Oct 19, 2018 On the heels of Soundcloud’s DJ integration announcement yesterday, Beatport – now in its fifteenth year of existence –has followed suite with two big features shared at Amsterdam Dance Event that will be coming in 2019: their own version of DJ software integration, Beatport Link, as well as a new subscription service called Beatport Cloud. Download and listen to new, exclusive, electronic dance music and house tracks. Available on mp3 and wav at the world’s largest store for DJs.
- Oh by the way, this was meant for Traktor Pro 3, apologies as just noticed this for for 2. Except that Tidal’s library integration into both search and play are a feature of the current serato. Trust me, I’m a way bigger fan of performing with traktor, but this is a major con. Beatport or the like either. Check the license it.
- May 22, 2019 Beatport recently introduced its $15 per month Link service that streams tracks directly to DJ hardware and software, including Pioneer's entry-level WeDJ app and now Denon's Prime Series decks.
- Apr 20, 2014 Beatport Pro released their music organising software - whilst this is not a full walkthrough, it will show you how to sync your Beatport library with your Traktor Library. Full article - http.
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The recent new app for DJs, Beatport Pro brings a host of new, convenient features for DJs, including syncing with Beatport and syncing with Native Instruments' Traktor! Sara Simms shows you how.
Beatport Pro is a free application that allows DJs to buy and organize music and add extended metadata. One real advantage that Beatport Pro offers is ability to tag tracks with additional details like genre, mood, instruments and publishing which could be useful when searching for tracks in the heat of a set. It also offers integration with Beatport, making it easier to buy and purchase tracks. While many DJs may not be jumping at the notion of switching to a new system for organization, it's worth taking a closer look at this application, especially if you purchase a lot of music from Beatport.
Here's what Beatport Pro offers DJs:
- Easy importing
- Ability to create and manage playlists
- An organization system that's made for DJs and producers; sort your collection by tracks, stems, parts and more
- Enhanced meta data and tagging
- Advanced filtering and and filter presets
- Integration with Beatport
- Ability to Re-order Playlists
- Directly purchase and sort high quality WAV and AIFF files from Beatport
- Integrated Play Queue
- Download Manager
- Metadata Migration Assistant
Filters
One of the most useful features of Beatport Pro is the ability to use filters to sort through music collections. Filters can be added and used to quickly search to locate tracks. Filters can include the mood, style and publishing date and a wide range of other values. Rather than simply searching for the track title and artist name, you'll be able to find songs in different ways.
For me, one of the major drawbacks of digital DJing is that finding records to play is largely an uninspiring task. Back in the day, when DJs still used crates of records, you could randomly pull a song from your crate and want to play it because it evoked a certain emotion. Finding tracks by using filters like mood, rather than searching for song titles may lead to sets that are more spontaneous and fun to play.
All these benefits do come with a price; if you're already using another organization system, it's going to take time to import and re-tag your music collection with Beatport Pro. That being said, if you work at importing a couple tracks or playlists every day, over time you'll have a newly sorted collection. If you tag your tracks using the metadata tagging system Beatport Pro offers, you'll be able to search for music in non-traditional ways. That being said, change is good.
If you're ready to take the plunge, here's a guide on how to set up Beatport Pro with Traktor.
Download the Software
Start out by downloading Beatport Pro here:
The application is optimized for OS X Mountain Lion (or newer) users. Once the software is installed on your system, sign in using your Beatport username and password.
Import Your Tracks
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Rather than importing an entire library, Beatport Pro works best if you import a few tracks at a time. You can do this by clicking: File/Add Files to Collection. Try starting out by importing tracks for one playlist. Beatport Pro doesn't copy the files to a new location; it just points to their original location.
Sync with Beatport
Next, click on one of the tracks in your library to highlight it and then click on 'Sync with Beatport' in the top right hand corner.
Make sure the title is typed correctly at the top of the screen and check the box next to the corresponding track in the Beatport catalog. Place a check mark next to the Metadata option(s) you'd like Beatport Pro to update. I have left 'Artist' and 'Key' unchecked because my files are analyzed with Mixed in Key. The keys of my records are written into the track's title and I prefer to keep the track titles as they appear after Mixed in Key analysis. I also leave the song's key metadata unchecked, as I find the Mixed in Key file naming system to be more accurate.
Editing
Below the track you can click on the pencil to open the editable regions for Genre, Mood, Vocal, Venue and Set Time. Use each of these categories to add information in the track; you can use the categories to quickly search for tracks in Beatport Pro. Once you've tagged the tracks, they're ready to be added to a Playlist. Create a new playlist by clicking on the Playlist tab on the left, then clicking on Add Playlist. Drag multiple tracks into the Playlist from the main Audio Collection.
Exporting
Once you've created your playlists (or a couple of them) you're ready to export the iTunes library file (.xml file) from Beatport Pro. To do this, click on Preferences, then Export. Place a check mark next to the box that says Export library as an iTunes Music Library file and choose the location where the file will be created.
Syncing in Traktor
Open up Traktor and click on the Preferences. Navigate to the File Management and in the Directories category, go to iTunes Music Library and select the .xml file you created with Beatport Pro by clicking on the '..!' box. Once you've selected your new Beatport Pro iTunes library file, close the Preferences. Lastly, refresh your iTunes library by right-clicking on the iTunes icon in Traktor's tree and clicking Refresh. You should see the playlists you created in Beatport Pro show up in Traktor.
If you do need to revert back to your previous iTunes library, simply select this iTunes library file in Traktor's Preferences. (File Management/Directories/iTunes Music Library) and then Refresh the iTunes library in Beatport.
Beatport Pro offers many organization advantages to music producers and DJs, such as the ability to organize by tracks, stems, parts, loops, oneshots and SFX. It also offers easy integration with Beatport, the most popular online store for cutting edge dance tracks. If you currently have an overcrowded library that needs weeding, Beatport Pro may be a great way to re-sort through your collection without discarding files. While it does take some time to get started with Beatport Pro, this application may be the answer for DJs who are looking for an alternative to iTunes.
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Native Instruments has announced that Traktor Pro 3.3.0 is now available, the headline feature being comprehensive iTunes/Music integration.
Other improvements include integration with Pioneer DJ’s XDJ-1000Mk2 and XDJ-700 media player plus the new DJM-V10 mixer, and Midi mapping for the Traktor Kontrol S3 controller.
This launches today and users should check for updates in the usual way in order to get the latest version. More info on Traktor over on the Native Instruments website.
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Full list of changes
Here’s the complete list, as provided by the Traktor team:
ADDED Pioneer XDJ-1000MK2 Integration
Plug and play integration of the XDJ-1000MK2 including full display support, RGB waveforms and all performance features.
Plug and play integration of the XDJ-1000MK2 including full display support, RGB waveforms and all performance features.
ADDED Pioneer XDJ-700 Integration
Plug and play integration of the XDJ-700 including full display support and all performance features.
Plug and play integration of the XDJ-700 including full display support and all performance features.
ADDED Pioneer DJM-V10 Integration
Plug and play integration of the DJM-V10 including automatic configuration of input and output channels.
Plug and play integration of the DJM-V10 including automatic configuration of input and output channels.
ADDED Comprehensive iTunes/Music integration
Faster and deeper iTunes/Music integration via API, with the option to revert to XML based integration for legacy use cases.
Faster and deeper iTunes/Music integration via API, with the option to revert to XML based integration for legacy use cases.
ADDED Custom Mapping (over-mapping) for S3
The factory mapping of KONTROL S3 can now be customised like the mappings of S2MK3 and S4MK3.
The factory mapping of KONTROL S3 can now be customised like the mappings of S2MK3 and S4MK3.
FIXED Headroom not applied to preview deck in external mixing mode
The headroom setting is now also applied to the preview deck in external mixing mode.
The headroom setting is now also applied to the preview deck in external mixing mode.
FIXED Keyboard focus is on Main UI with Preference Window open
When you open the Preference window and press Enter or ESC it now correctly closes the window.
When you open the Preference window and press Enter or ESC it now correctly closes the window.
FIXED Scratch controlled deck loses Sync when loading new track
Loading new tracks into a scratch controlled playing and synched deck will continue to play in perfect sync.
Loading new tracks into a scratch controlled playing and synched deck will continue to play in perfect sync.
FIXED S4MK3 Tempo Fader neutral zone too wide
The neutral zone around the center-point of the S4MK3 Tempo Fader is now as narrow as it was before.
The neutral zone around the center-point of the S4MK3 Tempo Fader is now as narrow as it was before.
FIXED Decks lose sync by moving the tempo fader on S4MK3
Synched decks are now locked against tempo changes via hardware, such as the S4MK3.
Synched decks are now locked against tempo changes via hardware, such as the S4MK3.
FIXED Some M4A files can’t be played on Windows
All M4A files containing any kind of special characters in the file name can now be loaded and played on Windows.
All M4A files containing any kind of special characters in the file name can now be loaded and played on Windows.
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FIXED Some iTunes playlists are not shown
All iTunes playlists are shown, including those which duplicate names of folders.
All iTunes playlists are shown, including those which duplicate names of folders.
FIXED Crash when clicking on Music folder (Windows)
Traktor on Windows no longer crashes under certain circumstances when clicking on the Music folder.
Traktor on Windows no longer crashes under certain circumstances when clicking on the Music folder.
FIXED TagLib related crash on Windows
With this fix we no longer observe TagLib related crashes on Windows and macOS.
With this fix we no longer observe TagLib related crashes on Windows and macOS.
FIXED Beat Phase output controller range incorrect
The Beat Phase output Controller Range now correctly shows [-0.5. .+0.5].
The Beat Phase output Controller Range now correctly shows [-0.5. .+0.5].
Traktor Pro 3.1
FIXED STEMS with inconsistent stem lengths not usable
STEM files will now analyse and play fine even with slightly different length of the individual stems.
STEM files will now analyse and play fine even with slightly different length of the individual stems.
Beatport Pro Traktor Integration Free
FIXED Certain Tracks cannot be analysed
Files will no longer fail to analyse with the error: “Cannot execute BPM-detection due to missing transients! Please analyse first”.
Files will no longer fail to analyse with the error: “Cannot execute BPM-detection due to missing transients! Please analyse first”.
FIXED Star Rating not imported from iTunes/Music on first import
The iTunes/Music star rating is now instantly imported into Traktor on first import/play of the file.
The iTunes/Music star rating is now instantly imported into Traktor on first import/play of the file.
Traktor Pro 2 Windows 10
FIXED Focused and unfocused Deck A letter not aligned
The Deck A letter of the focused and unfocused deck are now perfectly aligned.
The Deck A letter of the focused and unfocused deck are now perfectly aligned.