MusicIP Mixer Help - Exclusions

MusicIP Mixer allows you to set three different filters which act globally on your use of the application. These filters are called exclusions, since each one excludes certain files from being used in different conditions. You can set these exclusions using the same options as regular filters.

You can view and update your exclusions from the preferences panel (File/Customize Options). The three exclusions are:

Don't Add Songs Like This - this exclusion lets you choose songs which should not be added to MusicIP Mixer when scanning directories. Because the files have not yet been loaded, you have fewer options for these filters, primarily related to the filename. You might want to exclude all files in a certain folder, or with a certain extension. You can override this exclusion by adding files explicitly (rather than directories), or by dragging and dropping songs on to the Mixer. The default exclusion here is to add all songs.

Don't Analyze Songs Like This - this exclusion lets you choose songs which should not be fingerprinted or analyzed. You can use this for songs which are not music files, or which you will never want to use in mixes. If there are filters you would have liked to use as an Add Exclusion, but couldn't because they required some metadata fields, you can add them here as a next best thing. If files already have analysis information archived in them, they will show up as analyzed regardless of the setting here, because analysis did not have to be performed on them. The default exclusion here is to ignore songs which are spoken word or podcasts, or songs which are disabled. (Disabled songs are songs which have been marked by the user as disabled - you can do this by right-clicking on songs, or adding the Enabled column to the song list, and using the checkboxes there. This varies by operating system. This part of the exclusion shows up using the odd language "Enabled is missing", meaning "Disabled")

Note: if you have a song which you think should be analyzed, but isn't you might want to check the analyze exclusions and see if the song is somehow covered - if so, you might need to adjust the exclusion.

Don't Include Songs Like This in Mixes - this exclusion lets you exclude songs from ever showing up in mixes. These restrictions will be applied in addition to any other filters which are being used when creating the mix - there is no way to override this exclusion. The default exclusion here is to skip any disabled songs (as described above). If you have an analysis exclusion you may also want to duplicate it here if you really want to make sure the songs will not show up in mixes. You can always add any song manually to any playlist.