how to organize the library

[cst]

Hello,

I’m a new user with a ZenMk3, I see that with the Sense app. there are several ways to sort and view the library, and I especially love that I can see / access the music library via my computer file browser. But this seems like it could be dangerous...

Is it possible and or advisable to organize the library through the desktop? I would like to organize with a simple hierarchal folder system – music collections by style of music such as folders titled Classical, Pop, Jazz, Film Scores, etc. Each with a hierarchy such as Classical > concertos> by artist / by composer> song

Does this even sound like a good idea? I recently inherited close to 2000 Classical CD’s, a collection curated by a music historian, I don’t want to begin to digitize until I understand how to not destroy the Zen’s directory.

Thanks
Craig

 

[Stephen Healy]

Hi Craig, it is fine to manually move the folders around if you want - basically, absolutely any folder structure will work as long as it is the main MUSIC folder. Moving existing folders around should not do any harm, Sense should react and update in real time.

 

[Jfuquay]

A related question from a new user. I don’t see a “Composer” sort option. Is there one or can I create one? Thanks.

 

[Stephen Healy]

A related question from a new user. I don’t see a “Composer” sort option. Is there one or can I create one? Thanks.

On the Sense app, go to the MUSIC tab, then go to ARTISTS, then in the top-right corner you have a sorting option to arrange by Composers:

 

[Jfuquay]

Great. Thank you!

 

[cst]

Hi Stephen,
Thank you for the response. Now that I have played with Sense a bit, I have a better understanding of the organizational system. However, I have a follow up question.

Other than playlists, and Genres & Tags, is there any other way to sort the library? – for easy access. Playlists are great for listening to a playlist, but if you simply want to browse a category is the selecting a tag or genre the only way?

The easiest way for me to describe with I mean is to mock-up what I’d love to have in the interface. I’ve added a Collections / My Music folder to hold my preference of organization. Inside Collections / My Music would be simple bins that I could browse through without having to select genre or tag in the Genres & Tags. Take a look, see what you think. Thanks again

 

[Stephen Healy]

Hi Stephen,
Thank you for the response. Now that I have played with Sense a bit, I have a better understanding of the organizational system. However, I have a follow up question.

Other than playlists, and Genres & Tags, is there any other way to sort the library? – for easy access. Playlists are great for listening to a playlist, but if you simply want to browse a category is the selecting a tag or genre the only way?

The easiest way for me to describe with I mean is to mock-up what I’d love to have in the interface. I’ve added a Collections / My Music folder to hold my preference of organization. Inside Collections / My Music would be simple bins that I could browse through without having to select genre or tag in the Genres & Tags. Take a look, see what you think. Thanks again

At the moment, the best workaround I could suggest would be to have all that music arranged into a folder structure to do this, and then use the FOLDER browsing mode. It is fine to rearrange the folders within the main MUSIC folder of the ZEN via your PC, this will not disrupt the functionality of Sense and your overall ARTISTS and ALBUMS will remain unchanged - these categories are based on metadata, rather folders.
What you are suggesting sounds like a more advanced filtering mechanism or what i might describe as 'bookmarks' which are basically categorised sections of your library. This is actually probably the better solution for users who are amassing playlists containing thousands of tracks. We do not have a feature for this at the moment, but is something that has been requested over on our Feedback Zone so do feel free to add your vote:

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[cst]

Stephan,

Of course. a simple work-around. Thank you.