So I’ve been going through the ever arduous process of gridding as much of my collection as I can. Now, this doesn’t equal every song because, well, I don’t spin every song I have. I’d say I probably would be willing to spin around 30 to 40% of my collection.
What about you? We are, of course, limited in our time, and can’t spin everything in 2 or 3 hours a night, and the bangers get replayed over and over until we want to permanently delete the files…
So yeah, how much of your collection do you find yourself actually spinning on?
I probably spin about 20% of my music. Got shed loads of vinyl that I need to mp3, but that keeps getting put off for another day
Also I have lots of different styles in my collection but only DJ a specific style.
i play about 50-60%. i dont spend money on stuff if i dont see myself playing it… keeps my overhead lower. but even then, i grid maybe 10% of stuff. i only grid stuff that T3 doesnt analyze properly or if it is some wierd case.. like one more time. (it speeds up at the end.. ugh..
well i’m still dirty pirate from the east so i have tons of music (and by ton, i mean a TON). So i have gridded like 1 percent - and i play even lesser amount from that. But i still play loads of song that are not prepared on right occasions- just to test them (i don’t need them gridded as they are played through DVS)
P.S. i don’t wanna recommend downloading though, as i can’t wait to start buying and stop worrying
i only grid tracks that are difficult to mix otherwise… ie most quantized dance music songs are easy enough to play without beatgridding. But for my mixtapes I’m getting into the habbit of beatgridding all or most the tunes just to ensure I produce the best product possible with the least hassle/headaches.
as far as my collection goes… i have broad eclectic tastes in music so I only play a very small percentage of my collection.. probably around 10-20% at the most, including genres like classic rock , jazz etc. that I only use for certain types of gigs/sets.
My current collection consists of 2 areas (EDM DJ & “EVERYTHING ELSE”)
I’ve gridded about 95% of the EDM (the rest is in a folder for Ableton gridding).
This is because, well this is because Im a bit OCD and need it all in a neat package. (and this is coming from the 10yr bedroom DJ who’s only “played out” a couple times)
Which reminds me…how do you all organize your collection in Traktor…and keep it synced? This shit is added time consumption for me on top of gridding…perhaps I should get my priorities straight ey?
I’m def on the OCD tip - gridded 100% of my 3,000 or so tracks and key analyzed them all too, not to mention a good portion of those tracks are ripped from vinyl.
I’d say about 80% of my tracks are potential plays since I love to play classic tracks in the midst of my sets, my sets, my sets, my sets… >twitch twitch< my sets. Seriously though, I’m very particular about how a track is gridded and can’t really go for auto grids. I find that I’m moving the grid back a few tics from where traktor puts it on almost every track.
I’d like to see Traktor give you the option to adjust where the grid is initially placed in relation to the transients but I guess that would be too much for all the newbies and casual bedroom DJs that traktor attracts.
I have achieved traktor Nirvana and let me tell you… it’s beautiful here!
