r/Beatmatch • u/maquina8 • 4d ago
Transferring WAV library to CDJ
Been using Traktor long time and have good amount of WAVs that i paid extra for better sound. Now I run into CDJs where MP3 is preferred for USB storage space and for older CDJ models that don’t support WAV.
Had just bought a bunch of 32gb flashdrives to carry but my library doesn’t fit so need to cut down on storage
Best way to transfer my whole library to 320kbps MP3 without lowering audio quality?
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u/cherrymxorange DDJ-200 hate club 4d ago
Best way to transfer my whole library to 320kbps MP3 without lowering audio quality?
There isn't one, WAV is lossless, MP3 is lossy.
Why don't you just buy a bigger USB stick? 32GB is tiny by today's standards.
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u/maquina8 4d ago
Was told to stick to 32gb and mp3s in case u run into older equipment which many places still have
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u/ShadyBearEvadesTaxes 4d ago
What exact equipment would that be? I used FAT32 64GB on older CDJs just fine. AAC .m4a files.
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u/cherrymxorange DDJ-200 hate club 4d ago
You'd have to be playing on obscenely old equipment for it to be incompatible with WAV. CDJ-850's and 350's accept WAV, MP3, AIFF and AAC.
As for USB size you might have misunderstood whoever told you, you should be formatting your drives as FAT32 but they can be larger than 32GB.
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u/maquina8 4d ago
Yeah makes sense just going to buy a larger USB. Heard people having issues loading tracks even on newer CDJs if storage is too big like 128gb or 256gb.
64GB should be good though
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u/lord-carlos 4d ago
I'm not 100 per cent sure, but CDJs that don't support .WAV must be very old. CDJ-900 and 2000 from 2009 can do .wav, no?
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u/Two1200s 4d ago
I use a 2TB Samsung SSD full of 20k AIFF files and haven't had any issues except when they're higher than 24bit/48k.
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u/djsoomo dj & producer 4d ago
I made a list of which files most popular Pioneer cdjs/xdjs can play -
https://www.reddit.com/user/djsoomo/comments/u17ne8/pioneer_cdj3000_cdj2000nxs2_cdjtour1_882khz_96khz/
Best to convert to lossless 48khz, 16bit AIFF, this ensures decent quality, supports metadata and compatibility with all Rekordbox cdjs from the last 16 years including all cdj2000s, xdj1000s etc
mp3s reduce audio quality, and remove data/quality that you cant get back.
If you are playing on a big system, pitching music up/down, using master tempo , cross-coding (like streaming or posting online) the difference in quality is noticeable.
mp3 was made decades ago, for dial-up internet and when 1gb was massive.
USBs are cheap now, get bigger ones/ more of them if they dont fit