Serato DJ Pro Library Organization

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4 жыл бұрын

Learn my methodology of getting your music from the source to your desktop and into Serato as efficiently as possible to future proof any organization pitfalls.

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@livewireparties 2 жыл бұрын

been tryin to figure out how best to do this without doubling up on work - THIS IS IT! Thanks bud

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

of course!

@muratsari1617 2 жыл бұрын

@@missiondj6070 could u pls share ur library with me if possible pls??

@jericho5144 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds good! Wish me luck! Thanks for your time !

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@muratsari1617 2 жыл бұрын

Perfect method, I will try fot that!!

@yungbuscemi83 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!! I'll definitely try this method and see if it works for me. I have just being organizing by decades ---> genres

@missiondj6070 4 жыл бұрын

This is more of a quick and easy import method shown. I go briefly into how I organize by genres and moods though so hopefully that helps your organization evolution some way. Let me know!

@missiondj6070 4 жыл бұрын

Decades/genres is money though. Solid!

@djfancy1992 Жыл бұрын

Good and easy to understand

@pirre6404 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful! Thank you!

@missiondj6070 3 жыл бұрын

of course, anytime!

@noquestionbeatz6364 2 жыл бұрын

Set Folder to Data Created helps when u have new music updates ..Color Tracks / Pop /Edm /Hip-hop ...ECT for easy Go to tracks ..Good Log Mane 🎯💯

@paydenmcvey3697 11 ай бұрын

Great tip - Thank you for sharing! So now when you go play gigs and load your music onto a USB... Do you delete everything on it and then just drag and drop all of the songs from your music folder?

@missiondj6070 11 ай бұрын

I really only export songs onto my USB via rekordbox for CDJ or standalone controller use (another vid needed for this) and no I do not wipe it clean ever, I simply just replace the folders on the USB with the new ones I have added to in my software.

@dmurph6951 3 жыл бұрын

Have you done a video on your color coding and what they mean? Thanks

@missiondj6070 3 жыл бұрын

I have not - to sum up, color coding can be anything you want it to be. For me each color represents energy level and/or caliber of song

@LittleRedAnchor 2 жыл бұрын

if you do all music will it automatically not upload duplicates? Use case would be if you uploaded a single song that lives in that folder before dragging and dropping the entire folder?

@missiondj6070 11 ай бұрын

If you have duplicates on the backend in your storage folder and then drop those into the All Music then you will have dups, you have to be very tidy on the backend and make sure you don't have dups.

@bradg9238 3 жыл бұрын

When im doing a bulk move from my all music folder into serato for new adds, do i need to worry about duplication

@missiondj6070 3 жыл бұрын

No, Serato will not duplicate any of the songs and only bring in the new ones. However if you already have duplicates in your "All Music" folder then it will bring those in and you'll have those dups every time until you delete those from that folder.

@jackzimmerman5025 3 жыл бұрын

Great video... Quick question. For years all my mp3 files from record pools are in my downloads folder. How can I transfer them safely into a dedicated music folder?

@missiondj6070 3 жыл бұрын

Great question, Jack. I would sort by file type in your downloads folder so they are all listed in a row for you for easy selection for migration to a dedicated music folder. Simply drag and drop into said folder. The issue you will run into is that whatever DVS you are running will no longer be able to locate those files so you will have to relocate them in the software or re add them to your "all music" folder within the DVS. There may be some reorganization to be done. I hope that helps!

@jackzimmerman5025 3 жыл бұрын

@@missiondj6070 thanks so much!!!

@ljwieler7559 5 ай бұрын

Where is the best place to get original songs?

@NADEESHSAMEERAPERERA 2 жыл бұрын

My liabrary is in external hard drive, can I do same way rather than keeping all in internal drive?

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

You sure can!

@dicloudy1259 2 жыл бұрын

When I drop songs in a folder in and organize them in numerical order and come out of serato and open it back up the order is always changed but not every folder does that how do I solve that problem

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

Serato will show organization in your folders by however you choose. You might want to sort it by date added one time and by BPM the next so it never stays on any particular sorting when you close and reopen. You'll have to get used to resorting as you wish every time you start fresh.

@djshowhaiti 2 жыл бұрын

why when we create the crates. the music of the crates appears in the main crates where the other crates are located

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

hi, I'm not sure I understand your question. You may need to drag your music into the desired crate once created...

@jericho5144 3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't having a folder full of music on your desktop affect the performance of your CPU?

@missiondj6070 3 жыл бұрын

Sure if its taking up a lot or all of your available memory. Don't let it get to that point, you don't need EVERY song every made even though you might think you do. Also an external hard drive is another way to go if you're having memory issues but keep the best practice with ONE folder for your music on that external drive too. Good luck!

@bazukaran 2 жыл бұрын

Nice idea man but the only huge problem with this method is if the crates on serato deleted or got corrupted (which happens one in a while) than you have to make them all from scrath and this sucks. its better that the crates of serato will be the mirror of your folders on your laptop. think about it

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

Valid concern, however I just can't justify the double organization and the added time it would take to keep that all in order on the backend like you're suggesting. To each their own though.

@samgarong 2 жыл бұрын

Aren’t deleted crates still recoverable when you drag the deleted crate file from your trash bin back into the “Serato” folder on your computer? I’ve done it quite a few times. (Considering you hadn’t wiped out your trash yet)

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

@@samgarong Yes that is correct!

@ericplunk2535 2 жыл бұрын

Also creates a longer file path which serato, and just Macs in general are not really a fan of.

@dicloudy1259 2 жыл бұрын

How do You stop from making the serato library rearrange the order of ur songs

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

If you have your songs in a crate arranged in a specific order then you want to click the number column ("#") which is the second column from the left and they will then be sorted by how you want them to flow chronologically. You will also need to have your crate sorted this way to beginn to put them in any order. Hope that helps.

@dicloudy1259 2 жыл бұрын

I did that but wen I exit serato it rearrange

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

@@dicloudy1259 did what?

@dicloudy1259 2 жыл бұрын

What u told me to do it still changes , would having some songs saved to the lap top and some on the hard drive cause that

@missiondj6070 2 жыл бұрын

@@dicloudy1259 every time you open Serato you will have to sort your songs however you want, via the columns. If you arrange the songs in a specific order and sort them by the number column and they don't stay in the way you ordered them then yes it may be because you are keeping some of the songs in different storages.

@danrajk3368 Жыл бұрын

How can I change the column for the bpm to be at the start of the crate

@missiondj6070 Жыл бұрын

Simply click on the column header where it says "BPM" and drag it over to the first position

@danrajk3368 Жыл бұрын

@@missiondj6070 do I have to turn off protect library for this to work

@alvantelaidlaw3176 Жыл бұрын

how do i sort my crates in alphabetical order?

@missiondj6070 11 ай бұрын

Directory: Music>_Serato_> then take out "neworder.pref" file, (remove it from that folder but do not delete it.) that will make your crates alphabetical