Organizing Music Out Of Itunes

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Organizing Music Out Of Itunes

Im basically done with Itunes I think the cons weigh out the pros.. what are some ways everyone else organizes their music not using itunes…by the way im on a mac and use traktor if that helps

thanks

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trainspotter v2

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I really should put together a little guide on using it- it’s not the most straightforward software to pick up and use and you have to figure out how it thinks and what it likes and doesn’t like to use it efficiently but once you do it is indispensable.

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yea I’ve tried using it but I got frustrated quick and just needed some results if you could put together a guide or a little video I would greatly appreciate it..In the meantime let me try and give it another go

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I’ve been trying to get my head around Trainspotter for a bit, always hear amazing things about it. Would be awesome if you did your guide on it!

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i just use itunes and smart playlists..

i run all my tunes through mixed in key and set it to rename the files with the camelot key after. Then in itunes have playlists search my imports for each key. I also have smart playlist looking for tunes imported by each month so i can find new tunes by date.

i have found this works well :slight_smile:

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I could not live without iTunes, iTunes Match and Traktor doing all the BPM analysis. Have a smart playlist in iTunes that lists all tracks with no BPM id3 tag, open this as playlist in Traktor, run analysis, job done.

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+1 for Tspotter. I cant for the life of me, figure out why so many people use itunes. Its possibly the most retarded music organiser I have ever used
If you disagree , please demonstrate a worse one

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I think the burden is on you to show why iTunes is so retarded. Like for example, where are smart albums in Traktor? I could do a smart album with all 100 latest house tracks I’ve included to the collection, or 500 acid tracks from 1997-2001 and similar interesting specific smart albums.

TSpotter, sure if I like writing code – I’m a programmer so it helps but for mere mortals understanding for loops and XQuery… Oh, you need to install Java runtime for MacOSX with its ugly security issues that Oracle is late fixing. OK, this is retarded indeed :slight_smile:.

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trainspotter does smart playlists, but better and right inside your traktor library :slight_smile:

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I think we need a little guide or a video :thumbsup:

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O, iTunes how dost thou suck?
Let me count the ways.

Why do you try to install safari and quicktime every time I update you.
WTF is itunes helper.You need a helper? even if youre not running?
Heard of FLAC?
I have a large collection, I will tell you if I want you to organize it for me.
I have told you so many times.I know I have inserted a CD and NO I do not want to copy the cd to my Itunes library
Please let me put my library on a network drive.
Why you hog all my resources?

Probably some other stuff too but thats a start.
I agree Tspotter is pretty complex and a Xonetacular guide would be a blessing.
But I have always found the dev to be super helpful, he has even knocked out some XQuerys for me.
I am running trainspotter smart playlists that are from playlists inside playlists inside playlists. Playception

Thing is I use Traktor as my player. Trainspotter as my manager.
I dont want a piece of software, based on 11year old code that is a player, manager, store front, sync to my device, all in one wonder(allegedly).
Edit: spelling