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Allow Smart Crates to be based off the Current Song
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Allow Smart Crates to be based off the Current Song

VxJasonxV 7:13 PM - 23 May, 2012
I had an idea for something that will allow me to consider more "suitable" songs to mix to on the fly.

I have all of my music tagged with keys, which finally works 100% in ITCH 2.2 (thank you SO MUCH guys!), and can really take advantage of harmonic mixing. I'd love to be able to set up a smart crate that considers the current song's key, and will allow me to view a list of songs that matches one of the fundamentals of harmonic mixing.
Standard key increments (1A > 2A, or 1A > 1B, 1B > 2A),
decrements (2A > 1A, 2A > 1B),
Or Energy boost mixing ( +7 or +14, 2A -> 9A or 4A).

I'd like to be able to specify 4 smart crates, one for each type of advancement (increment, decrement, boost +7, boost +14). Instead, I have to confine myself to the specific key which is not nearly as efficient, and results in me having 24 smart crates or more, and having to choose the specific one manually.

It's not hard, but when I can consider any next step in a fraction of the time, more options become available.
DJ CAPRO 7:37 PM - 23 May, 2012
I usually grab a big chunk of new tracks and dump them in a new folder, and then arrange by key. Usually works for last minute notice gigs. I also have my genres field labelled with sub-genres, so if I want to energy boost or whatever with a particular style, I just type in the sub-genre tag and scroll down to the right key.

I posted something similar a while ago, but a little more complicated... If key lock is turned off (which it should be because it destroys the audio quality half the time), it would be ace if Serato could figure out another key field based on the current playing song's BPM. Then you could see the library folder's key compatibility based on the current playing speed. Meaning some tracks you wouldn't have considered before are now perfect because you have to change the pitch to blend it.

Sounds like a tall order though :)
DJ CAPRO 7:47 PM - 23 May, 2012
Oh and I wouldn't build isolated folder groups of keys or compatibility rules. There are too many combinations and the compatibility is always different so I don't know if that would be very useful...