Audio portal needs better search

[Lazarou]

been trying to find some good audio to go with a project I have been working on, and I must say that the search options on the audio portal are really inadequate. They only allow you to search by genre, title, and artist name. Really, when you dont know exactly what it is you are looking for, those options are next to useless.

Some additional search functions would be really nice, such as Track Length, File size (for those who are looking for something short and sweet to keep their flash size to a minimum), whether it is a loop or full song, etc.
Also would be very nice to be able to order search results by rating, date added, how many flash submissions it has been used in.

Additionally a "tags" system would also improve things, artists could be asked to specify a few key words about their piece, which would then be used to improve the chances that people searching for "short techno loop" or "emotional happy celebration" would find music that fitted much quicker.

Just some thoughts that I thought would be worth posting, not sure if anything will be done about it, but in my opinion it would make the audio portal much more desirable for flash artists to make good use of.

[SBB]

If you want audio that would perfecty suit your flash, you could always ask an audio artist with a style you like to make a custom piece for you.

In the meantime, could you tell what kind of music you want so we can tell you if we have found something? Or would you like a cup of coffee or tea?

[Lazarou]

why would I want to ask for someone to make something custom, the audio portal has thousands of entries already, it is just very hard to search through it to find the right pieces.
I've been working on a new game, I wanted some ambient/creepy/industrial/abstract/techn o type music to accompany it. I've found something after spending have 2 hours clicking randomly in the portal, but it wasnt fun, and I am sure there is probably something a lot better out there but it is just hidden in one of the hundreds of pages of submissions.

I like this site for submitting work to, I'm not really involved in the bbs community though, and I am sure a lot of other "new" artists feel the same way. We should have to ask around or get people to make stuff for us, when it probably already exists but is just lost in a complete sea of audio.

[SBB]

True

This is the thread made for ideas, but that doesn't matter. I agree with tags- some people use the descriptions space to put tags, but only a few people do that. A tags space would really make it easier to search around