Ok, there seem to be two schools of thought for this one:

First option is to fill up each CD, usually works out to be about 10 full versions of tracks per CD. Then, to make sure you don't get stuck wanting to play two tracks from the same CD in a row, you make 2 copies of each CD.

Alternatively, burn one track per CD (or two or three different versions of the same track if you have more than one, both tracks from a double A-side or several tracks by the same producer if you get a few at a time... but the general idea is tracks that would be together on a commercial release so you're unlikely to want to play 2 tracks from the same CD consecutively).

The main pros/cons are that the first one will take fewer CDs, thus being a bit cheaper and taking up less room in your CD wallet, although the latter means you can burn tracks as soon as you get them instead of waiting until you've got a whole CD's worth. The second option can also make it easier to arrange your CDs and you can write artist/title bigger on the CD so it tends to be easier to find things.

Personally I go for the second option

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Like Stu Cox said, you can burn like 10 track on CD and make 2 copies so you can mix them all. You will save a lot of CDs.

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I DO 1 track per cd....
would be way to much of a cluster fuck trying to find tracks

Wouldn't the easiest way be to sort your collection (10 tracks/CD) alphabetically on RW-CDs? Saves space and fairly easy to find tracks.

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Actually, burn as many songs on a cd, make a copy and print on sheets the listing of tracks ordered alphabetically with song name and/or producer and/or bpm and/or key. That's what I do except I don't make a copy, unless I plan a set ahead.

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Originally posted by OrZonE Wouldn't the easiest way be to sort your collection (10 tracks/CD) alphabetically on RW-CDs? Saves space and fairly easy to find tracks.

But then when you get new tracks, it throws the whole system.

And a lot of CD players won't play audio on re-writes.

I used to do 10 tracks to a CD with printed sheets but I find it a lot easier with a single (one or two tracks) to a CD. If you download a lot of tracks or if you're copying your whole collection onto CD (which, for legal reasons, I should probably add is against the law... give a fuck.) then you'll find yourself spending ages printing off little sheets and tracklist cards.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox But then when you get new tracks, it throws the whole system. And a lot of CD players won't play audio on re-writes.

Just go by first letter, so that it won't throw anything. That is if your player supports CDRW.

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I use the burn as many as you can and print off a tl. It works for me. I noticed I was running through too many cds when Id go buy 12 releases every few days.

plus it takes up less space. but its just whatever helps u out most.

I put about 80 tracks on a MP3 CD for my CDJ 200

Then i label each CD
so far:

classic trance
new trance
disco house
hard house
etc... and make two copies of each genre CD

that way i can spin for hours without ejecting the CD..

Then every few weeks, i'll add my new beatport tracks onto the CD...

I burn about 6-8 on a cd...and usually try to keep my cds to a certain theme....like group them by artist or very specifically by genre.....i.e. "darker progressive house" and then make an exact copy of the cd

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Simply mimic the layout that the exact same vinyl would have. COpy the Vinyl rip you have in MP3 format to WAV format. That usually means about 2-3, sometimes more, per CD.