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Originally Posted by bigdaddylddd
Hello,
I have a few questions before I purchase Hoster & MicroStudio Suite:
1) I understand Hoster can be installed on 2 computers, one for running a show and the second for backup. In the initial stages of importing all my CD+G's, is it possible to use BOTH COMPUTERS TO IMPORT at the same time AND then MERGE the seperate collections of KMA's together? (of course I'd have to use a portable drive to get them to the Hosting PC)
2) If I purchase right now, will the 3/15/05 upgrade be FREE?
That's it for now, thank you.
Charles
P.S. I previously sent this to sales@mtu.com, just found out that questions should be posted here first. Sorry.  |
I want to thank all our helpers here for standing in the gap whilst I was busy elsewhere!
bigdaddylddd, thanks for asking. I want to make sure you are aware the "number" they are talking about is the BOOKID, not the DiscID, which is from each Brand-DiscID you will be importing. Each Brand-DiscID must be assigned a unique BookID.
The BookID is a forced unique number that prints in your Song Books. It allows your singers to give you one number for their request, and you can quickly type it in and their song is up and ready in the rotation.
In the Import screen as you are importing your discs into KMA files, you can enter in the BookID you want, OR... you can use the NEXT button for Hoster to automatically assign the next lowest available number for you.
When you are importing on two different computers, you want to decide what BookID you will start the second system numbering at (say 100), and start the first system at "1". Then, when you get your first system to 99 (NOT... NOT 100), you want to stop. Then, copy all your KMA files from the second system to the first, and use the Tools menu Build Songs Database command to combine both sets of KMA files into one new Songs Database. Then, click the NEXT button on the first system (with ALL the "currently imported" KMA files now) to get the next lowest BookID. Pick a new higher number to start importing on your second system and repeat the above process.
Just make sure you don't overlap numbers between the two systems.
Now, there is another way that most folks don't know of.
You can run multiple copies of Hoster ON THE SAME COMPUTER AT THE SAME TIME! Thus, if you connect two different CDR drives to one computer, you can select the first in one Hoster that is already running, and fire off a second Hoster copy (yep, just click the Hoster Desktop icon again) and select the second drive. Your computer and hard drive are more than fast enough to handle this, so I doubt you will run any slower than with 2 computers... except you might feel a little more rushed than if 2 people do this on 2 computers.
Since both copies of Hoster are using the same Songs Database to get their next BookID, each Hoster will always get the next BookID, if you always click the NEXT button.
MTU often designs in multiple ways of doing something to allow each person to work in their own "style".
Anyway, we look forward to having you on-board.
QUESTION #2: The good folks here are right. Once we release version 3.100 Anyone having Hoster 3.006 can simply click their download link and it will deliver 3.100 for them.
Our published policy is that anyone buying a prior version within 30 days of a new release, if the new release would carry an upgrade charge, they get it free. We usually extend that when we are late getting a release out. We email those "recent" customers a coupon to buy the upgrade for free.