The Most EFFICIENT Way To Organize Your Music Library in Serato DJ Pro

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  • Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
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    00:00 Intro
    01:56 Where to download music
    03:53 Importing music
    06:23 How to organize using Serato Smart Crates
    17:49 Outro
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  • @djtr3mendous_
    @djtr3mendous_ 4 місяці тому +13

    this was crazy to watch...organization to a whole new level. You and Cee B are doing the Lord's work for real!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому +3

      🙌🏾🙌🏾 appreciate you man!

    • @djatinomix1
      @djatinomix1 11 днів тому

      I need your help to organize my music list in sarato dj pro

  • @anboojz
    @anboojz 2 місяці тому +3

    2 years later and your Video is still giving good info. thank you

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  Місяць тому

      🙌🏾🙌🏾 appreciate the continued support!

  • @terrancekayton007
    @terrancekayton007 4 місяці тому +2

    THIS is what I've been waiting for! Good Lookin' out as always, DJ Liftoff !

  • @terrancekayton007
    @terrancekayton007 4 місяці тому +2

    You explained and broke down this soooo well!

  • @jgil272
    @jgil272 11 днів тому

    Thank you bro, you did an amazing job with this!

  • @makeitlovelylive
    @makeitlovelylive 11 днів тому

    This helped so much bro! Thank you

  • @luv2ball76
    @luv2ball76 4 місяці тому

    I appreciate you breaking down this important step in djing! This organization is going to save me so much time and stress searching for that right track at the RIGHT TIME!!! Thank you so much!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      You’re more than welcome!! 🙏🏾

  • @blackmgic69nyc
    @blackmgic69nyc 15 днів тому

    i have been using serat for years and never used smart crates. now I will def reorder my serato . thank you

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  12 днів тому

      Most definitely a game changer 💯

  • @djlexx_fwi
    @djlexx_fwi 3 місяці тому

    Really inspired me. Thank you and CeeB too. 👌🏾

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому +1

      💪🏾💪🏾🙏🏾

  • @richardjuarez4447
    @richardjuarez4447 2 місяці тому +2

    I never knew you would drag your crates from serato onto your Hardrive...been asking this question for MONTHS- thank you bro!!

  • @carolinaherrera4546
    @carolinaherrera4546 3 місяці тому

    this was so helpful that i subscribed! thank you!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      So glad it was helpful 🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @bigdaz7272
    @bigdaz7272 4 місяці тому +3

    DJ CEEB is the GOAT of organising his shizzle, learnt loads from that dude myself :)

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Yeaaa I learned a lot and just added a few things of my own but he has hella gems on his channel

  • @desmond904
    @desmond904 4 місяці тому +1

    ALWAYS A STUDENT OF THE GAME AS A DJ YOU NEVER SUPPOSE TO STOP LEARNING I APPRECIATE THIS VIDEO I LEARNED ALOT

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      Yesssir! 🙏🏾 glad I could help

  • @bboymac84
    @bboymac84 4 місяці тому

    Yea smart crates saved me! Plus Organizing my warm up, chill and bangers help big time! Especially genre bangers!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому +1

      Yessir, the categorization of warm ups and bangers helps so much in crucial moments.

  • @iamdjkue
    @iamdjkue 4 місяці тому

    Man this is good stuff!!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      Appreciate you man! 🙏🏾

  • @SteveDJStylezFord
    @SteveDJStylezFord 4 місяці тому

    Dope way to organize your music. I've using smart crates as well. I need to still clean up a lot of them because I have sooo many smart crates.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      Appreciate it G! Yeah, it’s easy for it get out of hand so I def hear you on that

  • @SleepyBrowne76
    @SleepyBrowne76 2 місяці тому

    Great video,I started using Smart crates but I need to tweak some steps.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  Місяць тому

      Appreciate you 🙏🏾 - and yeah they’re powerful fasho!

  • @DJBLADETV
    @DJBLADETV 4 місяці тому

    GREAT JOB🔥

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

  • @DjHarvieMOSCOW
    @DjHarvieMOSCOW 4 місяці тому

    Thats cool🎉 thanks!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Welcome bro 🙏🏾

  • @kibezangalewa
    @kibezangalewa 3 місяці тому

    Good stuff!! Very informative video..

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Glad it was helpful 🙏🏾

  • @futuregootecks
    @futuregootecks 2 місяці тому

    Super helpful, thank you! I use djay pro AI but the same concepts apply. Liked and subbed! 🎉

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  Місяць тому

      More than welcome!! Appreciate the sub 👊🏾

  • @herstory___4062
    @herstory___4062 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏼 Organizing my crates now! I followed on IG and it looks like we’re in the same state. I’d love to link up because I’m new here and starting my DJ career.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      More than welcome! Dope, shoot me a message on IG 💪🏾

  • @muchodj
    @muchodj 14 днів тому

    So many ideas- on how to organize- By me watching Twitch- (twitch djs mixing) - learned this way is good- such as
    1. 2010's- r&B hip
    2. 2010's-pop/indie
    3. 2010's-reggaeton/latin dance
    4. 2010's-rap/underground
    etc.....
    this just an example

  • @djceelos5427
    @djceelos5427 4 місяці тому

    Very Insightful and Inspiring. Great explanation. I don’t use smart crates but definitely want to incorporate them more.
    What about purchases from Apple Music, Amazon?

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      Appreciate you man!! 🙏🏾
      They’ve been a game changer for me so far. That’s a good question - not 100% sure what to do with purchased music 🤔

  • @DJ_CHARLITO_THE_GREAT
    @DJ_CHARLITO_THE_GREAT 4 місяці тому

    Nuff respect 🫡🫡🫡💯💯💯

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      🙏🏾🙏🏾🫡

  • @user-lg6un3wu2y
    @user-lg6un3wu2y 4 місяці тому

    I am currently going through the same thing. I did not understand why I should not use iTunes. iTunes has smart playlists also. I went through a lot switching over to store the music in Serato but it has been worth it! There are 11 header columns that you can change. I am using the COMPOSER column to put a C, for clean, and a X, for explicit. I am going to start putting keywords in to the REMIXER column. So in the smart crate I can say to include the keyword. I could have a song that is a sing-a-long and a dance. Just wanted to add a little input. Thanks for ALL you videos!

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      🙌🏾🙌🏾 thanks for the additions - great ideas, especially for clean and explicit.
      More than welcome!

  • @georgemapp2855
    @georgemapp2855 3 місяці тому

    Okay if been watching you for a while Dumb question just because All your music are in crates don’t mean there in Mixing order right even your crates a reference point to a song quicker am I correct ?

  • @_BIGGASH
    @_BIGGASH 3 місяці тому

    This video is UBER Helpful! My question is, how do you stop music from automatically being linked to ITunes?

  • @hyalevel
    @hyalevel 4 місяці тому

    👍👍Good one bro.. damn good one.. I have doing this for a while.... Never this indepth with it😎🇯🇲🇯🇲😎👍👍keep it going bro... if there was an Avengers group for DJs... man.. you are on it..😐Im gonna make up one

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

  • @edwardfields3607
    @edwardfields3607 2 місяці тому +1

    This was good to watch, very well thought out. However, for what it's worth, I don't like having so many different crates and sub crates. I use hashtags in the comment, grouping, etc columns to identify certain songs more readily. Keep in mind that the genres are already there and song titles (mostly) contain clean or dirty, I then use the applicable # in the Serato search bar to show the full list of what I'm looking for. I also color code dirty songs with red, clean with green. This process has proven to be less time consuming for me and keeps all music in one folder. I primarily use crates for specific events. Hope this helps someone.

    • @jegnyholwijn3492
      @jegnyholwijn3492 29 днів тому

      How do you color code it?

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  16 днів тому

      💯💯 i feel there’s tons of simpler and more complex ways to organize folders and crates! Your solution definitely makes a lot of sense!

  • @10proDjs
    @10proDjs 4 місяці тому +1

    NICE

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому +1

      🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @DjA.Sauce5
    @DjA.Sauce5 4 місяці тому

    I been doing my playlist through iTunes since 2005 but I need a new laptop soon and willing to try another method. Thanks for the tips

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому +1

      Been doing mine through iTunes since 2014 and although this takes a lot of work to set up, once it’s set up, it’s HELLA efficient not having to drag songs into folders - besides for your personal playlists

    • @DjA.Sauce5
      @DjA.Sauce5 4 місяці тому

      @@DJLiftOFF it seems much easier. Sometimes I just don’t know where to start but I definitely know once I get a new laptop I want to organize everything differently. I have a lot of duplicates on my laptop cause I didn’t know it was saving in iTunes and in my downloads so it took up a lot of my gigs.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому +1

      @@DjA.Sauce5 yup, I’ve had that same issue with duplicates before. I think iTunes is a lot easier overall but as far as when you’re actually DJ’ing, the smart crates will make you way more dangerous. There’s a lot of manual work with iTunes even though it’s easy. There’s manual work with smart crates but overall, it does eliminate a lot of manual work like categorizing songs by year, clean vs dirty, etc.
      But yea, def try it out!

    • @DjA.Sauce5
      @DjA.Sauce5 4 місяці тому

      @@DJLiftOFF thanks I appreciate the response and advice 🙌🏽

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому +1

      @@DjA.Sauce5 no doubt!! 💯

  • @marcosmartinez8682
    @marcosmartinez8682 4 місяці тому +6

    Can you make a video on how to fix songs with the thunder symbol in Serato?

    • @victorboyd9881
      @victorboyd9881 4 місяці тому +3

      You have to delete it is corrupt

    • @djb-sho1754
      @djb-sho1754 4 місяці тому +1

      Delete them,, they are damaged songs,,,,just delete and u will be good

    • @djplaydat2700
      @djplaydat2700 4 місяці тому +2

      Click Relocate files…..second add location to see where the folder were. Bring folder back into serato

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Thank y’all 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @millijrr
    @millijrr 3 місяці тому

    every time i put songs onto serato they don’t save

  • @richardjuarez4447
    @richardjuarez4447 2 місяці тому

    When using those smart crates.. if you create one it will automatically put existing songs that meet that criteria in that crate? Or do you have to manually do it?

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  16 днів тому

      Will automatically place them in there based on the criteria set! It’s a lot of work on the front end but once it’s done, it’s amazing

  • @djv-mind7173
    @djv-mind7173 Місяць тому

    Do u think it is good to have all my music on the laptop or only on an external hard drive?

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  Місяць тому

      I think just the external drive is fine if you’re drive has good speeds so that when you use it to DJ, there’s no lag. If you have tons of storage though on your laptop, I’d have it there too.

  • @kydsplayhouse
    @kydsplayhouse 4 місяці тому

    Smart crates

  • @Gauravanartist
    @Gauravanartist 2 місяці тому

    Hi there, i have a question, I have got a denon mc 3000 dj controller, launched in 2012, its pretty old one but it's still works fine. I wanted to ask that should I sell it and get a new one or should I keep using it. I dont have money to buy new one though . Your opinion will be appreciated bro. Thank you.

    • @gatchmanphoenix1418
      @gatchmanphoenix1418 2 місяці тому +1

      I know you didn’t ask me, but if I may offer you some advice from a person that has many decades on this planet…Do not buy anything you do not need at this time. If what you have is working, keep using it. Nobody on the dance floor will know or care as long as you can keep them moving. When the time comes and you know you’re ready to purchase something flashy, make it count.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  Місяць тому +1

      I actually with the other reply here! I would save up and get what you desire but in the meantime, if your gear works right now, stick with it. But I do undeterred the feeling of wanting new gear, trust me ahah

  • @Gauravanartist
    @Gauravanartist 3 місяці тому

    someone said that "I used to have a ton of genres and decade crates on my hard drive, but then dumped all my music into a single folder and created smart crates for all genres and decades. Smart crates make life simpler, for me at least".
    but my question is How would you manage songs if you have folders for different genres and events, each with subfolders? Dumping them all into one giant folder would create a long list, making it hard to find songs. How do you handle this?"

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому +1

      Great question! What I would personally do is after creating the smart crates, I would then make folders of all the different genres on my hard drive and drag the smart crate songs to their respective folders.
      It’s faster to manage that way but your point is very valid. It’s probably better to just organize them first but I don’t mind doing back ups afterwards by dragging over the smart crates

  • @michaelmercolini
    @michaelmercolini 3 місяці тому

    Any good record pools out there for home DJ?

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      There’s no one “perfect” pool but I’m using BPM Supreme and they have a lot of the music I need. You can code djliftoff25 to save 25% but I’ve also heard DJcity is good.

  • @doommega
    @doommega 4 місяці тому

    what is a fantastic vid im looking forward to doing it but my LORD it's soooo LONG LOL

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Yeaaaa supper long lol, but it’s worth it 💯

  • @KPtheDJ216
    @KPtheDJ216 4 місяці тому

    So you manually downloaded all of your tracks to get better quality and organization 😬😬. Seems worth it and time consuming lol. Can you upload a video on how you got rid of songs you don’t play? Is it basically based off of the number of plays and create a Smart Crate with the rules listed by the number of plays? Lastly, thank you for taking the time out to continue to educate the DJ community as always 🙏

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  4 місяці тому

      Helllla time consuming lol, but worth it. I’m no where near finished and then have to tag every song’s color which is going to take a min too.
      Since I started over from scratch, I’ve just been going through my iTunes playlists and downloading songs from there. For songs I don’t remember ever playing or feel like I don’t need, I skip them. But to do it using serato, you hit the nail on the head. Smart crate where plays is set to greater/less than or equal to 0 - then from those songs, you can drag them in to a new regular crate and delete from there. I’m not sure how to delete from your music folder or wherever you keep all your music folder - gotta figure that out.
      And no doubt man, appreciate the support 🙏🏾

  • @babyhuwe05
    @babyhuwe05 3 місяці тому

    Do u get to keep the music once u stop bpm Supreme service

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому +1

      Definitely. It downloads straights to your computer.

    • @babyhuwe05
      @babyhuwe05 3 місяці тому

      Cool I don't like alot of the dj pools because all they have is a bunch of remixes n techno stuff which i don't play I like original copies of songs not all the mash ups

  • @WazzyTV
    @WazzyTV 4 місяці тому

    I organized my library without the smart crates..how do I switch it without starting everything over

    • @ferguswaveforms
      @ferguswaveforms 4 місяці тому

      I keep a crate called ARCHIVE that I drag all my old crates into.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Dope idea man. I keep all my iTunes libraries as back ups, similar to your archive idea.
      @wazzytv I don’t know think there’s a way to switch it unfortunately though because you have to create each smart crate

    • @georgemapp2855
      @georgemapp2855 3 місяці тому

      The rules

  • @jolafrippe8248
    @jolafrippe8248 3 місяці тому

    Why can't i find Utopia by Travis Scott my bro ?

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Might have to try a few pools for that one.

  • @feature25
    @feature25 3 місяці тому

    I don't like that BPM supreme playlists are a paid extra feature....

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  3 місяці тому

      Yeah, it’d be nice if came with the subscription. However, I can see why it’s paid cuz there’s so many playlists and curated sets

  • @DjSpidaTv
    @DjSpidaTv 16 днів тому

    Afrobeats, DanceHall & reggae are not the same....you must play for a lot of amercian partys.Afrobeats are by themselves DanceHall & reggae are 1.good info tho.

    • @DJLiftOFF
      @DJLiftOFF  16 днів тому

      Thanks for the clarification 🙏🏾 - I know they’re different but I planned to keep them all under the same overall crate, with different individualized sub crates. “Afro” isn’t the right term for the overall crate - not sure what to name it honestly.

  • @DeeJayNiqco-RXL
    @DeeJayNiqco-RXL Місяць тому

    Just go ahead and sell us your crate. 😉 I’ll bite.