Hee Won Jung

Yes you can.

I dont use mac however so i dont know how its done on a mac.

On PC you can do 2 different ways, drag the songs into a playlist within itunes, and then refresh your itunes library in Traktor

Or option 2 is to use the right window where it shows your playlist and navigate to your harddrive then to were you download music and then hit refresh.

ChrisGames, post: 31311, member: 4414 wrote: Do you thin rokit 5″ would work Hee Won Jung? saves me money.

Rokit 5s will be completely fine for what u want them for…Rokits are GREAT DJ monitors…they produce a little too much low end, so its perfect for a small setup where u dont want things super loud.

This is the difference between Consumer and Professional gear.

Let me put this in perspective. The Beats Studio/Pro is like a Ferarri….Where as real DJ headphones, like the Ultrasone Pros, or HDJ2000s, ETC. are like Pick up Trucks.

Now which one would you use to goto work?

Use the Right tools for the right job…

DiBartdi, post: 31314, member: 4249 wrote: The build quality is unmatchable

Actually the build quality on the Studios are prone to breaking, and the Beats PRO weight like a sack of hammers, and are extremely uncomfortable due to the fact that they sit on the ear oppose to over the ear like the majority of DJ Headphones.

The Fact that it uses powered Noise Cancellation is also a minus, you NEVER want anything interfereing with the music you are listening to. Batteries cost additional money that is a waste.

a million more pages can be found like this one regarding the durability or lack there of of the Studios.

http://www.head-fi.org/t/483167/beats-by-dre-studio-durability

Now the PROs are all metal construction so they do have better durability but they are still prone to the issues above.

I dare anyone who has the PROs to wear them on their head for 4 hours straight and see how good your head feels.

DiBartdi, post: 31315, member: 4249 wrote: I dont know if counting is really a good idea. It makes everything too mathematical and calculated, and DJing is art, not mathematics (though they are closely related lol but doesnt help my point)
I rarelly stop to count bars, I think its by far better just listening to the tracks, instinctvly stomping your feet to the ryhtm and just knowing when the bar or phrase is goin to start and end. Another thing you can do is count in your head 1, 2, 3, 4 1,2,3,4

Well as a Beginner you NEED to count…eventually it will become second nature…To this day i still count…but im not going 1 2 3 4…im just tapping my feet and listening to the music…I instinctively know when my changes, drops etc are going to happen.

The Biggest lesson I teach any new DJs is remember 4 on the floor…4×4 is all EDM…just at different tempos.

There are a few options here:

With in your deck settings there is an option to show beats, and beats to cue point.

With that said…just count the beats yourself…If you dont know a song well enough to know where the breaks, breakdowns, switches etc are in it…then you shouldnt be DJing with it.

As well another option you have is on each deck there is a small + and – on it…you can use it to zoom in and out of the active portion of your waveforms.

I have over 2000 tracks that i actively gig with…and no i dont memorize all of them…but i just “know” when the breakdown is going to hit…Start Djing without looking at your waveforms…it will get you in the habit of just knowing your music.

I think this is one of the biggest issues with pure Digital DJs…they rely too much on the technology rather than using the tools already provided…(im talking about your ears :d)

Im really really really lost to what you are actually trying to do here.

First off using Itunes you need to properly ID3 tag your tracks…then there is a search on the top right where you can find any of the songs you are looking for.

Itunes is by no means “slow” on a decent computer PC or Mac…I myself use a PC and i have itunes on all 5 of my computers with no problems on any of them.

Try and use Traktor…there is a search function within Traktors library management and it will pick up any songs based on any words ever used. You can download a free 30 day trial of the Full Traktor Pro 2 software.
IE:
Song is – Avicii – Levels – fat rat remix.

I can type in “rat” or “levels” or Avicii any of the words above and it will narrow my library to all the songs that have the word “rat” in it for example.

Is this what you are looking for?

Marcelo Neri, post: 31260, member: 4405 wrote: Hee Won Jun, what you said is just to put songs in beatmatch and phrase matched. Ok! I can do this on Traktor but and then? How many beat jumps to “pull” the CUE point to the right place? See my point?
And more:
Still on VDJ, sometimes even matching those 1sts beats, and jumping by 16 beats (at a time), I just go closer, not accurate. So I got to keep beat jumping just one beat at a time time to “pull” the CUE point to the right place. Thanks to the overlapping wave forms I can fix it at time.
That happens ’cause sometimes songs are not 4/4 (“quaternário” in latin), or whatever.
I mean, in Traktor I didn’t see yet a 100% secure way to make this kind of advanced mixing technic without error…
Thanks anyway.

Okay i think you are missing what Quantizing really does.

Here is my workflow: With Every song that i have I setup up Cue Points. Normally My cue points are as follows:
First beat of into, 32 beats after first into, 1st breakdown(Chorus), The Drop(body), 2nd Breakdown, 2nd Drop, 64 beats before the end of the track, 32 beats before end of the track.

This gives me a total of 8 cue points. If there are iconic pieces within the song i may not set cue points for the outtros and cue point the iconic pieces. I do this so that i can mix in at any point of a song, as well i can jump and do live edits on the fly, eg…I bring in the 1st breakdown…and as it is about to go into the Drop i cue point to the 2nd Drop, to cut out the first drop and will make my mixing into the track a lot easier.

Now with Quantizing, what this does is…if your beatgrids are set properly, when i jump to ANY cue point i am still right on beat.

Using this method you do not need to have your songs sync’ed as the quantize feature will keep your songs on beat once they are beat matched.
After its just a matter of counting…when i know that the first track is coming to the 1st beat of 32 i will bring in song 2 by hitting the cue point that i already have set on the 1st beat.

Now there are some tracks that may do some really off beat crap or drops not on a 32nd beat. This is where the beatjump feature is really handy…I can move up or down 1-32 beats depending on how much i am out of PHRASE.

Beat = 1, Bar = 4 Beats, Phrase = 32 Beats

If you need me to upload a video of this i can…but i think its pretty self explanatory.