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hardrives puts numbers infront of tracks

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Scratch Live
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Ortofon | Serato S-120
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dj buterd hams 12:03 AM - 28 August, 2008
how come when i dump my music from my computer(itunes) to my external harddrive it will put numbers in fron of all the songs and splits them up. ex. i dump into my external my drink and my 2 step-by cassidy(clean,dirty,inst). ok, it will put numbers such as 1, or 2 etc.. in front so now i got , 1my drink and my 2 step-clean, 3my drink and my 2step-dirty, and etc.. feel me? so i cant jut type my drink and my 2 step cuz it wont find it . i have to go and scrool till i find it . and it does it with aaallllooottt of my music . so it takes for ever?
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Nick M 2:45 AM - 1 September, 2008
It will be how they are tagged. Are you ripping the files yourself from CD's?
dj buterd hams 2:22 AM - 2 September, 2008
no i am not
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Nick M 3:13 AM - 2 September, 2008
Is the digit in the ID tag, or the filename?
dj buterd hams 4:10 AM - 2 September, 2008
nope i have all my names with no numbers but some how when i transfer it bam! it comes up with one
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Nick M 4:13 AM - 17 September, 2008
Sorry for the delay buterd hams.
Do you want to upload one of the problem files to us, and I'll check it out.
Cheers :)

Link is here: www.scratchlive.net
dj buterd hams 11:58 PM - 17 September, 2008
yeah i will. thanks