Yes. That’s correct as far as I can see in order to get a review roon must treat the song as a composition.
If you add a composer to a track/song without one, you will see that process at work. Roon then treats the track as a composition. Any time I have tried it, I see an additional “go to composition” link in the three dots next to the track. If roon already has composer credits from metadata you will also see that link. I haven’t noticed any difference in behaviour whether composer is auto or manually populated.
But any other “composition” behavior other than that three dots link is inconsistent:
- Sometimes you will see a composition review and sometimes you will not.
- Sometimes you will see a “CD counter” next to the track and sometimes you will not.
- Sometimes the composition will be auto-merged with your other instances and sometimes it will not.
- Sometimes roon will allow you to do a manual merge of your compositions and sometimes it will not.
All these points seem to come up periodically. There must be some criteria roon uses to promote a track to a composition but it is not clear what. This is the latest thread raising these issues:
I don’t see this as a feature request. The way in which roon is treating a composition has long caused problems on Classical threads. I see the behavior being experienced with pop libraries as shedding extra light. It would be nice if this were consistent.