you are burning While most players support mp3 they do not all support wma ogg etc Refer to the documentation that came with your player for more information If your player does not support wma ogg etc it may simply skip over the files using an un
55. t required 45 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation Music MAN READ ME Appendix B Open Source Components If you are a registered user of Music Man and you need assistance installing the LAME MP3 software please contact support mireth com LAME Music Man will now automatically download and install lame if you are connected to the Internet and Music Man does not find lame when it is launched If you want to install lame manually to enable MP3 encoding you need to 1 Open Music Man preferences 2 Click the Helper Applications tab 3 Click on the link in the preferences and lame zip will be downloaded to your computer 46 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation
56. t to be in the group see below 3 The Play Lists will be burned in alphabetical order To change the order rename the play lists Within a Play List move the tracks in the order you want them burned 4 Burn or copy the Play List Group to CD DVD or Flash Media refer to the Burn or Write section of this document To create a new Play List Group e Click the button below the Play List Groups pane A Save Dialog will appear e Name the Play List Group and click the Save button To delete a Play List Group e Inthe Play List Groups Pane click on the item to select it e Click the button below the Play List Groups pane 13 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME To display the contents of a Play List Group e Inthe Play List Groups pane click on the Play List Group to select it e The Play Lists contained in the Play List Group will be marked in the Play Lists pane with a check mark to the left of each Play List contained in the group How to Modify a Play List Group To add a Play List to a Play List Group e Inthe Play List Groups pane click on the group to which you want to add a Play List e In the Play Lists pane check the checkbox to the left of the Play List to add it The contents of the Play List will be displayed in the Selected Play List pane You can add 1 or more Play Lists to a Play List Group The Play Lists pane
57. tist and Album tags by clicking in the text box and making the change To save your changes click the Set button The Artist and Album tags will be changed for all the tracks you had selected To update track tags 1 2 Click the Tag tab Use the Source Pane and Selected Source Pane to navigate to the track For further information see How to Navigate above To change text tags for a track double click the text and type a new value To change the Album Art refer to the The Album Art Image Pane section above To save your changes click the Set button or click on a different track and the new values will be saved To tag multiple tracks with the same Album Art Music Man allows you to apply the Album Art tags from one track to a group of other tracks This is a convenient way of tagging all the tracks from the same album with the same Album Art 1 2 Click the Tag tab Use the Source Pane and Selected Source Pane to navigate to the album and select it Ensure all the tracks you want to tag a in the Track List For further information see How to Navigate above In the Track List select the first track you want to modify the Album Art for To change the Album Art refer to the The Album Art Image Pane section above Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the remaining tracks that you want to tag To save your changes click the Set button The Album Art tags will
58. uttons to display the image that you want to delete e Click the button How to Navigate To select Tracks using the Music Source List e Inthe Music Source list click on the music source type When you select a Music Source all the sources of that kind will be displayed in the Selected Source pane For example if you selected Play List all your Play Lists will be displayed e In the Selected Source pane click shift click or apple click to select the items When an item is selected in the Music Source pane the tracks in the selected source s are displayed in the Track List pane e In the Track List pane click shift click or apple click to select the tracks To select Tracks using the Drag and Drop e Go to the Finder e In the Finder click shift click or apple click to select tracks e Drag the tracks from the Finder to the Selected Music source pane How to Tag Music Man will tag MP3 OGG AAC M4A M4B and M4R track files To update the Album tags 1 Click the Tag tab 37 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Navigate to the Album For further information see How to Navigate above In the Selected Source Pane select the Album In the Track List Single click Shift click or Apple click to select the track s you want to modify the Album tags for Usually this is done for all the tracks on an album at the same time Edit the Ar
59. y selected track Pause I Click the Pause Button II to pause unpause playing the currently playing track Volume Slider 4 Slide the Volume Slider to adjust the volume Scroll Fast Forward Fast Reverse Slider Click and or drag the Scroll Slider to another position to move forwards or backwards in the currently playing track Track Information i Click this button to get information on the selected track Eject 4 Click the Eject Button to eject the currently selected Optical or Flash media To play from your Computer 1 2 4 Navigate using the disclosure triangles to find the file or folder that you want to play Single click Shift click or Apple Click to select the file s and folder s that you want to play Single click the Playback Mode that you want Press the Play button gt To play a CD or DVD 1 2 To run Music Man double click the Music Man icon Insert a CD or DVD into the optical drive It will automatically begin playing This behaviour can be modified in the Preferences To play from flash media 1 2 To run Music Man double click the Music Man icon Insert a flash media device into the USB port It will automatically begin playing This behaviour can be modified in the Preferences 17 Music Man Read Me 10 16 15 11 09 AM Copyright 2002 2011 The Mireth Technology Corporation MUSIC MAN READ ME Rip Organize Play Music Soure Gustav Holst Th

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