Hi dNj,
I don't know if it will be fixed in MC12, but with the Public Beta of 12 it doesn't work, I'm just facing the same problem and therefore digged into this and found this thread.
Well, maybe I should stop buying music or simply don't convert every of my CDs into digital files ...
Regards,
Mighty A-MAN
My workaround has been to rip CDs into a library just for new rips. I've been ripping my existing CD collection (classical first) so I went through my collection by composer and within that composer, by multiple copies of the same work. The combo boxes got populated with the tag values I needed rather quickly.
I like to keep the newly ripped files separate from the main library until I'm happy with the tags. I start a new folder, rip about 200 to 400 CDs and then move to a new folder. When a folder is finished, I import it into my permanent library.
My conditions may be different from your situation but perhaps the idea of a separate library for new rips could be adapted for you.
Of course, I hoping that MC 12 will support longer lists.
Bill