Chapter 7 - Using PROJECTS - the Saved Results Feature:

It stores a variety of information for each production, including titles, dates, budgets and music use.

When you mark a song using the checkboxes in either the Finder or Explorer features, they are placed in your Keeper file.

From the Keeper file, you can move songs to any open Project, including a new one that you would like to create.

Remember that the contents of your Keeper file will be purged after each MusicSource session, so if you would like to save the results of a search, you must use the Projects feature.

This chapter of the tutorial contains the following sub-sections:

• Starting a Project
• MusicSource User Registration
• Adding a Song to a Project
• Editing Project & Song Details

Starting a Project:

Click on the "mark" checkbox at the left side of this screen, and then click on the "Add to Project" button on the right side of the screen:

This will open the User Login and Registration screen:

If you are already registered as a MusicSource user, fill in your Login Name and Password and proceed to the "Add to Project" section, which is described below.

Note that you can click on the checkbox to have MusicSource remember your Login name, but that you will may always have to enter your Password manually.

MusicSource User Registration:

The User Registration form is straightforward - be sure to complete all of the required fields before you click on the "Register" button at the bottom of the screen.

After you have clicked on the "Register" button, the following things will happen.

First, you will see a screen that thanks you for registering, and it will provide you with a "Continue" button that will allow you to use the Projects section to store your search results permanently, print them for records, and share them with a colleague (see the Sharing Projects chapter for more information about this feature).

Second, you will receive an automated email reply telling you that your request for User Registration has been received and that as a registered MusicSource user, you are now able to create, save, print and share projects every time you login to the Projects section of the MusicSource interface.

Your MusicSource account will also be established to permit 4 downloads of high quality Westar Music files. If you experience any difficulty with your MusicSource account or with our download process,please contact us . Either email your Production Consultant, or send your request to downloads@westarmusic.com.

When your user account has been approved for download access, you will receive another email to confirm that you are now one of our download customers.

You will then be able to download CD Audio quality music for your productions from our Web site.

More information about the MusicSource Download process is available in the Download chapter of this tutorial.

Remember that you must apply for a Laser Drop Synchronization License if any music that you download is used in a production. For more details on this process, please see the Licenses chapter in this tutorial.

After you have registered as one of our MusicSource Users, clicking on the "Add to Project" button will allow you to enter your Login Name and Password, and then proceed to Project Management, which is described in the next section of this chapter.

Adding a Song to a Project:

Once you have made this selection, click "OK" and MusicSource will open the Project to display its properties and the list of songs that are currently contained within it.

This Project Manager screen allows you to administer all of the information about a Project: its title, type, date, principals, lengths, status and other details.

A listing of all songs currently associated with the Project appears in the lower half of the split screen.

Editing Project & Song Details:

To edit the properties of a Project, click on the "Edit" button.

All of the fields that appear in the Project Manager screen will be displayed in a format for editing.

Once you have completed your changes, click "OK" to return to the static version of this screen.

To view a list of other Projects or work on another, click the "Close" button to end work on the current Project.

To view details about any song in a Project, click on the Open icon that appears to the right of the song's name in the lower half of the split screen entitled Project Details.

If you wish to edit any of these details, click on the "Edit" icon instead, and the Project/Screen Details screen will open to display all of the current details for that song's use in the Project, ready to be edited.

You can also sort the Song titles by clicking on the "Sort" button at the right side of this split screen.

Here are some details to guide you in the use of the fields in this screen:

Field	Description
Usage	How the track is being used in the Project
Status	Track's status in the post-production process
Edited Length	Edited length of the song as used in the project
Time Code	Visual time code marking when the track is used
Notes	Text field for notes

The next chapter of this tutorial explains how to use the sharing feature in PROJECTS in order to share the results of a MusicSource search with a colleague and allow them to listen to the audition versions of the songs shared.

Introduction	Finder	Search Results	Auditioning Music	Explorer
Keeper	Projects	Sharing Projects	Downloads	Licenses