Beatler 1.6 - Concept (new features)
Ok Beatler 1.6 is in the works, we listened to everybody’s feedback and this is how its looking so far.
Any thoughts?
ill dish out details on a few new features and fixes today 
-J
(Update) Just for fun
Beatler Beta 0.1
http://cl.ly/67vI - 2 Years Ago
I like the look. The only big thing that it seems to be missing is the ability to search for a restricted track on other labels without going through a manual search.
I still think $10 was a bit steep for that app, but it’s a fine product. If it doesn’t come with free updates for a long while, though…I’d be pissed.
I’ll update and try to get some feedback on it.
dumb me, misread 
I like the interface tweaks in general, I would consider revert back to regular osx sized close/minimize/zoom buttons to keep the design line with rest of the OS.
the traffic lights (close/min/zoom) are just from my Mac GUI kit those wont go in to the app itself.
Features/Fixes
Single line Table Columns.
Separated Column Headers. (artist/remixer/label/genre/etc)
Dock Icon Play Status Indicator.
Minor color tweaks to the UI
Of Interest Table Background Color Highlighting
Purchased/InCrate Table Background Color Highlighting
Search Type Buttons Have Glyphs Instead of just text
New Source List Icons
+More
[quote]
I still think $10 was a bit steep for that app, but it’s a fine product. If it doesn’t come with free updates for a long while, though…I’d be pissed.[/quote]
Check out how much an album art downloader all by itself costs
Considering how much work goes in to beatler, how much development so far (2 years) and how big of a project beatler is.. $10 is a steal. In the end the app is worth what ever you are willing to pay
But just as an example I save about 500+ hours a year purchasing and digging for music by using beatler instead of the website.. now ask yourself this what would you like to be doing with that time?
Not a sales pitch.. just the truth for me
We update about once a week TBH but only beta testers get to see the weekly/daily builds and hotfixes. The MAS release review stuff takes a bit so you are looking like updates/fixes once a month or so.
Ill also mention we have lots in store for beatler that goes way beyond just buying music on beatport.
@Paddy ill send you a copy of the current 1.6 beta tomorrow morning (stable).
PM me your email so I can invite you to my dropbox
Debating whether or not to pick it up, I mainly use my DJ pool for tracks now, but once in a while I have to go through BeatPort to pick out select tracks that I can’t get from the pool.
i wasn’t sure how I felt about Beatler after reading the piece on DJTT front page but looking at 1.6 I am well more interested, anything that makes the Beatport experience more bearable is great for me. I dig the crates and the tabs and i like the aesthetic of it, when do you think this version will be available?
Rupert is busy putting the final changes in right now. We should have a beta out in the next 24 hours (if you purchase through our site and PM me your email I can send you a copy) the beta will be about a week long and then a 9 day Apple review 
so say like 2 weeks.
also here is some info on the new “smart crates” feature. we still have some bugs to work out but so far here is what we have.
So right now you have a default crate and when ever you add something via hotkey it just goes to the default crate. With smart crates you will be able to define custom filters to crates. for example… lets say I have a crate I want just for Tech House. I just set a genre filter to the crate and any time I add a track to a crate that meets that criteria it will automatically get sorted in to the appropriate crate this rule can be applied with any combination of filters. Artist/Label/Genre/Etc
This may not make it in to 1.6 in which case you will see it in 1.7
final note.. When we finish 2.0 prepare to be impressed… Sooo many new BIG features.
Can’t wait for that 
having re-read the article on 1.5 again I have a question, I do not use iTunes to organise the music I dj with, I do that on a completely separate drive and do not have any of it in my iTune library. Is the functionality that creates a playlist in iTunes configurable, ie can I turn it off or circumvent it?
Yes and you can also have beatler sort all your downloads on your external drive as well
Answered^
nice one Kinetik, $10 coming your way in the near future! Think i will stick to my current workflow for downloading, keying, moving, importing to traktor and gridding for the time being though
Should be able to help with the other stuff soon
purchased just now
couldnt register w/ license
couldnt log into beatport
emailed support
waiting
i love the idea hate beatports layout. heres to hoping it gets resolved
(edit)
Solved
just got ruperts email.
as i was typing a response, i tried again to re-type the error in my email…
…and it worked.
possibly a slight delay since i was quick to order and install.
thanks for the lightning-fast responses.
Another note.. If you have an idea.. we listen make sure you submit your ideas/thoughts to our support page (link in sig).
Just sent out this dev build of 1.6
here is a shot of the new light table BG
you can now change the font size and table colors in prefs
do you have plans to support ID3 tag updates? I typically use Trainspotter to do it using discogs, which i notice you acquire info from for tagging…