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A way to separate libraries for different gigs?

trapphus 9:46 AM - 20 April, 2012
Hi all
Does anybody have suggestions on how to keep separate libraries in SSL for different kinds of gigs? I play records at three very different clubs and find that the other mp3s tend to clutter up and get in the way when I'm djing a certain club. So far I've been just renaming the folders and removed the "missing files" and then re-adding them the next time but is there a simple solution I may be overlooking?

Is there maybe a way to choose a library like when alt/option opening itunes?

Thanks
//Daniel
2Seven 11:09 AM - 20 April, 2012
Using Crates and Sub-Crates?
trapphus 12:35 PM - 20 April, 2012
Thanks, I already do that but that's not what I'm after. I don't want any club#2 tracks to show up in the library when djing club#1. They're already divided by subcrates but when searching they all show up
DJ GOOK 1:29 PM - 20 April, 2012
keep them seperate just have crate club#1 all by it self . do the same for crate #2 and so forth.
trapphus 1:34 PM - 20 April, 2012
Yes, but again, when searching the results still contain the other mp3s. I search by shortcuts so it always searches in the whole library and not just the current crate
2Seven 1:42 PM - 20 April, 2012
Not if you're searching in that particular crate?
trapphus 2:28 PM - 20 April, 2012
You are right, if you use the mouse or pointer to click first crate and then search field. However as I use the cmd+F shortcut to activate and go to the search field it defaults to searching the entire library (or have a missed a shortcut doesn't do this?) and I'm back to where I began. So crates aren't the answer.
4mydawgz 2:45 PM - 20 April, 2012
in the comments section put club 1 in all the songs you will play and club 1. put club 2 in all the songs you wanna play at club 2. then when you search, you search for club 1, and all the songs will pop up for that club 1.
trapphus 2:47 PM - 20 April, 2012
That is kinda the way I'm doing it now when not removing the folders. And it gets old pretty quickly to having to retype that everytime ;)
Dj-M.Bezzle 2:49 PM - 20 April, 2012
Have seperat external drives, problem solved
Taipanic 6:14 PM - 20 April, 2012
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Have seperat external drives, problem solved

+1 Drives are cheap and you can never have too many copies of your music. Seems a no-brainer as you are not playng music from the same crates at each club anyways.
DJ DisGrace 7:56 PM - 20 April, 2012
I always hoped for a solution to this problem as well... My problem was when playing with buddy on the same laptop, each of our hard drives plugged in (nm). I would search for a track, and load up his version (without cues or loops where I expected them to be). Think I made a feature suggestion to limit searches to one specific master crate or just look through one of the libraries somehow.
2Seven 8:43 PM - 20 April, 2012
^If you're going to be serious by submitting a feature request, it might be worth thinking along the lines of being able to use smart crates linked to a particular iTunes library.

I know you can have more than 1 iTunes library file on your mac, so maybe like a tabbed browsing between library/smart crates ting-a-ling?
slimmjimm 11:31 PM - 20 April, 2012
Didn't Konix mention this in a Serato Tutor video? Something like renaming one of the database files?
Konix 12:53 AM - 21 April, 2012
Watchwww.youtube.com

It's a little old and outdated now, but you should get the idea and it's still the same. Basically you just need to keep separate _Serato_ folders, one for each "library," and just rename each one depending on which one you want to use.
Kepik 6:45 AM - 21 April, 2012
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in the comments section put club 1 in all the songs you will play and club 1. put club 2 in all the songs you wanna play at club 2. then when you search, you search for club 1, and all the songs will pop up for that club 1.
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That is kinda the way I'm doing it now when not removing the folders. And it gets old pretty quickly to having to retype that everytime ;)



Then just make Smart Crates and set the parameter to read any comments that contains club1 or club2 and make sure match all rules is checked.

When I play different styles of top40, I type on the comment, either Club Pop, Club Urban or just Club (where it works well with both crowds).
trapphus 8:54 AM - 21 April, 2012
slimmjimm and Konix. That seems to be what I'm after! Thanks!

Thanks everybody else for your suggestion too!
Papa Midnight 12:48 PM - 29 April, 2012
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+1 Drives are cheap

That's a matter of opinion. They've come down, but ever since the flood, people have been gouging like hell for them.
SiRocket 10:17 AM - 1 May, 2012
i still wish there was a "search" in crate keyboard shortcut along with a search all shortcut... etc... sigh...
trapphus 11:39 AM - 12 May, 2012
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i still wish there was a "search" in crate keyboard shortcut along with a search all shortcut... etc... sigh...


+1 on this