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    Default Rating Songs in iTunes

    How many of you guys actually spend time rating your songs on iTunes/Traktor or whatever you use?

    And for those of you who do, do you find it actually useful?
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    I do and yes.
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    I rate my songs 1-5 stars based on the energy level of the songs. So if i want to keep things chill i can play songs in the 1-3 star range but once people are moving I can bump up to 4 stars or even drop some 5 star songs to really get people going

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    I use the comment 2 field to put in a 1-10 energy rating.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisTower View Post
    I rate my songs 1-5 stars based on the energy level of the songs. So if i want to keep things chill i can play songs in the 1-3 star range but once people are moving I can bump up to 4 stars or even drop some 5 star songs to really get people going
    I do pretty much the same. I find it very useful.

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    If you rate something in itunes does it transfer to traktor? (would try it but i'm not at home computer)
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    Basically yes, if it's the first time it's loaded in Traktor. After that though they don't update each other.
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    I use it to rate energy levels for my music too.. then create a smart playlist for each star rating.

    This then allows me to use the smart playlist in traktor so i can move between energy levels and itunes will add tracks to each playlist as i rate them.
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    I have smart playlists of genres ie Jackin House.

    I then have a top crate smart playlist made of that genre with 4-5 star ratings.

    When I rate that tune 4 or 5 stars it goes in the top crate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by photojojo View Post
    I use the comment 2 field to put in a 1-10 energy rating.
    I do wish there was a more robust system in place.

    Possibly a 10 star with hyper-color options to quickly indicate the intensity of the track/mix.

    The 5 Gold Star system is a bit limited, but better than nothing.
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