New user, tagging question

[simnes]

Dear simoncn,

I am new to Minimserver - it is a great program. I have a Linn DS and using Kazoo Control Point. As I am on Mac I use as tagging program Metadatics.
I have only one question:

How do you personally tag your classical albums, do you use composer, orchestra, soloist and conductor tags or do you write all the info in the artist tag? What is the better solution.

Thanks in advance

Cheers Simon Nestler

[simoncn]

It depends on how you want to use the index to browse for music. I browse mostly by Artist and Composer, so it is important for me to have these as separate tags. I sometimes browse by Orchestra and Conductor so it is good to have these tags as well. I rarely browse by Soloist but if you are expecting to do this then it would be good to have the Soloist tag populated.

If you tag in this way, you can use tag formatting to combine information from multiple tags into the artist display value for sending to the control point and viewing while the music is playing.

[simnes]

Superb, thanks very much, could you please post your tag format properties? I mean the artist display value you use please? Do you also tag the album artist for classical music, if yes, how please?

[simoncn]

The default setting is Artist.displayFormat={$artist$orchestra$conductor}. Whether or not this is right for you depends on the tagging scheme you decide to use.

I would tag AlbumArtist for an album that has many different artists. I would make the AlbumArtist the main artist(s) for the album. If all tracks have the same artist, I would not tag AlbumArtist. Again, this might not be right for you as it depends on your tagging scheme and how you like to browse your library.

[simnes]

Thank you.