Anything special done with newly purchased tracks?

Hello Mike :);
Yes this is an Authorative and Exhaustive Process that is Very Important not only in just ‘Learning Our Tracks’; but Breaking them down into ‘Useful Assets’; which is of course what they are to us as DJ’s; (unless the Tracks are just for Personal Use as I say);
A Journal is Excellent (and what I always Used as my Template to a Tracks Construction); now with Digital Software ‘some’ Programmes give us the Facility to do this within the Tracks ‘Properties/Meta-Data?’; in Ableton we have a Pop Up Box where we have Virtually a NotePad to Record (through the Written Word) Anything we Feel is Significant; and as like you; the Specific Elements within the Track that are Vital; such as;
How Long the Intro and Outro is
How Many Breaks there are; Where they are; and What they Compose Of
Where the Peaks Are; How Many; and of What Type (Drum/Bass/Melody/Vocals)
Whether the Track is an Opener; a Middle Type Track; or the Peak Of The Set
Any Significant Loops
And; what Tracks the Particular Track Mixes Well with

It seems a Lot when we Write It Out; but it Saves Us So Much Time 🙂

i do this too much actually… I kinda miss just listening to the music and have to stop myself, it’s becoming like work. I use key word comments in itunes to filter them into different smart playlists and go from there. I actually had no idea ableton had anything like that haha 😳 learn something knew everday I guess.

pilotmike327, post: 3352 wrote: Ugh, I actually own Ableton Suite! but one of my two licenses was used on my old computer before crashing and I don’t want to use the second until I buy my new one (i’m currently using the family computer to learn to mix with the tracktor pro demo). Will deff. take full advantage of that feature once I get my new mac and reinstall Ableton.

Yes; when you get your Licence up and running again Mike; just Right Click ‘Audio Track’ (or whatever you may have Renamed it to); then Select ‘Edit Info Text’ and a White Box with the Track Name will Pop Up – to your Bottom Left; where the Help Details usually sit – (with it seems an Infinite amount of Room to Write In); and you can Enter Any Relevant Details you Choose 🙂

mr_john, post: 3357 wrote: i do this too much actually… I kinda miss just listening to the music and have to stop myself, it’s becoming like work. I use key word comments in itunes to filter them into different smart playlists and go from there. I actually had no idea ableton had anything like that haha 😳 learn something knew everday I guess.

I am also Very Much like that John :); I Often listen to Dubstep For Pleasure (although I have already Examined Each Track And Recorded All Information In Detail :)); because nobody will Allow me to Play It on the Radio (Yet);

Phil Morse, post: 3372 wrote: Many people beatgrid their tunes (I don’t) and add cuepoints and loops (I do this but tend to do it live rather than before), plus add comments jn the comment field. I always run my tunes through Mixed in Key too.

This is almost my exact process (i.e. almost none). Do you think that’s from having started in a place/time when you literally had no choice but to add “cues” live?

The other thing I try and make sure I do is load up the week’s new purchases on the iPod / Phone, so I can get a good listen to them prior to playing in a set.