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Adding your first albums

Getting started » Adding your first albums

CLZ Music will help you create your own music database with a minimum of manual data entry. Just search our “Core” online music database, by album artist and title or by barcode, and all album details will be provided automatically, including artist, title,…

Adding albums

Adding by Artist and Title Adding by Barcode Adding Manually Field Defaults

Adding by Barcode

Adding albums » Adding by Barcode

Adding CDs by scanning their barcode If you are cataloging your CDs to CLZ Music, you can also scan their barcodes with your device’s camera: Tap the Add Albums icon: In the add screen, at the top, choose Barcode. Point the camera scanner at a CD barcode…

Requirements

Reference » Requirements

To get the most out of CLZ Music, make sure you at least have: An Android running Android OS 5.0 or up. An Internet connection (only while adding/automatically updating albums or syncing with CLZ Cloud). For barcode scanning: A device with a camera that can do…

Warning: Database originates from Direct Export

Troubleshooting » CLZ Cloud Sync problems » Warning: Database originates from Direct Export

“Your database originates from a direct export from PC/Mac. Any additions or changes to this database cannot be synced back to CLZ Cloud or your PC/Mac.” CLZ Cloud sync doesn’t work if the database on your mobile device originated from a “Direct…

Some artists are duplicated / split up?

Frequently Asked Questions » Some artists are duplicated / split up?

Sometimes you may find that some artist folders have duplicated, with their albums list split up between two separate folders for the same artist. This may happen when different albums in our Core had slightly different spellings of the artist name. Luckily, this…

Adding by Artist and Title

Adding albums » Adding by Artist and Title

If you are cataloging your music collection, the best way to add CDs and Vinyl albums is to search them by Artist and Title: Tap the Add Albums button: . In the Add screen, at the top, choose Add by Artist/Title. Type the Artist and Title of the album and…

Update from Core

Managing your database » Update from Core

When you add albums using this app’s Add by Barcode or Add by Title tools, you get lots of album details automatically from our central Core for Music online database. After you add your albums, the Core online data may change, e.g. to add more details that were…

Adding Manually

Adding albums » Adding Manually

If you are unable to find an album in our central database or you don’t have an internet connection, you can add it manually: Tap on the menu top left Tap on Add Manually Enter as much information as you want about this album. Tap the cover and you can…

Adding / Editing Discs and Tracks

Managing your database » Editing albums » Adding / Editing Discs and Tracks

Here’s how you can add/edit discs and tracks: Adding / Editing Discs and Tracks Here’s how to get to the Edit Album screen: Tap the album you wish to edit Tap the Edit Album button: Tap on the “Tracks” tab at the top of the Edit Album…

Managing Pick Lists

Managing your database » Managing Pick Lists

With every album you add to your collection, CLZ Music stores common information in Pick Lists. Examples of pick lists include Genre, Format, Location, Owner, etc. With the Manage Pick List screen you can modify all Pick List items. With it you can add, edit, delete…

Field Reference

Managing your database » Editing albums » Field Reference

Field types in the Edit Screen In the Edit Screen you will find different field types: Basic text fields: These allow you to just type any text in them. Number only fields: You can only add numbers in this field (for instance an index field, or a price…

Field Defaults

Adding albums » Field Defaults

The “Field Defaults” feature gives you the ability to set default field values for your new album additions. It allows you to set the “Seen it” or “Read It” fields to Yes or No, preset the Owner field and a lot of other fields. To…

Editing albums

Managing your database » Editing albums

After adding some albums to your database, it’s time to start editing your entries to add personal information (like purchase details, your own ratings and notes, etc…) or to edit the automatically downloaded data to your own preferences. This is done in…

Collection vs Wish List

Browsing your database » Collection vs Wish List

CLZ Music can not only keep track of the albums in your collection, but it can also maintain a Wish List. While adding albums, you have the option to choose to add an item to “Collection” or to “Wish List”. If you choose to add albums to your…

Multiple collections

Managing your database » Multiple collections

CLZ Music allows multiple sub-collections within your app. The collections will appear in the menu that you can open from the top left, so that you can easily switch between them. Create and manage collections Open the menu top left and tap “Add…

Cover Images

Managing your database » Editing albums » Cover Images

You can use your device camera to take a picture and add it as cover image to an album To edit a cover image: Select an item. Tap “Edit” bottom right. Now go to the Cover tab (which is on the right, you may have to scroll the tabs to see it) You can…

Export to CLZ Music: “Device not found”

Reference » Direct import from Music Collector » Export to CLZ Music: “Device not found”

If you can’t find your mobile device running CLZ Music using the “File > Export to > CLZ Mobile” with WiFi, there’s a few possible causes you can check to making it work: Contents Make sure you have Bonjour installed CLZ Music is not on the…

Errors in Sync Report

Troubleshooting » CLZ Cloud Sync problems » Errors in Sync Report

It can happen that something goes wrong during sync. If that happens, you will be notified, and you can check here what the error means: Error downloading/uploading cover Other Messages Clear database in CLZ Cloud Error downloading/uploading cover: A…

Getting started

Welcome to CLZ Music! Thanks for downloading our CLZ Music app! We hope you’ll enjoy using this app to catalog and manage your album collection. Just getting started cataloging your albums? Then here’s how to add the first albums to your database. *TIP:…

Import from Text / CSV

Importing / Exporting » Import from Text / CSV

To perform a full import from a text or CSV file you can use the CLZ Cloud Import Tool. The steps consist of first importing all items into CLZ Cloud, and then syncing those items from CLZ Cloud to CLZ Music on your mobile device. 1. Importing your Text/CSV file to…