Organizing a massive library

[JZed]

Mine basically goes like this for every genre

Tech House >
Warm-Up >
Slow Grooves
Funky
Latin
Melodic

ect...

Now I just apply that to every genre, it's pretty OCD but it works.

[urbanj]

You do realise that you can have multiple iTunes libraries?. .....maybe this would help with your music management

I have a "DJing" library, & a "master collection" library. You could do similar, but just have your smaller DJing library matching to the cloud.

To switch between the two, hold down "Alt" when you start iTunes. You're then given options to start up from different library's or create a new one.

edit - this is on a mac. Not sure if the feature's available on the PC version of iTunes.

Whoa. Thanks so much. This is exactly what I need.

[manus]

Sorry to nudge in here and sound very amature......... But without any nasty comments.... can anyone please tell me the reason for having a track collection and not use the itunes library?

I have been Djing for years and pay no attention to the Track collection part or importing etc.

I simply have all my playlists in Itunes and work from them. Cue points all save etc. and I have not had a problem (that I know of) yet.

Can someone please tell me why I should be using the Track Collection instead of just working from Itunes?

Cheers
M

[ParisCreative]

There is nothing wrong with working in iTunes, that is what I do right now and after pondering what I should do I have decided to keep this part of my methodology. I am meticulous about my tagging and build a lot of smart playlists based off that data.

[manus]

But does saving the playlists in Track Collection have any benefits as opposed to working in Itunes? I just don't see the point if I have already made the playlists in Itunes just.