diff --git a/encode_all b/encode_all
index 13ae904..f5efffe 100755
--- a/encode_all
+++ b/encode_all
@@ -144,10 +144,18 @@ function encode() {
       '--tracknumber' "${tags['TRACKNUMBER']}"
       '--date' "${album_date}")
   [[ -n "${tags[DISK]}" ]] && tag_flags+=('--comment' "DISK=${tags['DISK']}")
+  tags=''
+  for tag in "${tag_flags[@]}"; do
+    tags+="$(printf '"%s" ' "$tag")"
+  done
   if [[ "$debug_only" == 'false' ]]; then
-    err="$(opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures "${tag_flags[@]}"  "$file" "$final_opus" 2>&1)"
+    # err="$(opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures "${tag_flags[@]}"  "$file" "$final_opus" 2>&1)"
+    cmd=$(printf 'opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures %s "%s" "%s"\n' "$tags" "$file" "$final_opus")
+    printf '%s\n' "$cmd"
+    eval $cmd
   else
-    echo opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures "${tag_flags[@]}"  "$file" "$final_opus"
+    cmd=$(printf 'opusenc --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures %s "%s" "%s"\n' "$tags" "$file" "$final_opus")
+    printf '%s\n' "$cmd"
   fi
   if [[ -n "$err" ]]; then
     printf '%s\n' "$err" >> "$log"
diff --git a/encode_dir b/encode_dir
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..141db9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encode_dir
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# encode_all encodes the whole library into specified format
+#
+ulimit -n "$(ulimit -Hn)"
+. env_parallel.bash
+
+function ts() {
+  date '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M'
+}
+
+debug_only=false
+# debug_only=true
+src_dir="$1"
+export output_dir="$2"
+if [[ -z "$src_dir" || -z "$output_dir" ]]; then
+  printf 'Usage:\nencode_dir <input dir> <output dir>\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+logdir="${HOME}/encoding_logs"
+[[ -d "$logdir" ]] || mkdir "$logdir"
+start_ts="$(ts)"
+log="${logdir}/${start_ts}_encoding_log"
+fixes="${logdir}/${start_ts}_fixes.sh"
+temp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+
+printf '#!/bin/bash\n# FIXES generated by library_works/encode_all\n\n' > "$fixes"
+
+function encode() {
+  src_file_and_path="$1"
+  src_file="$(basename "$in_file_path")"
+  # file is full original path + filename
+  src_dir="$(dirname "$src_file_and_path")"
+  file_name="$(basename "$src_file_and_path")"
+  final_opus="${output_dir}/$(sed -e 's/\.flac$/.opus/' <<< "$file_name")"
+
+  unset tags
+  unset dest_dir
+
+  declare -A tags
+  while read -r line; do
+    tag_type="$(cut -d= -f1 <<< "$line")"
+    tag_type="${tag_type^^}"
+    tag_val="$(cut -d= -f2- <<< "$line")"
+    # TODO: suggest fixes for lower case tags
+    tags["$tag_type"]="$tag_val"
+  done < <(metaflac --list --block-type='VORBIS_COMMENT' "$src_file_and_path" | \
+           grep 'comment\[' | \
+           cut -d: -f2- | \
+           sed 's/^ //')
+
+  tag_ensure=( 'TRACKNUMBER' 'TITLE' 'ALBUM' 'ARTIST' 'YEAR')
+  for tag_type in "${tag_ensure[@]}"; do
+    if [[ -z "${tags["$tag_type"]}" ]]; then
+      printf '%s is missing tag: %s\n' "$src_file_and_path" "$tag_type" >> "$log"
+      tags["$tag_type"]="missing $tag_type"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  [[ -d "$output_dir" ]] || mkdir -p "$output_dir"
+  tag_flags=(
+      '--title' "${tags['TITLE']}"
+      '--artist' "${tags['ARTIST']}"
+      '--album' "${tags['ALBUM']}"
+      '--tracknumber' "${tags['TRACKNUMBER']}"
+      '--date' "${tags['DATE']}")
+  [[ -n "${tags[DISK]}" ]] && tag_flags+=('--comment' "DISK=${tags['DISK']}")
+  tags=''
+  for tag in "${tag_flags[@]}"; do
+    tags+="$(printf '"%s" ' "$tag")"
+  done
+  cmd=$(printf 'opusenc --downmix-mono --bitrate 48 --speech --quiet --discard-comments --discard-pictures %s "%s" "%s"\n' "$tags" "$src_file_and_path" "$final_opus")
+  printf '%s\n' "$cmd"
+  eval $cmd
+
+  if [[ -n "$err" ]]; then
+    printf '%s\n' "$err" >> "$log"
+  fi
+}
+
+echo starting processing
+# find "$src_dir" -type f -name '*.flac' | while read line; do encode "${line}"; done
+# exit 1
+# find "$src_dir" -type f -name '*.flac' | while read line; do encode "$line"; done
+# wait
+find "$src_dir" -type f -name '*.flac' -print0 | env_parallel -P 0 -0 --bar encode {}
+echo done processing
+
+echo deleting any empty directories
+# find "$output_dir" -empty -type d -delete
diff --git a/split_dir b/split_dir
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ebdedc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/split_dir
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# split_dir splits each track from a specified directory.
+#
+# The library is mirrored for each type of split.
+#
+# karaoke: reduces the volume of the vocals by 80% and remixes it
+# drum only: just the drums
+# no drum: reduces the volume of the drums by 80% and remixes it
+
+
+target="$1"
+if [[ -z "$target" ]]; then
+  printf 'Give a target dir\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
+function make_drum() {
+  mkdir -p "${dest_dir['no drums']}"
+  # quiet_drums="${actual_work_dir}/quiet drums.wav"
+  wav_name="$(sed 's/\.flac$/.wav/' <<< "$file_name")"
+  mixed_wav="${dest_dir['no drums']}/${wav_name}"
+  final_opus="$(sed 's/\.wav$/.opus/' <<< "$mixed_wav")"
+
+  # echo sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$drum_track" "$quiet_drums"
+  # sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$drum_track" "$quiet_drums"
+  # echo sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$quiet_drums" "$mixed_wav"
+  # sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$quiet_drums" "$mixed_wav"
+  echo sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$mixed_wav"
+  sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$mixed_wav"
+  # rm "$quiet_drums"
+  echo opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
+      --title "'${tags[TITLE]}'" --artist "'${tags[ARTIST]}'" \
+      --album "'${tags[ALBUM]}'" --tracknumber "'${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}'" \
+      --date "'${tags[DATE]}'" "'$mixed_wav'" "'$final_opus'"
+  opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
+      --title "${tags[TITLE]}" --artist "${tags[ARTIST]}" \
+      --album "${tags[ALBUM]}" --tracknumber "${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}" \
+      --date "${tags[DATE]}" "$mixed_wav" "$final_opus"
+  rm "$mixed_wav"
+}
+
+function make_drumonly() {
+  mkdir -p "${dest_dir['drums only']}"
+  echo echo dest dir: ${dest_dir['drums only']}
+  echo drum track: "$drum_track"
+  final_opus="${dest_dir['drums only']}/$(sed 's/\.flac$/.opus/' <<< "$file_name")"
+  echo opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
+      --title "'${tags[TITLE]}'" --artist "'${tags[ARTIST]}'" \
+      --album "'${tags[ALBUM]}'" --tracknumber "'${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}'" \
+      --date "'${tags[DATE]}'" "'$drum_track'" "'$final_opus'"
+  opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
+      --title "${tags[TITLE]}" --artist "${tags[ARTIST]}" \
+      --album "${tags[ALBUM]}" --tracknumber "${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}" \
+      --date "${tags[DATE]}" "$drum_track" "$final_opus"
+}
+
+function make_karaoke() {
+  mkdir -p "${dest_dir[karaoke]}"
+  quiet_vocals="${actual_work_dir}/quiet vocals.wav"
+  wav_name="$(sed 's/\.flac$/.wav/' <<< "$file_name")"
+  mixed_wav="${dest_dir['karaoke']}/${wav_name}"
+  final_opus="$(sed 's/\.wav$/.opus/' <<< "$mixed_wav")"
+  echo sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$vocal_track" "$quiet_vocals"
+  sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$vocal_track" "$quiet_vocals"
+  echo sox -m "${karaoke[@]}" "$quiet_vocals" "$mixed_wav"
+  sox -m "${karaoke[@]}" "$quiet_vocals" "$mixed_wav"
+  rm "$quiet_vocals"
+  echo opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
+      --title "'${tags[TITLE]}'" --artist "'${tags[ARTIST]}'" \
+      --album "'${tags[ALBUM]}'" --tracknumber "'${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}'" \
+      --date "'${tags[DATE]}'" "'$mixed_wav'" "'$final_opus'"
+  opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
+      --title "${tags[TITLE]}" --artist "${tags[ARTIST]}" \
+      --album "${tags[ALBUM]}" --tracknumber "${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}" \
+      --date "${tags[DATE]}" "$mixed_wav" "$final_opus"
+  rm "$mixed_wav"
+}
+
+volume_reduction_factor='0.1'
+src_library="$target"
+work_dir="${HOME}/split"
+actual_work_dir="${work_dir}/htdemucs_ft"
+
+type -P 'demucs' &>/dev/null || (
+  printf 'No demucs in path.\nInstall with `pip install demucs` or something.\n\n' >&2
+  exit 1
+)
+
+find "$src_library" -type f -name '*.flac' | while read file; do
+  if find "$work_dir" -type f &>/dev/null; then rm -rf "${work_dir}"/*; fi
+  echo "file: $file"
+  # file is full original path + filename
+  src_dir="$(dirname "$file")"
+  file_name="$(basename "$file")"
+  unset tags
+  unset dest_dir
+
+  declare -A tags
+  echo tag time
+  while read -r line; do
+    tag_type="$(cut -d= -f1 <<< "$line")"
+    tag_type="${tag_type^^}"
+    tag_val="$(cut -d= -f2- <<< "$line")"
+    tags["$tag_type"]="$tag_val"
+  done < <(metaflac --list --block-type=VORBIS_COMMENT "$file" | grep 'comment\[' | cut -d: -f2- | sed 's/^ //')
+  album="$(basename "$final_dir")"
+  if [[ "$file_name" =~ ^D[0-9]+ ]]; then
+    disk="$(cut -d\  -f1 <<< "$file_name")"
+    tags[DISK]="${disk#D}"
+  fi
+  declare -a tag_ensure
+  tag_ensure=( TRACKNUMBER TITLE DATE ALBUM ARTIST )
+  for tag_type in "${tag_ensure[@]}"; do
+    if [[ -z "${tags[$tag_type]}" ]]; then
+      tags[$tag_type]="missing $tag_type"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  declare -A dest_dir
+  dest_dir['karaoke']="${src_dir//flac/karaoke}"
+  dest_dir['drums only']="${src_dir//flac/drums only}"
+  dest_dir['no drums']="${src_dir//flac/no drums}"
+
+  demucs -n htdemucs_ft -o "$work_dir" --filename '{track} {stem}.{ext}' -j50 -d cpu --clip-mode rescale -- "$file" < /dev/null
+  unset files karaoke nodrums
+  declare -a files karaoke nodrums
+  readarray -t files < <(find "$work_dir" -type f -name '*.wav')
+  unset vocal_track
+  unset drum_track
+
+  for cur_file in "${files[@]}"; do
+    echo current file: "$cur_file"
+    if ! grep -Eq 'drums\.wav$' <<< "$cur_file"; then
+      nodrums+=("$cur_file") 
+    else
+      drum_track="$cur_file"
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep -Eq 'vocals\.wav$' <<< "$cur_file"; then
+      karaoke+=("$cur_file")
+    else
+      vocal_track="$cur_file"
+    fi
+  done 
+
+  for i in "${nodrums[@]}"; do
+    printf 'Drum practice: %s\n' "$i"
+  done
+  if [[ -z "$drum_track" ]]; then
+    printf 'No drum track. Will not create a drum practice file.\n'
+  else
+    make_drum
+    make_drumonly
+  fi
+  for i in "${karaoke[@]}"; do
+    printf 'Karaoke practice: %s\n' "$i"
+  done
+  if [[ ! "$vocal_track" ]]; then
+    printf 'No vocal track. Will not create a karaoke file.\n'
+  else
+    make_karaoke
+  fi
+done
+
diff --git a/split_tracks b/split_tracks
index 85913ec..374ad0e 100755
--- a/split_tracks
+++ b/split_tracks
@@ -10,16 +10,18 @@
 
 function make_drum() {
   mkdir -p "${dest_dir['no drums']}"
-  quiet_drums="${actual_work_dir}/quiet drums.wav"
+  # quiet_drums="${actual_work_dir}/quiet drums.wav"
   wav_name="$(sed 's/\.flac$/.wav/' <<< "$file_name")"
   mixed_wav="${dest_dir['no drums']}/${wav_name}"
   final_opus="$(sed 's/\.wav$/.opus/' <<< "$mixed_wav")"
 
-  echo sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$drum_track" "$quiet_drums"
-  sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$drum_track" "$quiet_drums"
-  echo sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$quiet_drums" "$mixed_wav"
-  sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$quiet_drums" "$mixed_wav"
-  rm "$quiet_drums"
+  # echo sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$drum_track" "$quiet_drums"
+  # sox -v "$volume_reduction_factor" "$drum_track" "$quiet_drums"
+  # echo sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$quiet_drums" "$mixed_wav"
+  # sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$quiet_drums" "$mixed_wav"
+  echo sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$mixed_wav"
+  sox -m "${nodrums[@]}" "$mixed_wav"
+  # rm "$quiet_drums"
   echo opusenc --comp 10 --downmix-stereo \
       --title "'${tags[TITLE]}'" --artist "'${tags[ARTIST]}'" \
       --album "'${tags[ALBUM]}'" --tracknumber "'${tags[TRACKNUMBER]}'" \
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ function make_karaoke() {
   rm "$mixed_wav"
 }
 
-volume_reduction_factor='0.2'
+volume_reduction_factor='0.1'
 src_library="${HOME}/flac"
 work_dir="${HOME}/split"
 actual_work_dir="${work_dir}/htdemucs_ft"