Comments on: Find the next Tune

By: DJ TechTools | Tag your Songs

DJ TechTools | Tag your Songs — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:04:27 +0000

[...] never did a tagging part 2. For those that didn’t see the first one I recommend you start by reading that article here. There are so many ways to go about organizing your music and I am sure our readers will have many [...]

By: DJ TechTools | iTunes Power Tips

DJ TechTools | iTunes Power Tips — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:38:45 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:42:48 +0000

Hey hey, I didn’t really follow the -whole- thread here, but I got to the “comments in Torq” section. If any of y’all wander over to torq-dj.com’s forum, most there agree that you should simply open iTunes first, then Torq… and use iTunes as your browser. Myself: I alt+tab between the two and drag to deck… (previewing on a third dedicated channel on my mixer).

To be honest, this site has somewhat inspired me to investigate turning some gear in, and going “fully digital.” More on that, possibly… later…

Thanks for existing!
-Mark

By: Wobzin

Wobzin — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:32:34 +0000

I use various words in the comments section to describe the feel of the track, and its saved my ass on many occasions when playing out (well its improved my track selection heavily). Tagging using the word “uplifting” in corresponding tracks has greatly improved the end of my live sets. Another good tagging word i use is “top40″, which works wonders when you want to do a bit of a mash-up that everyone will recognise. Hope you find this useful.

By: Pier

Pier — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:55:36 +0000

I have suggested a feature in the Ni forums that would be the ultimate tool for track association. Much more advanced than tagging and playlisting in terms of improvising sessions on the fly.

http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthread.php?t=97852

Please vote for it if you find it useful

By: Fernand

Fernand — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:22:52 +0000

Hello to all,

I use the comment line too, in this way…

low : for songs with low rythm
low+ : for MUST PLAY slow songs
med : not too slow songs but not too fast
med+ : for MUST PLAY med songs
high : speedy songs
Acapella : acapellas
Solo instrument : can be drums, violin, what ever.

The reason of this order is to have a good sequence, i hate when the dj sets are going from a speed to another without order….

PS: I DONT USE GENRE IN THE COMMENT DUE I HAVE PLAYLIST OF EACH GENRE THAT I PLAY.

By: oddbod

oddbod — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:39:34 +0000

Good tip – even if you don't use a digital DJing setup or are having to live without it due to a dead laptop (assuming you have a mothership PC at home) as you can still use the relative information to help you pack your record bag. Sweet!

By: Minotronic

Minotronic — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:22:23 +0000

Hi Stet,

Thank for our tips. I use indeed RE for analyzing bpm and keys (kudos to the great work of jesse bickmore), it's an excellent tool for digital djing.

But while mixing, I'd rather use only one program at a time to avoid juggling between the two (and despite drag and drop works pretty well, with some tracks it just doesn't work).

I would still like to organize and tag my tracks in one unique library, iTunes, and then be able to import properly into T3. Integration between T3 and iTunes just works fine. The only issue is the tags matching fields…