ok, for the life of me I can not figure out how to update my engine prime collection from a file on my desktop drive.
I keep a master music file on my hard drive. when i down load new music i sort then and categorize them into this file. then i import those files into prime. later i will downlead more music sort and categorize them into the same master file on my hardrive.
how the hell do i update those files into prime? it seems all i can do is delete my entire collection in prime and re-add the entire library. it takes forever because reanalyzes all the tracks. i can not for the life of me figure out a sync?
issue 2 is if i have created a play list in prime its gone once i delete the collection, so how am i supposed to maintain my collection in prime playklist and files and update new music? please HELP this ā ā ā ā ā
so then all my new music cant be sorted by genre in my master file only date? that makes zero sense
also i use these genre files to create playlist that i import prime. so then what i import date files into prime so when i want a deep house file i search dated playlist? i honestly donāt understand this rationale
@djeric i have look at that video and it mostly intro stuff and doesnt address my issue, It was helpful wheni first started and created my collection.
are you referring to the crossfader tutorials? there are a lot of them but i really dont see anything that shows a sync option from a file. is it true i have drag and drop as i go?
yeah i mean i guess without a sync from a file option there isnt a way around dragging the new downloads into my master file and then dragging them into prime its double work one way or another. i could drag by genre or date its still not sync from a file and is kinda lame. honestly im looking into a sync option on rekordbox
@romanpadillaart you keep using the word āfileā when you should be saying āfolderā. The files are the individual music tracks. The folder is where you keep them.
You donāt need to have separate folders for each genre. If your files are fully tagged then you can sort by genre using Engine DJ. The files can be in any folder.
+1 on this hellish way to organize.
Itās a digital realm with files in folders (and subfolders)ā¦
Drag and drop creates a duplicate-nightmare-bonanza.
Iām experimenting with some version of āGenreā folder for already synced playlists and then a temporary āGenre_ā folder for the new files to be deleted after resyncing, but like Mando NEVER said: āThis is NOT the wayā¦ā
@maako I completely agree it blows my mind. Itās as if they expect everyone organizes their music files the same way and only within prime. Iām sorry I have master folders and I want control of how they are organized before they are imported to prime. Huge folders of music lumped together by date download doesnāt cut it. Your work around seems like a good idea shame it has to be sp much effort tho. Thx for sharing
I spoke too soon
While going through my āElectronicā folder (doing what I intended to do) I realized that a lot of songs would fit much better in a new āJunglishā genre-type-folder, and relocated them to this new subfolderā¦
Whatever you could imagine happened in Engine ā¦ happened
So from now on, Iām just going to delete all playlists and start over every time Iām adding tracks.
Sure, it takes a really, really, reeally long time, but at least Iām not sitting screaming at my computer anymore
Donāt get me wrong, I love the hardware, but this is ridiculousā¦
Ouch!!! Iāve actually resorted to the good ole delete and re-analyze the whole library a few times. It does take forever but it is les frustrating then trying to get the software to do something it itās designed to do well. And yes the hardware is nice.
Iām going to try a test run on so d small folders of the sync feature on rekordbox. And if it is better I will simply use rekordbox to organize files, thrn export the link brary each time to prime ā¦ if Iām playing on pioneer I will already be ready too. I donāt know will see
Of course, if you relocate them from outside of Engine DJ after theyāve been added to the database, then you will end up with red files, as Engine DJ wonāt know where they are.
This is true of any system that uses a database (Traktor, Serato, Rekordbox, VDJā¦) itās not unique to Engine DJ.
Decide where you want your files BEFORE you add them to the database.
Rather than complicate things by having genre folders, album folders, BPM folders or whatever, where files are going to be scattered randomly around your drive - pick a simple system that uses fewer folders.
I use year folders, so everything I download this year goes into the 2022 folder. Last yearās downloads are in the 2021 folder (etc). I add new tracks to Engine DJ after theyāre placed in the folder, and then they donāt move.
Engine DJ does all the sorting. Tag your files correctly and the software can find them, regardless of which folder theyāre in.
Strange, Iāve never had an issue with the database - with Engine DJ or with my DJ software.
Iām sure playlists based on years are good if you play Summerhits 2018, but thatās not what weāre talking about.
If you got, letās say electronic music from the early 90s you might not want one huge playlist called ā1993ā, since thereās acid, trance, electro, gabber, house and so on.
Now if you want to update the Acid playlist with some new, handpicked tracks you are going to have issues with the database since you canāt just drop your updated master folder from your computer to the playlist without now having duplicates, no questions asked.
In my experience you get duplicates if you do that. Which is also lame. I dont see why we canāt get either a sync option from specified folders on computer hard drive that updates changes. OR a drag and drop option that recognizes duplicates. We have all seem this in so many other programs. āDo you want to skip or replace duplicatesā Honestly I donāt see why both donāt exist and people can have options. For some reason itās all stuck on one option. Really lame considering how awesome the hardware is.
There are ways* to achieve most things with regards to collection management, but these frequent discussions just show the total failure of Denon to implement a proper sync manager.
While going through my āElectronicā folder (doing what I intended to do) I realized that a lot of songs would fit much better in a new āJunglishā genre-type-folder, and relocated them to this new subfolderā¦
