Trainspotter - who uses it
Trainspotter - who uses it Posted on: 27.10.2010 by Julissa Serrone Anyone using this application to manage your collection?I believe the idea and features it provides are awesome, but i'm still learning how to use it properly and what all it can do aside from creating smart playlists. I keep creating them and then I open up Traktor and they all don't pop up. I know I'm hitting save and can see them in my playlist folder in My documents - but they disappear. I have to create them 2-3 times before I get it right. I'm sure it's error on my part. Looking for tips, tricks, likes and dislikes. | |
| Julissa Serrone 31.10.2010 | wys man i'm really diggin the program. I still haven't used it fully as I'm swampe with work. Started creating my own tagging taxonomy. The playlist are sharp. The only "minor" believe I found is that when I click create new foldeder and the folder is created -- it's automatically given the name New Folder and I have to go into "rename folder" as opposed to opening with the cursor in place |
| Graciela Helweg 31.10.2010 | Trainspotter will update audio file tags if you tell it to, but if you want to leave your existing tags alone, or a selection of tags, it can do that too. If you're just using the dynamic playlists then you don't need to worry. |
| Johnsie Kingrea 31.10.2010 | Thanks a lot man, really wanna get my shit together before the S4 hits, lord knows my library size is going to quadruple with making loops and samples. |
| Julissa Serrone 31.10.2010 | nope. your not touching anything in Itunes. Your messing only with your collection which really is just info not actual tracks. You never touch Itunes. |
| Johnsie Kingrea 30.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by haze324
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| Julissa Serrone 29.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by rdej47
1. Down load track into Itunes 2. Assign Genre to it 3. Open traktor add Itunes library to the Collection 4. Open Trainspotting - my entire collection is now in Trainspotting 5. Get tracks - assign tags (mouse clicks all on one screen) 6. Smart Playlist - create a new one, edit, delete, etc. 7. Hit save 8. Open Traktor Now when I go to my Traktor Collection under playlist ALL of my smart playlists, with songs tagged are in there. At some point above during taggin you can let Trainspotter run a search in Discogs and find missing data on your song like Album Art. The extra step in the procss is adding to collection and then opening Trainspotter which is a 30 second process. You could also NOT assign genre to it in Itunes and just do it in Trainspotter. I do so I can continue to use Itch and so that my Ipod tracks are sorted correctly. So you could start in step three. |
| Johnsie Kingrea 28.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by haze324
1) Download a track, run it through Platinum notes 2) Add it to iTunes 3) Sort tracks by genre into smart playlists 4) Add them to track collection in Traktor with very very mixed results. |
| Buster Kiper 28.10.2010 | Could I receive the beta as well. I'm in a track purchasing and gig playing frenzy right now. I wouldn't mind putting it through its paces. |
| Julissa Serrone 28.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by rdej47
This is how I found this program. Like you i use my itunes smart playlist and couldn't save anything in the Itunes library portion in traktor. You have to recreate your smart playlists in Trainspotter though. What it does is that it allows you to manage your Traktor "collection" the same way you can manage your itunes. So you have tracks in itunes and you import it into your "collection" then open up Trainspotter and you can create all the smart playlist you want and with more parameters than Itunes. It also has a GREAT tagging tool where you create the tags and can just click on them. No typing (you can create tags like - female vocal, no vocals, horns, long intro, etc. whatever you like). Once you have done your magic in Trainspotter you then open up Traktor and under you collection you have all your smart playlist and your songs are tagged. There's also an engine that searches thru Discogs to find missing data on your tracks and also a key analyzer. This thing is freaking sweet for Traktor users. |
| Johnsie Kingrea 28.10.2010 | I have a question about this program. Will this solve an issue with smart playlists from iTunes. I have been using smart playlists to organize my tracks by genre. The only problem is that seems I can't just use my iTunes section in Traktor. It won't store cue points and won't save bpm data. I don't want to have to import my smart playlists into Traktor everytime because I'm pretty sure it messes up my cue points and grids everytime I do it. Can I use Trainspotter to remedy this kind of problem. |
| Kristian Buneta 28.10.2010 | May I be PM'd this software as well? |
| Julissa Serrone 28.10.2010 | This thing is AWESOME. A few minor bugs or improvements for it to be rock solid --- but what it provides is freaking AWESOME. Huge Props. |
| Leeanna Ayla 28.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by wys01
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| Julissa Serrone 27.10.2010 |
Originally Posted by wys01
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| Graciela Helweg 27.10.2010 | It's not an open beta, but your more than welcome to give it a try. I'll send you the necessary links. If anyone finds any bugs or wierdness with the current version of Trainspotter please let me know so I can fix them. Post them to the trainspotter community or drop me a PM and I'll fix it. If you take the time to report a bug I will fix it for you. |
| Julissa Serrone 27.10.2010 | do they have an open beta for that? Can you shoot me link. I'd like to give this a try myself and perhaps provide some input to your review. |
| Julietta Mistretta 27.10.2010 | I'm actually testing TS ver2 beta and was going to write a review for DJTT. I will say this - it's lightyears ahead of even ver1.71. |
| Julissa Serrone 27.10.2010 | yeah thats what I'm figuring. If I can establish some smart playlists and nothing else it would be awesome. Yeah I'm finding duplicate playlist after i've deleted some. If I can spend a few hours getting this just right and not having to mess with it much afterwords this would greatly help me with my playlists. Thanks. |
| Suzanna Paddock 27.10.2010 | I use it constantly. Use it to make a NEW list (- 3 months, sorted by Add date) To separate my tracks into hi, mid, lo energy To separate subgenres: nu disco, tribal, dub tech etc I also use the Key tool combined with a No Key playlist The find duplicates playlist example also works well Having said that, it is a BUGGY program. You gotta save before quitting or it sometimes crashes, sometimes playlists which I have deleted keep reappearing... Bottom line the benefits outweigh the bugs |
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