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    I was wondering how much time people spend on prepping each track they use in their collection. I personally find myself working on this for 2-6 hours almost everyday, and its hard to keep up, getting new tunes all of the time. I've heard several friends who use Serato say that their music already comes with cue points set up for it. I'm using Traktor & VCI-100, working 5-7 nights per week. I usually have to re-set the grid cue, load, some loops and some visual flags for where I can cut out of the tracks.

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    I spend random free time I have during the day prepping tracks (~30-40min/day), and can usually bang out a song in 1-2 min. I set cue points at the end of the intro, the start of an outro, starts of breakdowns, and any cool vocal samples I like. My rule is that I won't download new songs unless I have less than 40 to process. That keeps my quantity of downloads low and quality up.

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    i do all my sorting every tuesday or wednesday. time wise, depends on how many tracks i get in. can be 1-2 hours.

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    Twice a week, like 2-3-4 hours at time.
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    As much time as I can. I try to get my social networking done at the same time also.
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    I prep my tracks immediately after I buy them. That's usually 10-15 at a time and it takes me 2-3 minutes each track. My prep incudes checking the grid, adjusting the grid if needed, marking vocal end and start, setting intro and outro loops and adding any cue points I might need. I also rate the song and give it an energy rating
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    Do you guys do it by ear w/ the metronome, or by sight.

    personally i just let traktor do its thing, sometimes adjust the grid and thats enough for me..

    whenever i play out im on cdjs or ssl anyway..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoodless View Post
    Do you guys do it by ear w/ the metronome, or by sight.

    personally i just let traktor do its thing, sometimes adjust the grid and thats enough for me..

    whenever i play out im on cdjs or ssl anyway..
    I check it by hear and 90% of the time it's spot on.
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    I've always done the bare necessity when prepping tracks. I import fix tags/artwork, beatgrid.

    Most of the reason being that traditionally I am using DVS in absolute mode and so don't need load makers.

    As for cue points/loops etc I do that when ever I have a jam session and mix that tune.
    This is especially true now that I have use both traktor and itch.
    Otherwise it would take ages.

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    I set cue's and thats about it. As little time as possible.

    2-6 hours a day? Get less tunes...

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