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when you guys burn tracks to a cd for a mix, do you burn 1 mp3 a cd, or multiple mp3s?

i'm trying to decide what i'd like better. i'd probably prefer 1 track a cd, sure it will be more expensive in the long run but i can do transitions that i'd want rather than be forced to.

yea i wondered this, not owning cjds of my own, and burning some songs down for a mix it was quite awkward trying to get the tracklist in the right order on just two cds...

crackf wrote:yea i wondered this, not owning cjds of my own, and burning some songs down for a mix it was quite awkward trying to get the tracklist in the right order on just two cds...

exactly. i just ordered my headphones and cdj and they should be here tomorrow... so i just went out and bought this 100 pack of cd-r's so i'm wondering what everyone prefers before i go and fuck myself over.

surely just burn 2 copies of each cd then you have the freedom of mixing whatever without wasting a bunch of money?

how much was 100 CDs?

go team FRIZZWAH!

i knew there would be a simple solution

frizzwah wrote:surely just burn 2 copies of each cd then you have the freedom of mixing whatever without wasting a bunch of money?

I always find with having a CD with loads of tracks on its hard to read a tracklist in the dark, and time consuming?

dubloke wrote:how much was 100 CDs?

only 24.99, not too bad.

frizzwah wrote:surely just burn 2 copies of each cd then you have the freedom of mixing whatever without wasting a bunch of money?

i don't follow?

i mean, i would have no problem in burning 1 mp3 to 1 cd.. it'll just be time consuming and that's a lot of CDs to handle. however if i did burn multiple tracks to a cd i won't be able to transition a mix freely. get what i'm saying?

ewokmyweewok wrote:

frizzwah wrote:surely just burn 2 copies of each cd then you have the freedom of mixing whatever without wasting a bunch of money?

i don't follow?

i mean, i would have no problem in burning 1 mp3 to 1 cd.. it'll just be time consuming and that's a lot of CDs to handle. however if i did burn multiple tracks to a cd i won't be able to transition a mix freely. get what i'm saying?

he means you'll have 4 CDs, 2 of each, and that means you can mix any two songs together because you'll have each song on 2 CDs

ewokmyweewok wrote:

dubloke wrote:how much was 100 CDs?

only 24.99, not too bad.

frizzwah wrote:surely just burn 2 copies of each cd then you have the freedom of mixing whatever without wasting a bunch of money?

i don't follow?

i mean, i would have no problem in burning 1 mp3 to 1 cd.. it'll just be time consuming and that's a lot of CDs to handle. however if i did burn multiple tracks to a cd i won't be able to transition a mix freely. get what i'm saying?

Burn multiple tracks to 1 CD, then burn the same tracks to another CD.
Don't be stupid.


EDIT: Dubloke beat me to it.

yeah, i got it. that's actually a really nice idea and i'll probably end up doing that.

I reckon I might do this 1 CD, 1 track thing, means when I get a new MP3 I just have to burn 1 disc and it wont take as long to find a track. Or maybe do it like an EP, 3 tracks from the same artist on 1 CD. Going to take time though!!

fuck 1 track per CD....

put atleast 4 or 5 on. That way youll have less to carry, and still enough room to write the contents largely on the CD.

Experiment with what works best for you, after a while you'll find the thing that works best for you, but keep the tips you get in mind though.

Yeah, these suggestions are awesome and I appreciate them all.

My only worries are say for example I do the multiple tracks to 1 CD method.. I'll be like, okay... I want to transition Dark Energy Flare into Crippled Camel.. But I notice they're both on the same CD.

That's why I think I'd rather do the burn multiple tracks to one cd, and copy that same CD to another.

Buy doubles of your records?

Helix [Delay] wrote:Buy doubles of your records?

Some vinyl dj's do this when both sides sound good together.
And there are quite a lot of records where both sides do sound good together.

While we're on the subject of CDs, can anyone recomend me a half decent CD deck for about £50-£100? thinking of investing in one to practise on

I'm going to go with the burn 4-5 to one CD, then doing the same to another CD.

ewokmyweewok wrote:only 24.99, not too bad.

where was this from? Maplin?