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Since CDs are dirt cheap it is easier to have 1 song per CD if you have the time to burn them. The only time I'd burn more is if I were pressed for time getting to a gig.

I mix techno and I usually burn 1 track per CD and try and find all the remixes i enjoy of that track and put it on the same CD. I carry about 300 CD's with me on any given night out and about 2 hours before a gig, i'm usually frantically putting together CD's filled with Poppy trash so i can try and lift the place if all goes badly.

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Originally posted by dj_bas What a waste of cds to only put one or two tracks on there. For those that do it, what's the reasoning behind that? Easier to read/keep track of? I do that occasionally but only after I've burned all my cds and I have one or two left over that I really want to play.

To me, it keeps it WAY more organized burning one track per one cd. I am constantly rearranging my cd binders, taking out tracks I don't play anymore, or removing tracks that I am not going to play on a certain night. And while I am playing I am constantly moving tracks that I may play to the front of the binder. If you are are burning more than one track per cd you can't do that. It just seems that it would be too diffucult to build a set looking thru a bunch of cds with 10 or more tracks on them. To me its not about saving a couple bucks. I would rather have my cd binders set up so that I can get the best set possible out of them.


Rock On,

Mike

I do 1 song and any remixes of the same song per CD. Then I use flapless, windowless, paper CD sleeves. I put the sleeves through my printer formatting them like so:

Disc ID
1. Artist - Title
2. Artist - Title (ABC Remix)
3. Artist - Title (XYZ Remix)

I write the disc ID (its just an auto number) on the actual CD itself. Then I store them all in this alphabetically:



Magic!

i just went from 2 tracks per cd to batches as i buy them/download them



man its becoming alot easier to mix with a bunch of tracks per cd.. and it looks more organized

i try to do up CDs like those commerical CDs i can get from CDJshop.
1 or 2 tracks from the same album/ producer and add in logos


btw. anyonw has interesting CD designs to share?

to print on to CD tops

1 cd per release

i get 9 or 10 on each cd i couldnt be bothered with burning them individualy

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Originally posted by Boomer187 I put as many as I can fit on a cd and burn 2 copies. Then I print the tracklist out and put it in my cd book. I also put notes on the tracklist.

Ditto on that. Why waste all that cd space on one track? You're defeating one of the greatest advantages of going digital. I usually try to group tracks together by artist (remixing or original).

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I burn Usually 9 songs, beacuse that's what almost always fits on 80 minutes cd's for me.

This works for me like a charm, and I have no problems at all to find a song that I want to play.
I have about 1200 songs in one case, and I can find songs in a matter of seconds.
If I only burnt 1 track Per CD, I would need about 3 cases to look for my songs, I think that would take more time to find my songs.

I suggest you to give it a try, if it works then you would be taking advantage of Technology.
If it Doesn't work for you, then just do it the other way.

1 track per CD

Of course another problem with burning 10 tracks per CD and burning 2 copies is... what if you want to play 3 tracks from that disc at once?

Loads of people talk about doing that to save space, but if you've got a 250-capacity CD wallet, do you really need to take 2500 tunes to every gig?? Burning one track per CD gives you 250 tunes (obviously) which is easily enough to most people to take to a gig. And if you haven't got a CD wallet that big, why not get one? Or even a 128 (or somewhere in between) - still easily enough for most gigs.

Of course it does just fall down to preference, but as someone who's worked with both systems at some point (I used to burn 10 tracks to every CD for several years before I switched), there isn't a single reason why I'd even consider going back to that method.

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Originally posted by Pinokio If I only burnt 1 track Per CD, I would need about 3 cases to look for my songs, I think that would take more time to find my songs.

How big are your CD wallets? It sounds to me like you take just about all of your tunes with you everywhere you go...

Personally I'd find the thing slowing me down was having to sift through all the stuff I never play anymore in order to find the tracks I want to play.

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Originally posted by Pinokio I burn Usually 9 songs, beacuse that's what almost always fits on 80 minutes cd's for me. This works for me like a charm, and I have no problems at all to find a song that I want to play. I have about 1200 songs in one case, and I can find songs in a matter of seconds. If I only burnt 1 track Per CD, I would need about 3 cases to look for my songs, I think that would take more time to find my songs. I suggest you to give it a try, if it works then you would be taking advantage of Technology. If it Doesn't work for you, then just do it the other way.

Sweet post, I think I'll do that and take the time to do that.

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