Is it possible to browse tracks by instrument based on the album/track credits?
Or, better yet, browse compositions?
Is it possible to browse tracks by instrument based on the album/track credits?
Or, better yet, browse compositions?
Not that I’m aware of.
The compositions browser features a column called “Instrumentation”. As we’re talking about compositions here, the instrumentation belongs to the composition as such and does not cover special (other/cross-over) performances or soloists. While a great deal of classical content might have information in this field, there are also gaps. This filed is most likely empty for non-classical content. As of a bug in Roon’s current heuristic instrumentation detection algorithm, this filed may also contain many plain wrong entries.
Keep in mind that what you’re asking for has a high chance of missing a great part of tracks or compositions as tracks credits as well as compositions instrumentation are often empty/not detailed enough. Additionally for track credits; they may also be overly detailed, listing any instrument that was used, ans thus mask the interesting/special occurrences you may be looking for (searching for Guitar in Heavy Metal tracks will not show the tracks with remarkable soli or riffs only).
Update: Feel free to change the category of this post to Feature Request (use the pencil right of the title) if you think that this should be/become one.
Thanks for the reply, it’s been really helpful.
I will change to Feature Request since I’d love to see this sort of filtering become further integrated.
I can’t see any way to filter compositions based on the instrumentation, is there one?
Just use the filter funnel that’s present on most columns in the compositions browser.
Thanks for that info.