My experience with Engine Prime Sync Manager and Track Analysis

[mufasa]

Hi there,

@lorqui

All tracks were duplicated on my Prime 4, the Sync Manager did not recognize that many tracks were already on the Prime 4

Where is the main music collection?

Are you using Crates or Playlists?

Typical steps

• Main collection
• Export drive (what you use with the players)

1. Create a Test CRATE with a few tracks in Engine Prime using your main collection

2. Connect your freshly formatted export drive to the computer

3. Click sync manager

4. Select the test crate and initiate the sync

5. Eject the prime export drive from laptop

6. Plug it back again

7. Use the sync manager again with the same test crate.

8. You should not have duplicates!

Try this and get back

@lorqui

I hoped with version 1.6 the functionality would have been improved and I tried it again. Unfortunately with the same result.

I just did a test creating a CRATE and PLAYLIST with the same tracks

@lorqui

The Sync Manager doubled and tripled the tracks

I synced it multiple times and there is no duplicate. not a single one.

@lorqui

I have to advise everyone not to use the Sync Manager

@lorqui

It is ok for the first transfer, but if you want to avoid a lot of trouble, you should only move tracks using drag & drop afterwards.

I beg to disagree

@lorqui

then the BPM analysis is partially wrong (and sometimes the grid).

Try using “re-analyse”, EP is bpm algorithm is pretty good.

If BPM is correct, then grids is easily fixed on the fly by sliding the grid.

I use Rekordbox, Serato regularly, and they all have this same limitations, some times they have the bpm correct but the grid is not lined up.

@lorqui

If you re-analyze individual tracks after the Auto Analysis, you can see how some BPM are corrected. If you don’t know this, then you have a lot of tracks in your collection with the wrong BPM

This is because when you use “Analyse” engine prime will use the BPM value in the tracks ID tags. If you dont want this, disable autoanalysis and use REANALYSE. Reanalyse forces Engine Prime to recalculate the BPM from scratch.

@lorqui

I can’t believe that Denon has not yet recognized this

They do and this is by design.

@lorqui

I very much hope that Denon will use this report and that of many other users to finally improve the Engine Prime software. This is the only way to convince users to buy Denon DJ products. And only in this way will it be possible to see Denon equipment in the clubs.

Engine Prime is not the reason, even if Engine Prime is a carbon copy of rekordbox, i don’t think thats enough to suddenly take over the clubs.