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diff --git a/documents/track.md b/documents/track.md index 5ba85ff..ac0174d 100644 --- a/documents/track.md +++ b/documents/track.md @@ -1,7 +1,47 @@ # Track Format +> Tracks are by far the most populous type of content on a music wiki. While albums have the most connections to other kinds of data, tracks themselves are the most "atomic" unit. Besides basic per-track information, HSMusic's strength lies in defining tracks in relation to each other: motif-referenced tracks, audio samples, re-releases, all tie tracks from different releases together in a wiki-wide net. And tracks automatically show up on artist's credit pages and in a selection of listings, all without ever duplicating anything in the actual data files — making wiki maintenance hassle-free and fitting new music into the wiki as a whole easy and rewarding! + Track documents are stored in album files; after the album header document, use `Track: (Track Name)` to start a track document. +Tracks only have a few key fields, with lots of additional fields filling in further details, bonus files, and relationships with artists and other tracks. So, some tracks are as detailed as this... + +``` +Track: Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix) +Artists: +- Michael Guy Bowman +Duration: '1:36' +URLs: +- https://youtu.be/DKmXadfEnog +Cover Art File Extension: jpg +Referenced Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +Sampled Tracks: +- track:sburban-jungle +Sheet Music Files: +- Title: Sheet music by Gamehunter + Files: + - 'Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix) - Gamehunter.pdf' +MIDI Project Files: +- Title: MIDI by Unknown + Files: + - 'Sburban Jungle (Brief Mix) - Unknown.mid' +Commentary: |- + <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> + At this point I was just giddy about the release of "Sburban Jungle", although the version that appears here is deliberately truncated. The full version later released on [[album:homestuck-vol-4|Volume 4]] was already fully written at this point, although we figured that it would be best to give only a taste and otherwise save it for later. +``` + +...while others only handle the essentials! + +``` +Track: Once Upon a Time +Duration: '1:28' +URLs: +- https://tobyfox.bandcamp.com/track/once-upon-a-time-2 +- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BR7-AzE2dQ +- https://open.spotify.com/track/4XX5uZb9PvTKh8Nm2KSJfk +``` + > Certain fields inherit from the album the track is part of. **Save time by using the corresponding album field, if most of the tracks in an album share the same value** (differing from wiki default): > > * track's `Artists` inherits from album's `Artists` @@ -12,7 +52,7 @@ Track documents are stored in album files; after the album header document, use ## Track objects -Referenced as `track:directory`. +Referenced as `track:directory` or by name. ### Essential info fields |