Singer's list - max size?

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Originally Posted by songpony

Can you edit it in the playlist? I haven't been able to modify singer's name once it's in the list (could with previous versions).

Originally Posted by ddouglass

Right Click the Singers Name instead of left clicking and then you can edit it.

Originally Posted by songpony

Ahhh. Glad to see we haven't lost that capability. Thanks!

And now we changed it again!
We had some users complain we weren't following WIndows "standards" so we now use click twice with any delay between them, or double-click quickly... either will open the field for editing.

Originally Posted by songpony

I didn't say it was - I was just asking if anyone knew if there was an "optimum" value. I obviously do not sing 800 songs a night, a week, a month, etc. - it just happens to be how many I know and the list that I pick from. I thought it would be handy if I could have it set up in a singer's list, but if I can't, no big deal (I've been using an Excel spreadsheet for 8 years now - I can certainly continue using it). I sing only once per rotation, and it just so happens that the customers at the places I work actually get MAD at me if I don't sing. Many try to get me to put myself in more than once in a rotation, but I won't. I (and my customers) happen to think I'm running my shows appropriately, so that's really my only concern. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, however. I just want to make it clear that I am not, and never was, COMPLAINING about the fact that opening up such a large list is too slow - I was "information gathering", which I think this forum is an appropriate venue for.

Songpony, I'm sure DiggerWertz didn't mean to "open a can of worms" as he said. I do believe his clientele don't ask him to get on stage and sing. Heck, if you've got a good voice and are a pretty lady... who wouldn't want you to get on stage and perform (please take that with the respect intended).

I have talked or heard of thousands of Karaoke Hosts who sing in every rotation, about as many who never sings, and probably even more who sing to "fill in" until the show gets rolling and the rotation gets filled in.


Now, about how long your Singers Database takes to build. I have talked with Engineering and there are 3 facts we'd like you to answer.

1. Are you running XP or Vista? Vista will take LONGER to build anything. We recommend replacing it with XP while you can.

2. How much system RAM do you have installed in your computer? If you have too little, then Windows is page swapping often, which can extend the build time by double, tripple or more. If running Vista, you NEVER have enough RAM... or so it seems.

3. How many songs are in your SONGS Database (NOT Singer DB)? An easy way to find out is see how many pages of XXX songs per page are in your Song Book (if built by Hoster). If you don't use Hoster, then create a Songbook with it and it will tell you exactly how many songs it found.

The more songs are there, the longer it takes to do the searches to build the Singers Tables... AND... the more RAM is required to open and work with the SONGS DB. Thus, there is an interaction between the Windows OS, RAM available, and Songs.mdb database size. The fellows here are doing a truly EXCELLENT job at trying to help, and now we want to gum it all up with stoggy ol' facts that only us dudes can process!

If you have 1GB RAM and XP, add 1GB more so you have 2GB.

If you have 2GB RAM and Vista, add 1 or 2GB more so you have 3GB to 4GB.

Please let us know the answers above.