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yeah that is what I was worried about. I'm tihnking about 1 song per CD, and on that CD just have all the remixes or something...that could save me a little bit i guess. When you put 8 or so tracks on a CD though, do you ever have the problem of you wanting to mix a song from the same CD that is playing, so you can't. That is one problem I am worried about.

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Originally posted by Oreoh142 yeah that is what I was worried about. I'm tihnking about 1 song per CD, and on that CD just have all the remixes or something...that could save me a little bit i guess. When you put 8 or so tracks on a CD though, do you ever have the problem of you wanting to mix a song from the same CD that is playing, so you can't. That is one problem I am worried about.

i burn two of each cds, so i won't get that problem. my biggest problem is finding the right tune to play as i'd like to sort my tracks by key and bpm and naturally can't do that if i burn 8 tunes per cd (as i want to burn them right after buying and not wait a year to get enough tracks in the same key and a similar bpm range).
i also have about 1000 bought cds that are sorted alphabetically as they pretty much all have more than one tune anyway (and most have more than one tune i'd play, so i can't sort them by the tracks i'd play from them).
so, it's a fucking hassle and i really do think it's holding me back.
that's why i'm getting traktor scratch or something similar as soon as i get a laptop.

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Originally posted by Simcut What software do you guys use to catalogue your mp3 collections? I don't like Itunes that much to be honest. I need to go through my collection and sort out the id3 tags as well, what a long and painful process! Some guidance would be great on the mp3 front, thanks!

What you need is the discogs tagger for foobar2000, foo_discogs. Hassle free tagging from discogs data, and I don't pimp it because I wrote it !

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dedicated plugin thread on hydroenaudio wih download link + more info

No real order on my vinyl.

i actually started doing the whole printing cd's thing.... but try to do it early on before you have a lot of tracks... (for me having to burn/print over 200 cd's is going to take quite some time) but the cd's i have printed so far look so nice on the eyes. also it's easier to organize as i try to somewhat classify them by genre and giving each genre it's own color, then further organizing by bpm and so on.

in the end i think it'll be worth it, but you need a LOT of patience for it

I sort my vinyl by timbre and genre in ascending order based on BPM.

my order

i burn 4 songs per CD, 1-4, then i burn them again 5-8:
1. in case CD starts skipping i can use the backup track without ejecting
2. keeps the label big to find stuff in semi-dark
3. 4 songs per CD x2 CDs = 8 songs on 2 CDs. same as burning a copy.
4. keeps me from buying crap tracks just so i can fill up a CD
5. Less waiting when i buy tracks to have them on CD [i don't buy a lot, i am very picky]
6. labeled as: track# [1-4]; Key; Artist - Title [mix]
7. i used to have 3 red dots under the name that i would fill in based on how vocal/instrumental the track was [sometimes i don't want a full vocal track played in the wrong moment]
8. and i add new CDs at the end. it's working for now as i only have a couple hundred tracks
9. i also tried to put 2 genres on one CD, this keeps from the likelyhood of wanting to play songs from same CD.
10. same goes for Keys: i try to put clashing songs on same CD for reason above.

-van Diemen

1 release per cd (6-8 tracks on one cd at most)

Genre > Key > Title

Torq in filename mode because i rename all my songs to a certain format which i like

In terms of cds i put one song per cd.. or a song + remix only if they were in the same key and maybe close bpm range, if they're on completely diff sides of hte spectrum i split them

I have a 200 capacity storage binder from Vaultz that I keep my free tracks and purchased tracks in. I managed to fit extra pages and have more than 200 CD's in the case. It also has combo locks so that you can lock your shit up after you are done playing.



And I also carry a 24 capacity UDG CD Wallet which holds CDs containing the most recently purchased tracks. My UDG wallet fits inside the Vaultz binder too!!!



I organize my CD's in 2 categories....FREE and PURCHASED. I fit as many tracks as possible per CD and in the order that I acquired the tracks. I have the FREE cds in the front of the binder and the PURCHASED cds in the back of the binder, and all the new PURCHASED cds in the cd wallet. I usually only play recent shit anyway so it is convenient to flip through the little wallet right up there on the decks. When I need an older track or whatever, I dig through the binder and I have a pretty good memory so I know where everything is at.

I also print directly onto my CDs the full tracklistings. My epson printer kicks ass. Word.

damn that metal case looks legit. I don't know if i could keep a straight face though walking into a gig with one of those though.

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Originally posted by Oreoh142 damn that metal case looks legit. I don't know if i could keep a straight face though walking into a gig with one of those though.

I have never felt awkward taking it to gigs. Its fine.

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Originally posted by SVGmethod I have never felt awkward taking it to gigs. Its fine.

i dont know why but i'd feel like a blues brother wearing some ray bans or something with a metal case....dont ask me why

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Originally posted by Oreoh142 i dont know why but i'd feel like a blues brother wearing some ray bans or something with a metal case....dont ask me why

or a mafioso with a briefcase with several thousand dollars. LOL.

im one who uses a visual trigger for my tracks, e.g vinyle sleeves, usually i burn a few tracks from the same artist, or a few tracks from the same label, or a few mixes of a individual track, i try to avoid burning single tracks to a cd but i have a got a few, im also a big fan of www.cdjshop.com, some piccies for potential ideas

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Originally posted by hrd im one who uses a visual trigger for my tracks, e.g vinyle sleeves, usually i burn a few tracks from the same artist, or a few tracks from the same label, or a few mixes of a individual track, i try to avoid burning single tracks to a cd but i have a got a few, im also a big fan of www.cdjshop.com, some piccies for potential ideas

I do it almost exactly the same way, my picture on the first page is offline, and I can't edit my post

So here again a picture of my cd's

mine are similar, except i don't print on the cd's

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Originally posted by Transfusion If someone wants a tutorial on the cd-printing stuff, let me know. If there are enough people wanting it, i'll make a video-tutorial. Atm they look like this, with bpm & track length

A tutorial would be great! I've never tried cd-printing but looking at your cds, I am curious. So please share your secret
Also, could you list the stuff you need for doing this? (any specific printer type, label maker program, etc.)
Thanks

just got my 240 slappa hardbody case


amazingly high quality for a cd case, i will never buy case logic again.


one of the things you pull on the zipper fell of which sucks, but apart from that its super solid lol

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Originally posted by SVGmethod I have a 200 capacity storage binder from Vaultz that I keep my free tracks and purchased tracks in. I managed to fit extra pages and have more than 200 CD's in the case. It also has combo locks so that you can lock your shit up after you are done playing.

that's what I use (upper one with the combo lock)

good deal

except the 200 cd is bigger than the one pictured

fuck im having doubts about my organizing method again

since i burn 1 release per cd, and then set a color to the cd to match a genre, what if i have a track thats trance, which is remixed into breaks on the cd? what kind of color should i put then? half a color?

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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.

what does the 2A, 5A, 7A mean?? i know the song's key is next to that but have no clue on the other. thnx

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Originally posted by johnson258 what does the 2A, 5A, 7A mean?? i know the song's key is next to that but have no clue on the other. thnx

Hey just wondering where do you guys buy your CD's. I went to radio shack, and they are pretty expensive there. Is there a site where I can buy a bunch of blank CD's in bulk? Also once I get said CD's how did you guys make your mind on how many tracks to burn per CD? I really cant decided, because im thinking about just sorting all my songs alphabetically and then just buring them, but then once i guy new songs they are all thrown out of whack =P so gimme ideas please

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