Duplicate Artists - local files assigned to wrong artist

Roon Software Discussion
1

I use local files on a ROCK and Qobuz.

On Qobuz there are 2 artists that have the same name. One is Abc the other is ABC so the only difference is capitalization.

Whenever I add local files to my ROCK storage via drag and drop to the appropriate folder, they wind up being assigned artist 1 as the primary artist, when they should be assigned to artist 2.

Currently every time I add a live show from artist 2 I have to edit album, remove primary artist 1, add primary artist 2; then sometimes even need to select all the tracks and remove the credits of primary artist 1.

I have no local files associated with artist 1 and will never listen to them. Is there anyway to change this default behavior so that I don’t have to perform this process every time? Essentially hiding artist 1 somehow.

2

In the Artists section of Roon, under the circle with 3 dots, is the same ability to merge and edit Artists that we have with Albums. Try that out.

3

Thanks but then I will see all of artist 1s albums with artist 2. I do not want to have to scroll through artists 1 albums to find artist 2 as I’m not interested in seeing artist 1 at all

4

Oh, I see… They seem to be, in fact, two different artists. You had indicated that the only difference was the capitalization and I seem to have read you too literally. Before I go on trying to give you ideas, can you confirm that these are indeed two completely separate and unrelated artists?

5

Two completely different artists. One is European and the other is US based. That and the capitalization are the only differences. The artist I’m importing is the US non- capitalized one yet is being assigned to the capitalized European one.

6

Aha. I am not in front of Roon right now, but what happens if you “ban” the undesired artist?