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Get CD Track list online
You can find out the track information for imported CDs from the Internet via the Online FreeDB Query
function. This query is based on the exact correlation of track lengths and the order on all tracks of an
album. This also functions when the tracks are loaded individually into the project (for example, as MP3
files) and are in the right order. Here if the track lengths differ by a few seconds from the exact track
length, the correct CD should still be recognizable.
When recording cassettes or vinyl records onto your computer, one large file is created on which all
tracks are arranged one after the other without track markers, much like a CD. You can, of course, use
the function "Set track marker automatically" to analyze the audio
material and, with the help of the pauses, separate the file into individual tracks. This does not work,
however, when the tracks run into one another without a pause.
In this case you can ascertain the exact track division by querying the Online FreeDB CD database. To
do this, proceed as follows:
1.
Start up your Internet browser and go to the FreedDB search page by pressing the "Start
Internet search" button.
2.
Enter the name of the album or of the band into the search field. One or more albums, which
match the search request, are listed. Click on the album that you know corresponds to your
recording. The sought CD track list will be listed in the browser.
3.
Copy the URL (Internet link) from the address bar of your browser onto the clipboard.
4.
Change back to MAGIX Music Editor 3 and enter the Internet link into the text field in the lower
portion of the dialog. Then click on "Apply CD data". The CD tracks will be added to the
project.
Warning:
If the first track begins very quietly (for example, intro or applause in live recordings) and the start of the
recording occurs too late, it may happen that the length of the first track does not correspond to the track
length suggested by the database. As a result, all track markers will be a little bit too far back. In this
case, move the second track marker forward while holding down the Ctrl-key, all subsequent track
markers will then be moved by the same amount and should be positioned appropriately at the start of
each track.
Audio ID
With this function you can identify audio files. As opposed to the FreeDB
search, the audio file does not have to make up part of an album or CD, it does not even have to be a
complete recording.
To do so, MAGIX Music Editor 3 analyzes part of a song's typical sound characteristics and sends this
information to an Internet server. The server than compares this "acoustic fingerprint" with song
information in its database and responds with the wanted title information.
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