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How do you listen to digital music?
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ariScotle
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 01:30:43
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Curious to see how everyone uses digital music.
I am a Mac user and the standard deal with that environment is to use iTunes to manage everything.
Lately I have been thinking about switching to some other sort of file/folder type of system and maybe
a different way to listen to the music.
iTunes is indeed a powerful tool, but its either do your whole life the iTunes way or nothing.
Especially now that I am DJ'ing and using the music for more than just personal listening, I need a good system.
Thinkin' its time to do something else sooo...
How do you manage/tag/add artwork/organize/access your digital music?
Love some suggestions from the isra peeps - especially if you have found a happy alternative to the iTunes way of life on a Mac.
Windows users hit me with your system as well - I'll take all the info I can get
Peace everyone
b00m!
  [- Psy is a state of being -]
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JohnTaramas
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 03:02
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a second pc for listening/managing music maybe |
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willsanquil
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 10:51
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Rapid Evolution is what you are looking for - amazing for organizing your music not only for DJing but for personal use. Although most of the time for personal listening I revert back to my Music harddrive, which is organized into the following sections:
Ambient/Downtempo
Dark
Non-Electronic
New-Psy (stuff I haven't listened to yet)
Psy
Twisted Stuff (yes...twisted records has its own folder hehe)
http://www.mixshare.com/wiki/doku.php?id=rapid_evolution
FUCK itunes - I hate that POS software. But then again I don't like Mac stuff in general, though that has more to do with the price and philosophy of the company as opposed to the quality of the software. Except Itunes and Quicktime which I both despise purely for their own shit-tastic reasons.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch...you must first invent the universe
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TranceVisuals
TranceVisuals
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 11:20
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Dennis the menace
DevilsDennis Sparris McHilton
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 12:53
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MARGHERITA
Master Margherita
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 14:33
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On 2010-04-17 11:20, TranceVisuals wrote:
Mostly I use my ears... 
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can be usefull
my collection is a kaos .. but .. i like to be lost...
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Nectarios
Martian Arts
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 17:20
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well CDs are digital format and that is how I mostly listen to music, by putting CDs in my computer and playing them on iTunes. iTunes is a piece of shit for copying everything you have on your HDD and taking up the space it does, but its GUI and general way of organizing playlists, is ok enough for me to use it.
The tunes I really like I burn on o CDs to have ready for playing out. At that point they get deleted from iTunes and whenever I wanna play then again at home, I insert the CD.
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Jesus Raves
Jesus Raves / Kanibal Raves
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 18:26
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In preferences You can turn off option to iTunes add [copy] songs to library 
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kriz
Horrordelic Records
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 20:06
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Dennis the menace
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Posted : Apr 17, 2010 21:22
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Itunes is actually lovely, specially on mac with automator and smart playlists and when not letting itunes organize your collection.
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kriz
Horrordelic Records
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Posted : Apr 19, 2010 09:51
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Yidam
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Posted : Apr 19, 2010 10:24
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Dennis the menace
DevilsDennis Sparris McHilton
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Posted : Apr 19, 2010 11:03
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On 2010-04-19 10:24, Yidam wrote:
and is it true that you can't choose your soundcard output on itunes?
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no  but that settings are not inside iTunes
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Yidam
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Posted : Apr 19, 2010 12:23
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so itunes is a screen hog, super ram hog, harddisk hog with it's grotesque gui, claiming to be a full solution media player and it's still a slave to system audio settings? can't understand how it managed to stay so popular.
anyway, thanks the the tip Dennis. sometimes you have no choice but to use it. guess that was apples strategy in the first place.
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squirm
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Posted : Apr 19, 2010 14:20
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