MIDI catalog/search/sort program

[woocash]

Does anyone know a good MIDI catalog/search/sort program?

My karaoke files grow in number so fast I'd like to have some way of organizing them.

What are you guys/gals using?

[dmarcel21]

http://www.karaokegalaxy.com/index.htm?get_id_r=0&get_id_o=0&skins=newsongs

[woocash]

Thanks dmarcel21, I was however looking for some kind of a software.

[robv2]

Here is what I do:

Made myself a clear naming convention as in artist - titel.kar

Use magic File renamer to put all these files in the right case, no extra spaces etc. (mostly done by HAND!! :borg: ) AND change the date to the date I updated them

Copy all the Kar files in one directory, and decide by filesize whether to overwrite them or not.

Sometimes I extract a "top 100" from these (approx. 9000) files and distribute them amongst related karaoke friends.


AND IT"S A HARD JOB.

Sorry, so far I found nothing else then put them in a Access database, and that was even worse.

Found an alternative? please, let me know!:)

[woocash]

Thanks for your reply :)

I decided to do it myself and am actually in the process of creating a program that will scan directories for *.kar and *.mid files (so far I decided on Artist_Name_-_Song_Name.kar file format) everytime the program is started (eliminating database entires etc) and allow users to sort by artist name or song name as well as allow for direct link to your fave karaoke player so the song can start automatically.

I'll post some screenshots of the interface if anyone wants to see it.

[fubu233]

yeah

[Stilcrazy]

Yes woocash keep us updated ...

[enigma]

thanx alot

[theARTiSAN]

Sounds like a winner woocash...
I've gone about it the hard way too - using namewiz to keep them in line with my naming scheme (artist - title.mid or .kar)
Huge pain in the ass. Please do keep us updated - I'm sure there are plenty of people who wouldn't mind beta testing or whatnot.
*descrete cough*

[VisionExpert]

awesome!:thumbsup:

[VisionExpert]

anyone know a site that is updated weekly or at least monthly w/new songs...from Hip Hop/R&B to dance???:thumbsup:

[Kereokacola]

Does that include MIDI's? I would go to http://www.findmidis.com because they have a pretty wide selection of MIDI's.

[feeva]

anymore useful links?

[woocash]

I'm still working on it, but it seems like there's quite an interest in this. I'll post the interface as soon as I stop debuging on it...
I decided to add extra categories (by language - rench', 'Spanish', 'Italian' etc, as well as 'Duets' and 'TV/Movie Themes').

I'd be definitely interested in people wanting to try it out and giving me some feedback...

Later,

[cezmar]

MIDIcat is exactly what you need. Take a look at it's website:
MIDIcat site (http://midicat.republika.pl/)
Main features include:
* Easy to use catalog of music files in MIDI and Karaoke format
* Automatically scans your drives for supported files
* Detecting title, artist and other information with various algorithms
* Extracting other information, like lyrics, language, genre, copyright
* Saves information to database file or exports to Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel
* Search by any field
* Find and delete duplicated files (includes support for deleting in bulk)
* Print sorted list of files including selected information
* Print lyrics for selected files (extracted from files if available)
* Edit file properties and save changes to the database
* Automatic database updates by scanning drive for new files
* Plays selected files using your favorite midi player
* File operations including copy, move, rename based on title and artist
* User defined tools which can take file name or full path as a parameter
* Other minor features

[woocash]

This looks very interesting... As well as Polish! Pieknie!

[cezmar]

You are from Montreal woocash and you speak Polish? Interesting. I hope you'll like MIDIcat, and the next version is comming soon (on Monday probably).
Pozdrawiam :)

[woocash]

Guilty as charged - I am Polish and I live in Montreal. I'll download the program tonight and see how I like it. Again, looks interesting...

Czolem,
woocash (Lukasz)

[tant_hulda]

search at download.com after a program called karaoke catalog. it's okay.

[woocash]

I've seen that karaoke catalog you're talking about here - didn't really like it much. Good call though, probably someone else will...

woocash

[woof]

I use a program called file list creator its freeware and you can down load it from http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/File_List_Creator/

[cezmar]

A new version 1.1 of MIDIcat is available with some new features and bugs fixed. Please check it out at:
http://midicat.republika.pl/

[cezmar]

Another version is available at the new web site. Now you have an option to add only new files and detect moved/renamed files when updating database.
http://midicat.net

[ray3111]

hat schon einer was dazu gefunden?