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  • October 2, 2012 at 6:56 am #1012906
    Terry_42
    Keymaster

    I do all my playlists, comments, tagging etc. in iTunes and just use those in VDJ or Serato.
    I have very few Serato “smart crates” and thats it.
    Using also MixedInKey to tag the files.
    Thats about it.

    October 2, 2012 at 9:53 am #1012912
    DeeJay SiBoogie
    Participant

    When I used Traktor and iTunes I would create playlist in iTunes and use those in Traktor. I would create playlist specifically for the gig I was doing plus have the crates for main collection. The only thing with the iTunes crates in Trakor is the they’re read only. I would suggest importating all your tracks in Traktor if you haven’t done so already so that they’re all analysed. The Bibile is a fantastic book for learning the full ins and out of Traktor.

    October 2, 2012 at 2:13 pm #1012925
    DirtyDan717
    Member

    Si BooGie, post: 29352, member: 3469 wrote: …iTunes crates in Trakor is the they’re read only.

    iTunes “crates”? Haven’t heard that term before, is that a separate feature? And what is the effect of the crates being read only?

    October 2, 2012 at 6:10 pm #1012944
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    You could browse the whole iTunes hierarchy including albums and smart albums in Traktor. Then you could even import the albums or smart album (contents) into the Traktor playlist. Which is cool as you could do magic with iTunes smart playlists, such as:

    * All house tracks added the last year with a BPM between 127 and 129
    * All tracks by
    and so on and so on ….

    October 3, 2012 at 4:36 pm #1013012
    Michael Lawrence
    Participant

    check out this post by DJ Endo at Dubspot. Alot of great things in there. I did most of what he has to say in there and when I want a particular type of track I search by Genre, Mood, and Descripitors and I have no trouble finding what I’m looking for, often several possibilities come up that can go with the direction I want to move in with my set.

    I think the key is getting your playlists to work for you and almost turning it into a google search engine. Just find what method works for you really. I would say to first clean out all your old tracks you dont realy play and start with tracks you want to keep or are requested often etc;

    http://blog.dubspot.com/how-to-create-smart-playlists-organize-your-music-in-itunes/

    October 4, 2012 at 12:22 am #1013034
    DirtyDan717
    Member

    Michael Lawrence, post: 29456, member: 856 wrote: check out this post by DJ Endo at Dubspot. Alot of great things in there. I did most of what he has to say in there and when I want a particular type of track I search by Genre, Mood, and Descripitors and I have no trouble finding what I’m looking for, often several possibilities come up that can go with the direction I want to move in with my set.

    I think the key is getting your playlists to work for you and almost turning it into a google search engine. Just find what method works for you really. I would say to first clean out all your old tracks you dont realy play and start with tracks you want to keep or are requested often etc;

    http://blog.dubspot.com/how-to-create-smart-playlists-organize-your-music-in-itunes/

    VERY helpful my friend, thank you!

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