New Music Library
I'm just about to create a brand new music library from scratch. Up until now, I've used a DJ Playout system with proprietary formatted files, so I can't just convert straight to my new system. This gives me a golden opportunity to get my library structure right from the start.
So I have 3 (hopefully quick) questions:
1. Is Mixo the best place to create the library, which will ultimately be uploaded to a Denon Engine based device, or should I use Engine to create a library and then use Mixo to maintain it?
2. What is the best way to structure my music files? At the moment, I have one large folder on a dedicated hard drive and every track is a file in that one folder. In the software I used to use, all the metadata was handled by the database, not stored in the music files. I now have a brand new hard drive plus a Dropbox Plus (2TB) account to play with.
3. Can Mixo do the initial analysis of tracks? I've played with it a little bit for the last 48 hours, and even with a very simple 4-on-the-floor track, the BPM seems perfect, but the beatgrid is way out and no key information is detected.
Ok - over to you folks - teach an old dog some new tricks please :)
OX_DJ_Dave
• 8 months ago
So I have 3 (hopefully quick) questions:
1. Is Mixo the best place to create the library, which will ultimately be uploaded to a Denon Engine based device, or should I use Engine to create a library and then use Mixo to maintain it?
2. What is the best way to structure my music files? At the moment, I have one large folder on a dedicated hard drive and every track is a file in that one folder. In the software I used to use, all the metadata was handled by the database, not stored in the music files. I now have a brand new hard drive plus a Dropbox Plus (2TB) account to play with.
3. Can Mixo do the initial analysis of tracks? I've played with it a little bit for the last 48 hours, and even with a very simple 4-on-the-floor track, the BPM seems perfect, but the beatgrid is way out and no key information is detected.
Ok - over to you folks - teach an old dog some new tricks please :)
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Remko
• 8 months ago
In answer to your questions:
1. It's personal preference. MIXO might offer some useful tools that are not available in Engine and it includes sync between computers, plus export to other apps. This could be useful for occasions when you only have access to Pioneer hardware, for example.
2. You can continue letting the database organise things, but if you would prefer to keep your file system organised too, our V2 beta has a tool to copy/move and rename your files. If you're interested, please email anon@mixo.dj to request access.
3. Yes, MIXO can analyse tracks. V2 will analyse the key but misaligned beatgrids is a more complicated issue, particularly with Engine DJ. You might find that analysing in Engine and then importing into MIXO works better.
I think keep playing and you might find a way that MIXO compliments your workflow!
Remko
MIXO DJ team
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