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Loads of "can't find file" warnings in your DJ software? Duplicate tracks? Missing metadata? Scared to play gigs as you can never find the songs you want? You need HELP - and this lesson will help you!
⚡ TIMESTAMPS ⚡
0:00 Intro
2:20 Is this advice for you?
4:15 The root of the problem
5:11 Our biggest DJ library tip..
5:39 Back everything up
6:07 Write down your strategy
7:54 Find track locations
12:21 Keep it on ONE computer
14:20 Relocate lost files
15:44 Delete unwanted tracks
18:30 Tidy up metadata
18:49 DJ community chat
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@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

⚡ TIMESTAMPS ⚡ 0:00 Intro 2:20 Is this advice for you? 4:15 The root of the problem 5:11 Our biggest DJ library tip.. 5:39 Back everything up 6:07 Write down your strategy 7:54 Find track locations 12:21 Keep it on ONE computer 14:20 Relocate lost files 15:44 Delete unwanted tracks 18:30 Tidy up metadata 18:49 DJ community chat

@VitaminCee_38 2 месяца назад

Great video brethren! I am OCD about my music files as I was with my vinyls. I’ve been digital since 2006. Serato and iTunes. iTunes was my main library where I organized my files. Edit and retag info, etc. What I loved about it was the columns available. Year. Genre. Time. Kind. BPM. Album. Artist. Etc. I have in many occasions done sets strictly on these different columns. When I download new music I immediately click from DL folder and then delete it as it’s in my iTunes/Music library now. Then I would analyze them in Serato and all is fine how I like it. Now with Music I love that I can use multiple laptops and not worry when I add new tracks. Each laptop will have the new track and info. I have a couple master externals that copy the whole libraries. PET PEEVE!!!! I can’t stand when I jump on a DJ’s set on request and their library is a complete mess. From track titles & artists to not being properly categorized in genres. I take pride everytime a DJ buddy of mine easily navigates my library because last thing you should worry about on the spot DJing is trying to Rosetta Stone a library. Kudos to the best school on the net! -Dj Cool CH (Miami)

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Glad you've found a solution that works for you, that is the main thing

@anthonyk5496 2 месяца назад

Was really surprised to learn how difficult/impossible it was to have a DJ library across two computers! Really having good luck with organizing my library on desktop and synching to Rekordbox mobile on both iPad and iPhone with the FLX4. I can edit my library on any of the devices and have the edits reflected everywhere. It's so nice to leave the laptop at home and have the large iPad screen to work with. FLX4 plus 9th gen iPad came in at under $1000. I hope we can see some more coverage of the mobile app, would love to be sure it will keep being supported and developed!

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Rekordbox's cloud is a good, if expensive, solution

@anthonyk5496 2 месяца назад

@@digitaldjtips Haven't looked into cloud yet actually 🤔I've been using free versions of RB desktop & iOS and sync over wi-fi

@haydengloyne6852 2 месяца назад

i thought having 2 laptops be hard work but i got 2 different serato programs and everything swaps with out any hassle also serato is much easier to clean up playlists and organise new ones thats just me tho, ive never bothered trying recordbox

@clubtonberry 2 месяца назад

As someone with 27,000 songs (33,000 including all the stupid duplicates) these tips are great, but I'm still so overwhelmed with the task 😂

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Bit by bit!

@johnvanjones8274 2 месяца назад

It’s a pain but well worth while. Good luck!

@AlexRocks85 2 месяца назад

I feel you😂😂😂

@terancebaza6516 Месяц назад

27,000 songs???? Do you listen to most of them?

@reyanipan 26 дней назад

same here. my hard drive got corrupted for some reason and it was wiped out. I then ran Recuva to recover music files and got almost half of them back but was dumped in one folder

@johnvanjones8274 2 месяца назад

Doing your Rekordbox course prompted me to do all you talk of in this video. It taught me that you really can’t move forward to well organised music library unless you have the fundamentals sorted first. Phil and Ben have been fantastic in helping me achieve this. Many thanks. John 🎉

@allandenola5968 2 месяца назад

Boy am I glad i followed your music library tips in my first Dj course as i have a comprehensive system that I follow like religion - download new songs-run thru platinum notes - fix metadata- get artwork if needed - fix the year to be date it was released - fix Genre if needed - then add into Serato and analyze files ! No more issues and No Mess at All !

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Glad to hear it!

@johnvanjones8274 2 месяца назад

The 3 2 1 approach to backing up is great but. …External hard drives are so spacious and affordable now it is easy to save many many tracks but the same doesn’t apply to cloud storage which could cost £10 £20 or even £30 per month ad infinitum. That in itself could be a reason to purge yourself of old unused tracks. Less is more n’ all. 😊

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Very true!

@DJ.JamHut 2 месяца назад

In most DJ software you can show the file path as a column, this allows you to sort your files by location and helps spot files in different locations.

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

This is a great tip, thanks for adding it.

@DJ.JamHut 2 месяца назад

👍 no problem, watching now, sorry I missed the live stream. Thanks.

@Earthcitizen4609 2 месяца назад

Phil is a wise man I like how you interact with people you make your point across, but you don’t make people feel they wrong

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Thanks!

@touchyfeely4855 2 месяца назад

Apologies as this question is off topic but do you know of any upcoming Engine DJ updates? Many thanks enjoying the new book 👍🏻

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Keep an eye on the site...

@cuttysharp 2 месяца назад

Hi. Is it beneficial to have multiple folders of say genre or just one dedicated folder with all songs?

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

One folder

@IamPreacherMan 2 месяца назад

Omg. This came at the right time. Hmm. I’ve been using Serato and I’m happy with my playlists. Maybe a bit large in some genres but meh. The problem is I want to start prepping for rekordbox. Specifically in export mode to setup some cue points and put playlists on a usb. 🤦🏼‍♂️ So getting em all in one folder and getting rid of duplicates had been time consuming. I did start separating them into folders, but after watching this, hmm, idk. I still have way too many files left. Most of which I wouldnt DJ with anyway. But I don’t necessarily want to get rid of the tracks. I just don’t want em with my DJ tracks.

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Have a separate, non-DJ library

@myths61 2 месяца назад

What’s the best way to handle the metadata, does it automatically stay with the music file in master or is saved as a separate info in the system your using tractor,engine etc.. Also is there any particular file type that is more flexible or better at metadata?

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Stays with files (title, artist, artwork etc), waveforms, cues, loops etc stays with software

@julianeduardomunozt.3911 2 месяца назад

@@digitaldjtips Any recommendations for managing metadata in a simple way? Any software that helps with this task?

@Tesnopesno 2 месяца назад

I use itunes for organising music, but I should frankly work with the library more. it's so easy to lose info when converting files.

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

IT is indeed

@madgola 2 месяца назад

great vid Phil!!

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Thanks

@laughingman4 2 месяца назад

sort by play count and start there ... 😳😳genius idea !!

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Yes!

@eugeneweston3891 2 месяца назад

Does Digital DJ Tips school offer a course on using Lexicon software?

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

We do not, sorry

@DTOXPUNK 2 месяца назад

I mostly use tidal because it's easy but I thought I lost all my plalistcwhen I did the integration with dj pro

@kangaroosekcie 2 месяца назад

Beatport sometimes deletes songs or and artist will remove the release

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Yes

@kangaroosekcie 2 месяца назад

@@digitaldjtips still angry about the first song I ever bought on there getting mixed, just sitting in my collection all grayed out

@darrendeep 2 месяца назад

I’ve been using iTunes for god knows. I’m looking to upgrade on a new laptop. How do I transfer my music to the new one?

@luxlikuidmc Месяц назад

Turn your mp3 external hard drive into a RECORD STORE and do it like if going shopping for wax that’s what I do now

@americadjtony 2 месяца назад

DJ engine takes too long to load on my Numark mixstream with my flash drive, (200 GB music)

@AlistairBeckett Месяц назад

On a MacBookPro, my internal SSD is only 1TB and don’t have space for my Serato files, so have to use external storage. (We all know Apple charge the earth for storage.) I’m using a fast 256GB SD card, in the MBP card reader. NonUSB cables to fail. Works for me, but I’m not under any pressure yet as I’m not doing gigs.

@digitaldjtips Месяц назад

"Only" 1TB? That's an awful lot of music even if you only use 300-400GB for it.

@AlistairBeckett Месяц назад

@@digitaldjtips I also take a lot of photos, so keep my itunes, Serato and photo files externally. My MBP only has about 250gb space left for working files.

@TheAjBean 2 месяца назад

recommended programs for find and delete dulicates

@MACODJ Месяц назад

Always have an order in music

@digitaldjtips Месяц назад

Good advice

@DTOXPUNK 2 месяца назад

How do get to play list know thar I tunes is in the mix now

@groovindj 2 месяца назад

IME a lot of problems are caused by people not using the software correctly, and/or being so stuck in their way of "organising" rather than using the software to do it.

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

That's true!

@Sergio-uy4ew 2 месяца назад

I’ve been watching loads of content on this channel in starting DJing as a hobby. I’ve gotten everything broken down at this point: I will be getting a FLX4, headphones I’ll either go with a budget Pioneer or Audio Technica, and I’ll stick to rekordbox just becomes it comes with the controller. Where I’m stumped is the speaker selection. Portable options are pretty expensive for even just one. My question is, is it worth it to spend way more on a speaker than on my controller? I have no intentions on doings gigs (at this point). I just want to mix at home or at small parties or family cookouts. I was thinking about the Minirig 4 but I’m US based so that’s tough. Any tips? This is the last thing I need to finish my beginner setup. Thank you for the amazing videos and reviews. I look forward to learning more!

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

Get a gaming 2.1 system meant for computer gamers, best value for money, good bass, no latency

@Sergio-uy4ew 2 месяца назад

@@digitaldjtipsThanks for the reply! Any recommendations for this type of speaker? Perhaps one tested by the DigitalDj team?

@djdubbs313 Месяц назад

Mackie has decent speakers for the situation you’re describing. They have battery operated ones also. Alto has some that are budget friendly. All these speakers are 400$ or lower

@Sergio-uy4ew Месяц назад

@@djdubbs313 thank you !

@djsho2k2 2 месяца назад

External drives for me. I download and manage all my music and videos on my home PC and DJ on MacBooks. I format all external drives to exFAT so they can be read and written to on either operating system. Since the databases are stored on the external drives, everything shows up on either computer. Cue points, crates, etc, all available on the PC and the Mac’s. I never trust any computer’s internal drive so having all your music there is just bad in my opinion. If anything ever happened to your DJ computer, your music is now gone too. If you have use an external to store your music, you’re better off. Just my preference.

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

That’s fine as you clearly know of what you’re doing 👍

@IanDeVos 2 месяца назад

It just astounds me how people don't understand this basic computer stuff: file management. It's easy. But then I remember our phones hide the file system from the user. I'm 38 and worked with DOS and Windows 3.1 as a kid. It all comes naturally to me. But apparently people really don't understand computers. 🤷‍♂️ It's sad that computer literacy is so low. Most 'computer troubles' I see on DJ communities are PEBCAC. It's not a problem with the software, it's a problem with the people.

@digitaldjtips 2 месяца назад

My poor dad is the same