Re: [mb-users] Classical clarification...

Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren <[email protected]>
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On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 2:52 PM, David Monro <[email protected]> wrote:

> However, when I add a release, doesn't the track artist get copied to the
> recording artist (assuming 'create new recording' option is used)? Is there
> an easy way to avoid this? Have I missed something obvious in the interface?


Yes, no and no. That's exactly why the guideline says performers on
recordings are "preferred" (or something like that) rather than mandatory,
because it's a huge pain with the current UI.

Is there a way to bulk-edit the recording artist fields on a release? (Be
> nice if it could be included in the 'Edit relationships' page).
>

Not at the moment.

Failing that, I suspect the easiest way would be to enter the tracklist
> with the performers in the artist field, generate all the recordings, then
> go back and edit the tracklist and tell it _not_ to update the recordings
> with changes.
>

Actually, it's easier to enter it with composers, then change them to
performers (updating recordings) and then cancel the tracklist edit to
leave only the recording ones. It's still an ugly hack, but it works.

Oh is there any way to get the track parser to insert comma-separated
> artists as separate entries rather than having to click 'credits' on every
> single one?
>

No, but there's http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/118491 which allows to
change all equal credits in one go.


-- 
Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren

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