Ready to clean up your DJ music library using the automation power of AppleScripts? Every DJ comes up with their own workflow of taking freshly downloaded tracks and making them a useful part of their DJ library. In the age of digital DJing, where the only limits are hard drive space on your computer or flash drive, finding a quick and effective workflow for organizing your music is crucial.
Technically, AppleScript is:
“a scripting language developed by Apple to help people automate their work processes on the Mac operating system.”
AppleScript lets users condense tasks that may take multiple steps into just a few clicks. For DJs, having correct and clean ID3 tags can be the difference between finding the perfect track in the heat of a set or forgetting it ever existed. AppleScripts used in conjunction with iTunes can be used as powerful tools to streamline this process.
The install screen of the Find Album Artwork script (most of them will look similar)
Here’s our selections of a few AppleScripts that DJs could easily find useful:
Many of the AppleScripts for iTunes have actually been incorporated into complete standalone applications that interact with iTunes, including:
Once you have a script that you’ll make use of, installing one for iTunes is an easy process:
For working DJs, an organized music library should be at the top of your priority list. Any tool that can be added (especially free or very cheap) to save time on this organizational process is worth consideration. Even if you don’t use iTunes integration with your DJ software, using it as a standalone organization tool can be powerful. Once your library is organized the way you like it, you can throw it into any DJ software without having to use iTunes as your media player.
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Autore: DJ TechTools
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