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Mp3tag mac alternative1/3/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You might argue that a good dj should know his tunes inside out and have all this stuff in his head. Selecting tracks using all this information put together means that from the song information displayed in Traktor, you know as much about the track as possible – key, mood, energy, genre, bpm – and the simple system means that categorising is not so much of a drag that you let it slide. Use iTunes rating of 1-5 stars to reference the tracks “energy”, for example: Don’t be tempted to create too many categories! Now iTunes and Traktor will list your tunes by key and mood. I use dark, edgy, neutral, funky, upbeat, driving, euphoric. This has one simple function – when the floor is bouncing and you are trawling for the next tune, can you find it based on where you want the mix to go? I don’t mean the obvious stuff like bpm or genre – what about if you want to drop the energy or throw in something darker – how do you know which track to pick?Īdd some information for each tune to the “comments” field that now has your key information. You can now use iTunes on your laptop or mobile to work out mixes, save them to playlists and there they are right in Traktor. Once you have cleaned your tags and binned any tunes downloaded on a whim, import them into iTunes. I’m sticking with iTunes as my player because of its seamless integration of libraries and tracklists with Traktor. Harmonic mixing is now a breeze, just browse inside Traktor using the comments field. This means you will be able to see it directly inside of iTunes and Traktor. Be careful to follow the instructions on the forum to ensure your key info is written to the “comments” ID3 tag. Mixed in key – genius! Download, open and drop your files onto the analyser. (Edit July 4th: Traktor has since built in it’s own key analysis software built right in to Traktor) That includes deleting the album information (for reasons we will come to), and means you don’t get any random song titles or artists causing confusion. I use mp3tag (freeware) to pare down the information to a minimum (Editors Note: a quick internet search will turn up other options out there for mac users) – remove everything apart from name, artist, genre, bitrate and date added. Here is what I do: Organizing Music using ID3 tagsĬlean these right up. There are a thousand and one lengthy articles on organizing music, so if like me you tend towards distraction when overloaded with tech talk, you need a simple and effective way to keep track (sic) of your tracks. Organizing Music! Music nerd heaven? Gigantic pain in the ass? Whatever your viewpoint, as a dj using Traktor, chances are your hard drive is awash with mp3s, and finding the one you want when mixing can be a challenge. ![]()
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