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DJs who use CDs (pg. 2)
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| idoru |
Two copies of each disc, labeled as such...
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| Aquarian |
| One track per CD. I find it more practical because I like to leave notes in the wallet sleeve along with it (bpm, key, etc). |
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| davemolina |
| Also, when you burn one track to a disc you can rotate the ones in your case you don't play for new tracks a little easier IMHO. I don't want to be fishing around all over my case for that one track I want to mix in...I want it to be near the tracks its compatible with. |
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| jåcë |
| A good point about burning 1 track per CD is that there is less risk in the track ing up in a club if the CD gets scratched or dirty as 1 track on a CD lies on the inner rim (or what ever the terminology is) |
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| Shudder |
| 1 track per cd. if i need to put more than 1 song on cd its normally the remixes of the same tune that i enjoy and may play as well. if i clutter up cd with all these different artists and tracks, most likely i'll get all confused when trying to look for the right track to mix in. |
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| tubby |
| as many as I can write on the cd and still read in poor lighting. |
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| kadomony |
1 Release/Tune per cd. plus key & bpm.
quicker to read and sort |
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| sr126 |
i'm still finding a way that works best for me. one thing i do regularly is burn doubles of my cd's. but i'm kinda getting more into stuffing cd's w/different tracks from one artist, or stuffing releases from one label into a cd.
i've also been burning cd's according to the party or slot that i have. i'm not digging this method as much. i think it work better if played mp3's. then i could just take 2-4 cd's to a party, and rock it for 12hrs.
to me one track per cd gets a little a little too close to defeating the savings over vinyl. especially when buying .wav's. |
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| harriz |
| quote: | Originally posted by jåcë
Do you burn one track per CD or many?
I do one track per CD and prefer it that way, but burning more tracks per CD doesnt require a lot of CD cases..
what do you do? |
I would burn two copies of the same cd that has 5-6 tunes on it.
Buy two large booklets.
Throw on in one booklet one in another.
Keep them aranged by release date it is by far the easiest way of finding things
95s 97s 98s or summer 2002...april 2005 then when you download a tune you will know in what rough area of your booklet it belongs you will be able to store it and find it within seconds. ;)
You can write info on the paper like key/tempo/structure
Lmitation is the key here replace cds with better ones that come along.
Now on the paper you will put put a number
Use a sharpie and put the same number on the cd.
That number will just indicate cd-booklet relation ship so you can find things easily in seconds.
On the ''booklet'' write the key, tempo and write the structure of the different parts of the tune.For example 8X8 intro and so forth...
Use a different colour pen for
-intos
-outros
-breaks
What this allows you to do is mix in and out wherever the you feel like you don't have to wait and play safe. Now if it's gotta go then it's gotta go! Now!
No more guesswork.
Where should my cue track be if I want to start mixing out of this ''progressive house'' tune that I am not feeling.
Hmm.. If I scan this foward 16 beats I can start mixing in a couple of seconds.
This way you are spinning the tunes the tunes are not spinning themselves.
Why not organize just with the key ?
You will end up a mash-up dj mixing felix da housecat into kylie minogue just because they where both written in a-minor.
If this is your thing go for it.
why not with the tempo ?
You won't remember a tracks tempo but you will remember a tracks release season
so you leave much more room for improvisation coz you can find things.
Why not with the name alphabetically in the blockbuster sense of things?
Its way too random and doesn't help you capture a mood from a different era/year/party.
My two cents.
Hope this helps. |
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| limin_li |
| 10 to 12 tracks per cd, and no tracklists in the wallet. I just play random stuff hehe |
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| J:\Digital |
| quote: | Originally posted by harriz
I would burn two copies of the same cd that has 5-6 tunes on it.
Buy two large booklets.
Throw on in one booklet one in another.
Keep them aranged by release date it is by far the easiest way of finding things
95s 97s 98s or summer 2002...april 2005 then when you download a tune you will know in what rough area of your booklet it belongs you will be able to store it and find it within seconds. ;)
You can write info on the paper like key/tempo/structure
Lmitation is the key here replace cds with better ones that come along.
Now on the paper you will put put a number
Use a sharpie and put the same number on the cd.
That number will just indicate cd-booklet relation ship so you can find things easily in seconds.
On the ''booklet'' write the key, tempo and write the structure of the different parts of the tune.For example 8X8 intro and so forth...
Use a different colour pen for
-intos
-outros
-breaks
What this allows you to do is mix in and out wherever the you feel like you don't have to wait and play safe. Now if it's gotta go then it's gotta go! Now!
No more guesswork.
Where should my cue track be if I want to start mixing out of this ''progressive house'' tune that I am not feeling.
Hmm.. If I scan this foward 16 beats I can start mixing in a couple of seconds.
This way you are spinning the tunes the tunes are not spinning themselves.
Why not organize just with the key ?
You will end up a mash-up dj mixing felix da housecat into kylie minogue just because they where both written in a-minor.
If this is your thing go for it.
why not with the tempo ?
You won't remember a tracks tempo but you will remember a tracks release season
so you leave much more room for improvisation coz you can find things.
Why not with the name alphabetically in the blockbuster sense of things?
Its way too random and doesn't help you capture a mood from a different era/year/party.
My two cents.
Hope this helps. |
:crazy: :crazy: Sooooo much work...
I memorize my mp3's/wav's like I memorized my records.. If/When I get around to arranging my cd's I will do it by Artist/Alphabetically. |
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| sr126 |
i'm j/digital... i could never be bothered to go through all the trouble you guys do just organize cd's. no way in hell i'm gonna sort/label my cd's by how many bars the phrases are, or rate how uplifting a track is by using a certain color marker on a scale of 1-10. ;p
i took a pic of 4 cd's in my book.
the two on the right represent cd's i burned just for a party.
one was compiled/labeled by record labels, the other by artists.
the two on the left, well the top one only means something to me. i know what's on there... just pure old school deep house, i ripped from various original cd singles, etc. the bottom is packed w/track-y stuff from just one label.
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