getting all 8 cue points to show up in Rekordbox - this is a Rekordbuddy 2 setting in case anyone else needs it, I guess I should have RTFM. I’ve tested with 1 folder, seemed to work so I’m currently re-analysing 5000 tracks in MIK! And Traktor doesn’t seem to be re-writing in the Key field now. getting MIK keys to show up correctly in Rekordbox - yes they show up in Comments but it’s much easier when they’re in the Key section! Work in progress but I’m now doing import/Async into Traktor before MIK, the after MIK it’s a Consistency Check to make them show up correct. Goto Collection - export all tracks from Collection to T5. Plug in Samsung T5 USB SSD - setup to import History - right click recent History “turn into Playlist”, rename Playlist to something useful Goto XML Playlists, right click and “import playlist” to any I don’t yet have. Goto Rekordbox XML, select All Tracks, drag them all to “Collection”. Get out of Rekordbuddy 2, load up Rekordbox 5. Everything in Traktor goes to Rekordbox XML. Sync Rekordbuddy 2 - this is setup with Traktor as my initial library, unprotected so that Smart Playlists can eventually be pushed into Traktor. Get out of Traktor, load up Rekordbuddy 2. Load up track, Set Beatgrid manually (not saved as hotcue), lock track, set Hotcue 1 as load marker, set other Hotcues as required. A-Sync in Traktor - Special, Tick BPM, Un-Tick Set Grid, Un-Tick Key, Tick Gain, Un-Tick Replace Locked Values, Tick Parallel Processing if at home, Un-Tick if at gig. Move to Music Folder (setup in yearly quarters - 2018-Q1, 2017-Q4 etc, once something is a number of years old it gets moved again to genre based folders). I do however still have my laptop in my gig-bag, lol. Being able to have the majority of my playlists and tracks on a USB has been handy in tight booths, and although I don’t have issues with Traktor crashing or dropping out, there are some venues around town who don’t like laptops in the booth (not an argument I want to have here, but unfortunately yes it happens) and so being able to use USB has opened some doors. Having all of my grids and hot-cues come across from Traktor has certainly make it easier, although there are some tracks that don’t seem to be working correctly and they go into an Emergency Loop when being played from USB on CDJ’s (I need to explore this more). I never got into iTunes and it’s smart playlists but over time I think that I’ll use Rekordbuddy’s smart playlists, and the ability for them to sync to both Traktor and Rekordbox will be handy. especially when the “search” feature is implimented (I’m told it’s coming). Good little program with some great potential. I’ve used Mixed In Key for a number of years now, it’s much better than Traktor at detecting keys, and I like that it writes to the Comment field as well due to Traktor at times doing what it likes with both of the Key fields. Obviously with Traktor not really moving forward, and Rekordbox 5 actually adding features along with mild upgrades to players (CDJ-2000NXS2/XDJ-1000mk2) and DDJ-XP1 being able to be used as a controller for both Rekordbox DJ and more-so Rekordbox via USB sticks into players, I’ve been using a variety of formats lately. Playlists are mostly manually sorted folders or previous gig history lists, it’s not the best system but I make it work. I manually grid all of my tracks first by zooming in, setting grid marker and then adjusting by ear if needed. So having used Traktor for over half of my 21 years of DJing I’ve invested an extremely large amount of time and money into my tracks and gear, and my workflow within Traktor (importing/grids/cues/playing) is fairly seamless, even when downloading and/or playing tracks for the first time at a gig.
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