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how do you organize your trance mp3s?

I'm looking for ways to make my file structure inside my electronic music folder more navigable, and easy to access certain songs/mixes. So I'd like to know how you guys organize your folders just to adopt some new ideas. Do you organize your mp3s by artist, genre, or perhaps by release date? Do you put singles in one folder, albums in another, and essential's in another? Post up!

soda

just put them where you know you have them

C:\FTP\
\Music\
\Unsorted\
\Singles\
\Upload\
\Albums\
\Live\

E:\FTP\
\0-day\
\New Releases\
\Archive\
\Uploads\


Yep...alota mp3s spread over two HDD's. Works for me..I know where everything is. So Blah!

EDIT: damn..why aren't the spaces working?

in a big round box

Organizing mp3's is a big priority for me... i used to have all my mp3 in differend folders like:

g:\singles\Armin van Buuren\
g:\singles\Ti�sto\
g:\Livesets\Armin van Buuren\

With confucing filenames like Armin van Buuren - Live at Club Eau, the Hague [20-04 2002].mp3

Finally i managed to make some sort of system in it... i moved alle my music to a folder called: g:\music

and renamed all my music to 1.mp3 2.mp3 3.mp3 4.mp3.... it took a long time but it was worth it.. no more confusion when i'm looking for a track.

Just keep them on my mp3 map, wait until the HD is full, burn them all and start downloading again

My audio is a bit of a mess for now, except for the live material. Here's how it's set for now (Downbeat is all Ambient-Space/Chill Out stuff and Upbeat is all "Club" material or any material that can be danced):
C:\ADMIN\Audio\Electronic\Downbeat\Albums\(Artist Name)\(Album Name)\CD Number\(Tracks are in here, with this format: 01 - Artist - Song name). For "Various Artists" albums, I make seperate folders in the ...\Albums folder called "Various Artists (Compiled by [Name]).
It goes the same way with the Upbeat directory for albums. For live material, I have a folder labeled "Live Bootlegs" in both the Upbeat and Downbeat folders. In there, I just have all of the long files in this format: Artist - Date in YYYY-MM-DD format - Live at (Event name)
I name tracklists after the MP3 files and put "tracklist" at the end of the name. For the A State of Trance series, I have a special format: A State of Trance - Episode ### (YYYY-MM-DD) - (Artist name) - Part #.

I'm thinking about simplifying all of this by just getting rid of the Upbeat/Downbeat thing because many artists make BOTH now. Also, for single tracks, I have a folder labeled "Singles" and I make sure that "The" does NOT come before the name of the artist (like "The Thrillseekers". I rename those files to "Thrillseekers, The - TRACK TITLE") because in English, "the" isn't a word to sort by.

Here's what the new directories ar going to look like:

...\Audio\Electronic\Albums\Artist Name\Album Title\CD # - CD Title (Like CD 2 - Bright Side)\MP3s, CUE files, TXT files (tracklist/information) of the tracks of the album. CUE and TXT files will be named in "Artist Name - Album Name - CD # - CD Title" format.

...\Audio\Electronic\Live Bootlegs\Name (depending on the circumstances, this can either be in "Artist - YYYY-MM-DD - Live at (Event or Location) - Part number" or "Title (like in series) - Episode, Segment, etc. number (YYYY-MM-DD) - Artist - Part, Hour, etc. number" format. Examples here include: "DJ Tiesto - 2002-02-02 - Live at Dutch Dimension - Part 1" and "A State of Trance - Episode 42 (2002-04-04) - Armin van Buuren - Part 1".

...\Audio\Electronic\Singles\Name (Either in "Artist Name - Song Title" format or "Artist Name, The - Song Title" format)


As far is the organisation of the singles is concerned (hundreds to thousands of tracks in one directory), I'll be making Winamp Playlists (M3U files) so, that I can play specific material in a certain order. I'll title those in either this format: 00 - Playlist - Artist Name - Order Name (examples here could include Chronological, Vinyl/CD/Cassette/DAT/MD/DVD/etc. title, etc.) Or this format: 00 - (Genre) Singles - CD ##.

I'm doing all of this so that it's easier to for people on DC and other places to find all of my material. For other genres, it'll follow either the same (for albums) or a VERY similar structure.

I hope this was easy to understand, however there was really NO easy way for me to put it, as all of what I said above applies to the way I organise my audio. If anyone can't understand, I'll just create a legend and label everything using simple 3-or-less-letter abbreviations (for here ONLY, not on DC, etc.).

Fuking confusing ali...just shove em in a folder called MUZIKK

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Originally posted by a-aplz Fuking confusing ali...just shove em in a folder called MUZIKK

Yeah but, I have different genres, not just electronic... I have New Age too, :-) ! Plus, Albums, Live Bootlegs, and Singles are different...

i have 30 gigs of mp3 now and this shit concerns me big time!!!

i need a fast way to organize my shit and burn them to dvd-r

mp3s simplfified!!!!

here's waht my tree loox like....

c:\my documents\my music
+trance singles
+trance livesets
+other music
+ripped CDs
+(each CD in it's own directory)


all mp3s are sorted by artist name. for example: Artist - Title

once I notice about 700MB of mp3s in a folder...I burn it to data CD so I can listen to them on my mp3-cd-player. ;-)

My computer crashed, so right now I don't have any music to organize. About 2000 songs, all gone

Anyway, my system worked really well, when it was in place.

I had all my music in
C:\My Documents\My Music
+\Trance
+\HipHop
+\Rock
+\R&B
+\Other Electronic

Then I just had it alphabetized by artist in each genre. Then the songs alphbetized after the artist name.

My Documents\My Music\Trance - Armin van Buuren - Sunburn
My Documents\My Music\Trance - Paul van Dyk - For an Angel
My Documents\My Music\Trance - Paul van Dyk - The Silence

etc...

I had over 2000 songs on one hard drive and it was working well, if not a tad slowly, lol.

Possibly not the bet way to do this, but this is what I got :
F:\Full CDs
F:\Maxis & Vinyls
F:\Singles (here I have A, B...Z folders)
G:\Mixed CDs
G:\Live Sets

Don't have much of mp3s, but sometimes I got confused while trying to find something... Now I have this system - works for me

i am an organizational freak so every dj has their own folder...i had it before like live sets, albums, etc but i hate searching for my fav djs mix so now its alot easier PEACE

I've got mine all over the place on my PC so i wont call that sorted... ... my fault eh... anways most of mine are on CD-R... they are upstaiors in my room sorts neatly...

Organizing MP3z

D:\Trance\Artist - Title(+date/live/location if applicable).mp3

Note: I rename all files to that format, picky about caps, spacing and proper "dash (-)" positioning and especially proper ID3 Tagging.
20GB and still going...

Come On Folks lets keep it neat and simple

I use the View, in the window (XP) options and select -Details
What do ya geT? A vertical list of files, with Id3 Tag Info on the right side....scrolling all the way down! Beautiful isnt it?

with 4 hard drives and a laptop and 350GBs of space and another 800 CDs burned, you sort of um, just lose track

i just pop in random cds from time to time and hey, there's always something good on them

edit: actually i download so much, i rarely get to pop those cds in. i just listen to whatever is on my hard drive. once it gets burned, it rarely gets heard again. sad, but THEY SHOULD STOP MAKING SO MUCH GOD DAMN GOOD MUSIC!!!

classic shit i just keep on my hard drive

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Originally posted by PatMcGroin edit: actually i download so much, i rarely get to pop those cds in. i just listen to whatever is on my hard drive. once it gets burned, it rarely gets heard again. sad, but THEY SHOULD STOP MAKING SO MUCH GOD DAMN GOOD MUSIC!!!

that's exactly my problem, too!

quote:

Originally posted by ali92 [...]

I actually fixed it all up again. Here's how I do all now: In C:\, there's a folder called "Admin". In Admin, there's a folder called "Audio". In Audio, there's "Electronic" for all Electronic music (including Ambient BUT NOT Steve Roach, Vidna Obmana, Robert Rich, etc. (Things u find in New Age dept. in music stores)). In Electronic, there are 3 folders: Albums, Live Bootlegs, and Singles.

OK, I'll break it down for the Albums folder first: For each artist, there's a folder for each artist's material (e.g. C:\Admin\Audio\Electronic\Audio\Albums\Chicane). Inside each artist's folder, there are more folders. Each are named after the album's titles. Inside these folders there are either tracks (in this format: 01 - Title), single album-length files + CUE files (in this format: Artist - Album), or folders named after CD numbers (like CD 1, CD 2, etc.). In the case of folders named after CD numbers, if I have album-length files in them, the format goes like this: Artist - Album title - CD 1. Examples of a typical file name (including full path): C:\Admin\Audio\Electronic\Albums\TV Victor\Timeless Decceleration\CD 2\01 - All.mp3. I hope this didn't confuse you too much. I'll get into Various Artists CDs a little later because that's a bigger mess.

Now, the Live Bootlegs folder. I just have a lot of files in here but, there all in a certain format that allows it to all be in a single folder: Format for most live sets: Artist - YYYY-MM-DD - Live at [event name]. Format for series (like the A State Of Trance Episodes): Series name - Episode 01 - Artist (number may become 001 if there are more than 100). Example of a typical file name (including full path): C:\Admin\Audio\Electronic\Live Bootlegs\Paul van Dyk - 2000-04-30 - Live at Mayday. I do it like this because the files fall into Alphabetical AND chronological order at the same time!

Singles is the easiest folder: Just a bunch of tracks (and soon Winamp Playlist files) in this format: Artist - Title.

The reason for such a method of organisation (especially for the Albums and Live Bootlegs folders) is because it makes everything EASY to find. I do everything from big to small or decending order (like my dates: 1999-12-31 for the 31st of December, 1999). If you organise your stuff like this, you'd be surprised at how easy it is to navigate, because everything's ORGANISED.
C ya later...

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Originally posted by Seth Possibly not the bet way to do this, but this is what I got : F:\Full CDs F:\Maxis & Vinyls F:\Singles (here I have A, B...Z folders) G:\Mixed CDs G:\Live Sets Don't have much of mp3s, but sometimes I got confused while trying to find something... Now I have this system - works for me

You can make it a tad easier if u use my method here. First, the Singles folder does NEED seperate folders with A, B, C, etc. 2nd, the Full CDs and Mixed CDs can be an "Albums" folder (and if u actually read my new post, you'll see that it all works well).

quote:

Originally posted by Munken Organizing mp3's is a big priority for me... i used to have all my mp3 in differend folders like: g:\singles\Armin van Buuren\ g:\singles\Ti�sto\ g:\Livesets\Armin van Buuren\ With confucing filenames like Armin van Buuren - Live at Club Eau, the Hague [20-04 2002].mp3 Finally i managed to make some sort of system in it... i moved alle my music to a folder called: g:\music and renamed all my music to 1.mp3 2.mp3 3.mp3 4.mp3.... it took a long time but it was worth it.. no more confusion when i'm looking for a track.

I don't understand your last 3 sentences. Can you show an example of an actual track?

I mostly put them in 1 folder
D:\Mp3z\
with some seperate folders for live sets and stuff
I have some newer ones in a different folder

quote:

Originally posted by ali92 I don't understand your last 3 sentences. Can you show an example of an actual track?

g:\musik\1.mp3

Then i have a playlist.txt file, with all the track names, so i can see what i'm listening to.

looks like this:
1.mp3 = Armin van Buuren Live at Club Eau 20-04 2002
2.mp3 = Rank 1 - Airwave (Original Mix)
3.mp3 = Armin van Buuren - Communication (Vincent De Moor Remix)

and so on...

So if i listen to 56.mp3 and i think it's awesome all i have to do is open my playlist.txt and see who the artist is and the tracks name

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Fuking confusing ali...just shove em in a folder called MUZIKK

Right on!
Except mine is called my music

and it's ten gigs(although mostly livesets)
but somehow i manage

1. I download the track
2. I check if it's cool enough for me too keep it
3. I rename it like this:
ARTIST - Title (Remix)-xxx(bitrate).mp3
4. I put it into a "new" folder
5. I wait utill there will be enough mp3s to record a cd
6. I record a Cd
7. I put all recorded mp3s into my mp3list for easy access
8. I save some new or very cool mp3 in a "recorded" folder for listening and mixing

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