Hey all,
Just about to get started with digital DJing after a long break (my last setup was Technics and vinyl) and I want to get some advice on how to best organize my music collection to make it streamlined and scalable. Best to start now, before I get a massive library and then decide I need to change it. I'll be using Traktor and iTunes on a Mac, and Mixed In Key, if that info could be helpful. I mostly spin progressive house, but also sometimes breaks, drum & bass, and downtempo.
I'm wondering what you all feel about having a separate iTunes library specifically for DJing, as opposed to a massive iTunes library that has both DJ tracks and just general listening stuff that I'll likely never spin.
Given that digital DJing organization can often benefit from strange ID3 tagging setups, etc. that aren't all that conducive to a "normal" listening library, I was planning on just having two iTunes libraries, each with their own rules, tagging schemes, etc.
Anyone else set up this way? Is it worthwhile? Any issues I should know about ahead of time? Any tips to optimize it?
Another option could be to just have a single massive iTunes library with everything, DJ and not, and then just have Traktor as my "DJ only" library management software. But in that scenario, I'm guessing things like custom DJ tag schemes and what not couldn't be kept to Traktor alone, and would show up in both Traktor and iTunes. Correct? (I don't have Traktor installed yet so I can't test this.)
Thanks,
Q
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