rekordbox and rekordbox DJ Can Help You Find Tracks with Energy Levels for Your Mix

0:00 In this video we're looking at the rekordbox software from Pioneer

All right, ladies and gentlemen, in this video we're looking at the rekordbox software from Pioneer. Now first of all, Pioneer have two softwares. One is rekordbox DJ. The other one is the basic rekordbox software that you have in front of you at the moment. The one you've got in front of you is the free downloadable software. Rekordbox DJ, on the other hand, is free but for a limited period. Also, rekordbox DJ is more suitable for most of the Pioneer controllers because you can use it like other DJ softwares out there. Now in this video we're looking at the rating system that you have with rekordbox DJ and the basic rekordbox. The rating system is based on five stars. And by clicking on one, two, three or four or five, you can rate that track according to how much you like it.

1:26 Down, it's not so much

But there is another way of using the rating system to your advantage. You can use that for energy in the tracks. Now let's imagine that you're in a nightclub. You've got 300 tracks on your thumb drive. You've processed them through the rekordbox software and you need to find a track very quickly that's got a bunch of energy because you need to keep that vibe going. Now, one good way of getting that is, of course, instead of using the rating based on how much you like a track, use the rating based on energy. A great way of, you know what, saying to people, I love this track. This is fantastic. It's got full, it's full of energy, loads of vibe, loads going on. So if you think about it now, if I put a rating on the track up here of five, all right, now maybe the next one down, it's not so much.

It's still a good track, but it's only got three. I'm going to put three stars the next one down. There's a bit of energy there, not as much as the first one, slightly more than the second one. I'm going to give that a four. The fourth one down, it's got absolutely no energy at all. I might as well listen to it in a cafe. It's got one. The second, the next one down, that's lift music. We'll put that one as well. But the next one down, that's full on banging like main set. Okay, there you go. So I've rated them. Now you're probably thinking, well, if you do that with five or 600 tracks, think about this now. You've got to go through all of them. I'm just going to do a few more. I'm going to give that three. Maybe give that one a four.

2:44 Maybe it's the right or wrong thing to do

Maybe give that one a four as well. And maybe give this one a five. So you're probably thinking, oh my God, you know what's going on? Because this is pointless. How am I going to find those tracks? Well, of course, you can find them on the controllers and a lot of the CDJs. Let's say you've got thousands and thousands of songs and all you want is you want full on energy in your set. Okay, maybe it's the right or wrong thing to do. I don't know. But what I'm going to do now is I'm just going to click on the rating. What's happened is the ratings now have gone from the low point here from full on through to lift music. So let's imagine there was now 500 tracks full on energy. All I've got to do, I don't have a thumb drive in the laptop at the moment.

But I'm going to click just on the bottom one, press shift and up, and I'm going to highlight those. I'm going to click right and I can export tracks. Now, the only reason export tracks isn't highlighted is because I do not have a thumb drive in my laptop at the moment. So what this means is if I'd rated a thousand tracks, let's say, for example, energy levels three, four and five, not lift music, not happy clappers, music more on a little bit more full on. Then I know all the tracks I have put on that thumb drive are good, high energy, full on tracks. All right. Small bit of info for you. I hope that's been a help. There will be a link in the description to Pioneer where you can get more info on Rekordbox and Rekordbox DJ.

I'll finish off with practice and enjoy a nice one.

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