1 song per CD Vs 2 songs per CD

[Johnv]

My presumption was 1/2 tracks for quicker digging. I'll have all the info I need right on the front of the cd.

[mostapha]

I'll be using lightscribe so and I have a pretty good idea as to how I'll be organizing the library.

Life would have been a lot easier if I'd have a lightscribe drive the first time around.

why only 1 or 2 tracks per cd? what benefit (if any) does this give you? Or looking at it from another angle what disadvantage does it give you filling the cd with tracks?

Organization.

How many tracks do you really need for a night? 96-CD wallets aren't that thick/heavy and easily fit in a record bag. If you have a visual memory (like I do) then you start to associate the shape of the writing on the CD with the music. It's not a record sleeve, but it's remarkably close for being so hackneyed.

And CDRs are cheap…they cost like 8 to 10 cents a piece. And they only need to last a few months unless it's a really awesome track (or if you spin top40 or something else that changes slower).

I used to burn CD "singles" (a track's remixes that I got at the same time or the tracks on an EP if I wanted the whole thing) with a double if I wanted to jump b/t remixes or do looping that way and every month or two I'd make an "archive CD" of like 10 tracks from the singles that were still in my wallet and being played.

I very rarely played the archive CDs and never could find things on them as quickly as I'd have liked.

Basically…I wanted CDs to be as close to vinyl as possible without costing as much. And you have to throw a lot of CDRs at people before a wav from beatport costs $12.

[Complex.ity]

I use 1 song per cd but that's because I write everything down on it including the key, bpm, artist etc. (I'm really anal about my organization) and it's a lot of work but it helps me keep my cd wallet really organized and I can find the song instantly by using the program I get the songs analyzed from which is beaTunes.

[Manu]

I fill up discs and make safety copies of each, plus 3 storage backups. I memorize the list. Exactly like I used to memorize what I had on vinyl. It's not that hard and jogs your memory instead of being computer assisted.

[synthet1c]

I used to use two tracks on each cd, bought a cd printer, and used a stencil image on every cd, kind of like a record cover, I too like the images for quicker browsing.

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[DJTanswell]

My presumption was 1/2 tracks for quicker digging. I'll have all the info I need right on the front of the cd.

but you are going to have to write the cd's and tracks on paper to keep your cd wallet in order anyway. otherwise you will end up with a load of cd's all jumbled up with your handwriting all over them. My handwriting sucks so that does make it worse when i used to leave cd's out - which i used to do all the time at gig's.

Also more tracks means you don't have to change the cd and the track loads quicker. i wouldn't recommend using mp3 cd's either - seems to sound sucky and be far to many tracks. but it's really up to the individual

[Deinfamous]

If I have a lot of tunes by an artist, I just burn all the tracks of theirs that I know I'm going to play on one or two CDs. For others, I normally put 8-9 tunes on a CD.

[moss2626]

When i use to play with cdj's , i burned 1 track per cd for a few reason .

1- You can separate them by genre more easily (not that you can't otherwise , but it can help)

2- Less is more (in my opinion) . You won't be distracted by sheets of paper with 10-15 tracks on them . You'll only have what you really need , once the track is outdated or not needed anymore , you leave it in storage .

3- You can change the way you organize your cd wallet at anytime . One day you might want to sort it by artist , next time by bpm , key...

[Nicadraus]

Sorry but burning 1 or 2 tracks on a single disc is...

stupid, waste of money and pointless. No logic at all.

[bumtsch]

Do it like DJ Sneak does