Declutter A Chaotic Music Library FAST

[@ReallyChrisM]

Bonus points if you work out what point in the video I got a cold 🤧

[@vibewhen]

also make sure to remember that even if it says 320kbps does not mean it is, it can have been a lower bit rate but re-encoded to 320.. get something like Spek, the spectrum analyser.. 320.mp3 will reach 20khz.

[@Semx11]

also pro tip: FakinTheFunk analyses all tracks in your folder and shows which ones have a fake bitrate

[@jonmercer8390]

Great video as ever, for deletes I usually update the comment with a unique word (I use naff), delete from RB then on my Mac search for naff and then select all and delete

[@ReallyChrisM]

Great tip!

[@aurelm]

Thank you for the video Chris. For PC users, i recommend using musicbee that enables deleting files from the playlist directly.

[@theeffigydj]

Hey Chris, thank you very much for the video!! very usefull.I am subscribed to Substack, i can find the Library hunter Shortuct but not the Auto-Delete, where can i get it ?

[@ReallyChrisM]

The link to all the tools should be in your welcome email-check your spam :)

[@djstarsomatic8068]

You really are my favorite resource for truly amazing ways to manage RBX and create optimizations and efficiencies. Kudos

[@DomCB]

11:33 you absolute legend, massively useful.

[@87mixmaster]

Yes!!! Great video Chris, thanks!!

[@aidennymes6335]

you can activate a second "track browser / list view" in recordbox either side by side or tob&bottom so you can drag and drop files from location to playlists etc..

[@djwolfletsgo]

Hey Chris! Was just about to write you and ask your opinion about the updated stems in rekordbox! I thought you would’ve done a video about it by now! Glad to see another video from you brother! You taught me a lot !

[@ReallyChrisM]

Not had a chance to have a proper play yet!

[@djwolfletsgo]

@@ReallyChrisM busy man!

[@johnwasilenko170]

Latest Nuostems 3.1 video collected stems data across all major DJ stem products which indicates rekordbox 7.04 offers stems quality now about on par with Virtual DJ, DjayPro, Serato and Traktor

[@tubepiki123]

Great vid! I also went from trance to dnb. That 98 99 00 trance still gives me goosebumps mind 🙌🏻

[@ReallyChrisM]

Believe 🫶

[@DJBennyswift]

I needed to see this video! Really helpful!

[@emreokten]

Very useful Chris! Very much needed guide. And thanks for providing the shortcuts!

[@ReallyChrisM]

Hope they help!

[@tumetti]

Thank you so much. Btw, DJ Productivity Tools For Mac link within welcome mail shows me 404 error...

[@ReallyChrisM]

Did you subscribe a while ago? If so check Monday’s email for a link to the new tool

[@DJG.Music_]

Very very useful tips! Thank you!

[@DazSheepy]

Some decent tips in this video. The Smart Folder in mac i didn't even know about. Hopefully gunna sort all my tracks into new Genre Folders now :D

[@DJTimeLock]

Nice thing about being a programmer first and DJ second is that I can automate a lot of the processes of this. Don't want to pay for those deduplication tools? Write your own. Don't have a mac for the mac shortcut? Write your own. Anyone who deals with computers on a daily bases and has tedious tasks i urge you to at least learn some basic programming/scripting so you can automate your tasks.

[@ReallyChrisM]

def a useful skill to have in many walks of life

[@sunzushaman3503]

Thanks Chris, I desperately needed this video! Much appreciated

[@ReallyChrisM]

Good luck on the declutter!

[@stephaam_music]

Great video

[@dvjniraj9371]

I am windows user & i use virtual dj to delete playlist I just drag and drop Rekordbox playlist to vdj sidelist/playlist. select all tracks right click> file operations> delete Done.

[@Floranilol]

I'm sorry for breathing the same air as you

[@ReallyChrisM]

Great hack!

[@johnwasilenko170]

I’m also a windows (and IOS) user who enjoys touchscreen devices and wish there were way more free tips and tools for windows based music library management on this channel!

[@SBK_ALL_DAY]

why would you do this? just delete them from the rekordbox library, you're just doing the same thing with extra steps.

[@dvjniraj9371]

Deleting track from the rekordbox library doesn't delete the actual file in windows. It just deletes the track from RB database

[@DINU_R]

Thank you

[@djrandlel]

Thanks helpful. For me, I don't want to delete I want to Archive and move tracks out of my library and into a cloud folder. Apparently at some point RB would write back to the music file metadata updates made in RB, but that seems to no longer be the case. I've noted Archive on the Composer field and in some instances, I could search my music files for the Archive and it was great, not happening any longer. Is there a way to write the metadata from RB to files on my computer?

[@ReallyChrisM]

Unless RB has a validated link to an actual file location I don't believe it would be able to write any metadata to it

[@Livingstone.productions]

Hey great video! Do you have a fix for the gazillion music genres that keep populating the genre pulldown menu? I wish mine would be a bit.... lighter. I'm sure you have come across this problem? Thanks for all the good hygene ideas for my collection.

[@ReallyChrisM]

the key thing to understand is a particular genre option will only appear in that list if at least 1 track is tagged it in your library. Easiest method is to set up intelligent playlist which pulls in the 'similar' unwanted genres then batch change them to a common label.

[@Livingstone.productions]

@@ReallyChrisM Thank you, yes started to clean up things. with 7000 tracks it may take a while. merci beaucoup.

[@djalanhenderson]

I've been subscribed to the substack for ages Chris, how can i get / see / find the shortcut? TIA

[@ReallyChrisM]

I’ll be sending out to existing subs on Monday’s email-hold tight 🫡

[@djalanhenderson]

@@ReallyChrisM Thanks mate - It's on the first run right now!

[@DJmarshyUK]

Hi thanks for the tips! Although I signed up, I didn't receive a Welcome Email and no links to download your shortcuts

[@ReallyChrisM]

Check your spam - you def should have got it 👍🏼

[@DJmarshyUK]

@@ReallyChrisM I only received the "Confirm your subscription" email, that didn't have anything to download attached

[@DJmarshyUK]

@@ReallyChrisM I subbed with a new email and got it now, cheers bro

[@StanAllDay]

love dub dub dub dub Mark System - Love Dub had to pull it up

[@theflo.loudnoiz]

I delete my files this way: first I will tag them in the ID3 metadata with a word that isn’t common or a composed word like “deleteme” or something like that. After that I just search in my music folder for that tag and delete everything. I always check I have the same number of tracks that I want to delete to make sure I’m not deleting something I don’t want to

[@ReallyChrisM]

like that!

[@DJmarshyUK]

Hi Chris, trying to use Library Hunter, after selecting the playlist file, the shortcut is then running for a few minutes before it says "There was a problem running the shortcut", it never even reaches the point of asking which folder to compare it to, any ideas?

[@ReallyChrisM]

hmm. Did you tick the option to allow processing of large amounts of data as mentioned in the vid? Also how big is the playlist?

[@DJmarshyUK]

@@ReallyChrisM yes, and 7k songs

[@ReallyChrisM]

@@DJmarshyUK give it a shot with a smaller playlist and see what happens

[@DJmarshyUK]

@@ReallyChrisM yes that works but then how am I supposed to see everything NOT in rekordbox? haha never mind

[@ReallyChrisM]

@@DJmarshyUK just trying to troubleshoot the issue. Will investigate further

[@elephantgrass631]

Anything more than a 2% allocation would be redundant and is something that most DJs need to understand the math in. I use a calculator or even better a spreadsheet in order find where the balance in the numbers lie.

[@magyar77]

Shame a lot of BP track genre's are mislabelled and have incorrect bpms.

[@SteveAldous]

You've almost earned my subscription mate 👌

[@jof410]

Should have add * FOR MAC* to the video title

[@jayjayokocha38]

Good video but rekordbox no good !

[@tbone6121]

Great tips but I should not have to watch a whole video on how to organize music rekordbox is awful

[@HikariSakai]

imo remove the artist and title tags, just put the whole name of the song in the file name, its the way i do it and its the easiest way to organize in my opinion (also if some songs have symbols or text you cant use in the file name just put write the whole thing in the title, it will overwrite the file name) I also recommend using mp3tag and retag your tracks every time you grab new tracks. also recommend having a single folder for every track you wanna put in rekordbox, its way more convenient and will save you tons of time.

[@ReallyChrisM]

Mp3tag is solid. And +1 to single folder it makes life a lot easier