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Control Web/Mac/PC Guide

•  Album Pick. A gold star to the right of the album name field indicates an Album Pick — a 

favorite  album  that  will  be  included  in  Focuses  or  Swims  specifying  Album  Picks  only.  An 

X indicates an album that will not normally be included unless it is specifically selected. A 

dark star represents a middle ground — an album that is singled out neither for inclusion or 
rejection. You can change this rating by clicking on the star or X to toggle through the three 
options.

•  Rating. Click the + or − button at either end to adjust the album rating in half-star increments 

from 0 to 5.

•  Multi-Disc Set. Important for keeping track of the contents of the individual discs in a multi-

disc set. The second disc of a three-disc set would be listed as “2 of 3,” for example.

•  Cover. You can delete the existing cover image by clicking the Clear Cover button. And you 

can replace it by dragging or copying an image from your hard drive or Web browser into the 
space.

Tracks

This  page  enables  you  to  change  information  about  the  tracks  on  an  album,  including,  left  to 

right,  track  numbers,  track  titles,  and  Track  Pick  ratings.  (Track  times  are  also  listed  but  are 
not alterable.) Remember that all changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the 
bottom of the window to make them permanent. Tapping the X in the upper right corner closes 
the window and cancels any unsaved changes.

To change a Track Pick rating, click on the symbol to the far right to toggle through the three 

options: gold star (a favorite track that will be included in a playlist when you choose Track Picks 
only), X (a track that will be excluded unless specifically chosen), or dark star (a track that will be 
included when no restrictions are applied).

Review

This is a freeform text field that you can edit or rewrite. All changes are provisional until you click 

the Save button at the bottom of the window to make them permanent. Tapping the X in the upper 
right corner closes the window and cancels any unsaved changes.

Genres, Credits, and Moods

The information contained in the panels opened by these tabs is important for the Sooloos Focus 

feature, which enables you to narrow the selection of music to be browsed or played according 
to particular characteristics. As always in the Edit Album window, changes are provisional until 
you click the Save button at the bottom to make them permanent; tapping the X in the upper right 
corner closes the window and cancels any unsaved changes.

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Страница 1: ...Control Web Mac PC User Guide...

Страница 2: ...eridian Sooloos Control Web Mac PC User Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS What is Control Web PC Mac 3 Getting Started 3 Playback Information and Controls 4 Music Selection and Playlist Creation 5 Editing Album...

Страница 3: ...heck system and library status Turn any computer into a local playback zone for all of your music Although many of these features are available directly on the system some such as metadata editing are...

Страница 4: ...networked external hard drive If Control Web PC or Mac fails to run the most likely reason is a network problem since it must communicate intensively with the Sooloos system in order to function If yo...

Страница 5: ...o have the option of Local Playback Zone Selecting this zone will route sound to the speakers of the computer you are using to access the system Music Selection and Playlist Creation The applications...

Страница 6: ...gain to open a fifth with a list of songs on that album If you need to get back to a now hidden window click the single left arrow at the bottom left of the screen to scroll back one window or the dou...

Страница 7: ...ylist will repeat instead of stopping at the end If you check both Loop and Shuffle all songs in the Playlist will play before it starts over in a new order Remove Clicking this button pops up a menu...

Страница 8: ...ner closes the window The metadata is organized into eight sub pages selected by clicking the tabs along the top Important Note All changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the botto...

Страница 9: ...ers track titles and Track Pick ratings Track times are also listed but are not alterable Remember that all changes are provisional until you click the Save button at the bottom of the window to make...

Страница 10: ...ready associated with the album on the right Clicking the button next to a genre listing expands to a listing of all its subgenres and clicking the button next to a subgenre listing expands to a listi...

Страница 11: ...the list and click the button to expand to a list of subgenres Highlight the new style s subgenre with your mouse Then type the new style s name in the field at the bottom of the window and click the...

Страница 12: ...ove a credit just click the button to its right Moods The Moods tab switches the panel to a list of moods which you select or deselect by clicking the checkboxes next to them Labels Clicking the Label...

Страница 13: ...dow to make them permanent Tapping the X in the upper right corner closes the window and cancels any unsaved changes Any Tag in the list already associated with the album will have a checkmark in the...

Страница 14: ...nt to remove the album from the system Clicking OK at this point deletes the album the only way to recover it after that is to reimport it Clicking Cancel returns you to Album Details Clicking the X i...

Страница 15: ...prove albums with complete metadata If the system locates full metadata for the album on the Sooloos servers it imports the CD without requesting confirmation Prefer local metadata over Sooloos Metada...

Страница 16: ...from a CD in the background as soon as it recognizes it so the progress window may come up indicating some portion of the transfer is already complete Each CD you import displays as a separate transfe...

Страница 17: ...ingly apply the downloaded metadata and prompt you to evaluate and approve them Clicking the Approve button will import the files and their metadata to the system as an album If you disagree with the...

Страница 18: ...uldn t be assembling the album manually to begin with So you usually will want to click the Edit button to open the Edit Album Information window and enter metadata At the very least you re going to w...

Страница 19: ...adata as an album the Edit button to open the Edit Album Information window see Editing Album Metadata page 7 or the Unalbumize button to dissolve the album and re list its contents in the Loose Files...

Страница 20: ...music to iTunes either as links or as files Exporting links requires no storage on your computer but the music is accessible through iTunes only when the Sooloos system is running Exporting the files...

Страница 21: ...to it If you have iTunes open make sure it is not in the iTunes Store then minimize it before starting the export Begin the export by clicking the Export Music to iTunes Library button on the Sooloos...

Страница 22: ...your computer Begin by clicking the Open Sooloos Volume button on the Export page This will open a Finder window on a Macintosh or a Windows Explorer window in the S drive which is how your Sooloos S...

Страница 23: ...network as well as restore previously backed up data from a hard drive to a Sooloos system Start by clicking the Backup tab which will bring up screen with two buttons Backup Start a backup by clicki...

Страница 24: ...ce you ve finished your selection click the Run Backup button at the window s bottom right to begin copying the files The window will close and the backup will proceed in the background To go back to...

Страница 25: ...are any of those you don t want to restore click on their boxes to uncheck them You may also click unchecked boxes to include items not pre selected but this will result in the backup files overwriti...

Страница 26: ...ate Use the dropdown to adjust the data rate of music sent from the Sooloos system for playback on the computer speakers from 64 to 192 kilobits per second kbps In most cases there will be no reason t...

Страница 27: ...ack to track preventing abrupt volume changes To ensure best sound quality Sooloos applies an intelligent volume adjustment at the start of each album or song rather than compression Click the radio b...

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