How do you prep your music, digitally?

[djxsquizet]

traktor blah blah blah...i am sticking to ableton lol...j/k but i have xp don't like vista yet. I guess I will do it one genre at a time.

[Wuz]

1. Download
2. Put into appropriate folder ("2008" "2007" "2006" "classics" etc)
3. Done

I beatgrid when i load a track and possibly set some cue points to mark vocal start/end.

[tekki]

1. Download or rip
2. Put in appropriate folder (genre, lable/vinyl release etc.)

As I still beatmatch manually, I don't bother to grid yet. (Has to deal with me still wanting to perfect my beatmatching skills in case hardware gets f00ked)

[luv2xra]

- Download
- Get the key and bpm with "Rapid Evolution"
- Rename the file to "key-bpm-artist-track"
- Import and warp

How accurate is rapid revolution? Because I use Mixed in Key

[tekki]

It is supposed to be better than Mixed In Key.

[luv2xra]

From what people are saying on the net, it sounds like it. Does anyone else agree with tekki? I want to see what the members on this forum think.

[BentoSan]

From what people are saying on the net, it sounds like it. Does anyone else agree with tekki? I want to see what the members on this forum think.

It hasn't been tested since Mixed In Key v3 came out though, which is supposed a good improvement on v2... Thats what i have read somewhere anyway, i have no proof of this. the actual song has to be uploaded to a server and then the server scans the mp3 - this is because the algorithm is expensive and to distribute everyone a copy would make the software cost much more.

With Rapid Evolution however your pc will do the work as the pitch detection algorithm is on your computer, no internet connection needed at all.

[luv2xra]

Wait, doesnt Rapid Eovlution uploads the song, not Mixed in Key.

[ryan catcher]

i posted this on the beat gridding post... hopefully one of you can help:

hey ean,
so i got my tracks beat gridded and saved.
but when i rename the tracks the beatgrid info gets lost…
the reason i rename the files is because i have a format for my files, to keep track of bpms outside of traktor -
ARTIST - SONG TITLE (REMIX) - BPM.mp3
the thing is i renamed a file because the BPM was incorrect and thus lost the beatgrid and cue points… are there any work arounds to this, or should i try and not rename my files after i beatgrid them….
thanks,


i've since switched to another format:
ARTIST - SONG TITLE - REMIX and keep the bpm embedded.

so does anyone know if the tags get lost when you rename a file? are they really stored with the file or in traktor somewhere? it just doesn't make sense that renaming the file would lose the cue points and all that jazz....

[Krilikz]

so does anyone know if the tags get lost when you rename a file? are they really stored with the file or in traktor somewhere? it just doesn't make sense that renaming the file would lose the cue points and all that jazz....

They shouldnt. ID3 tags are stored within the file