Changed Song Title & Lost Cue Points/Analysis

So I just went through about 100 songs in iTunes & changed the titles to include the key at the end, and then when I refreshed Rekordbox those 100 songs were no longer analyzed & I had lost all of my cue points and beat grids for these songs.

I'd really rather not have to sit here for hours re-analyzing & setting cue points on those songs, so can anyone help me out here as to why this happened & how I can fix it?

Gdwyer3 March 10, 2017 00:27 Answered

Official comment

This happened because you allowed iTunes to manage the files. When you change the metadata, (like the album / artist / song name) it automatically changes the filename or path. This isn't a problem within iTunes itself, but as soon as you link to external programs which have built a database and point to a specific file at a specific path, when you make those changes, you break the link.

You have two choices...

1) Wipe out the rekordbox database and spend hours re-creating the cue points.

2) Spend hours relocating the songs one-by-one.

I would recommend the latter, it may be pretty quick using the search. But I would also recommend you disable the iTunes music management feature (in the preferences), and then use the Sync Manager in rekordbox to bring your music from iTunes in future.

Pulse March 13, 2017 18:35

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I went back & changed the song titles back to their original title and all is well again. Am I able to edit the 'comment' section of a song in iTunes without affecting the metadata?

Gdwyer3 March 15, 2017 18:24 0 votes

Comment - yes.

You could also edit that information within rekordbox and it should be just fine.

Pulse March 18, 2017 01:18 0 votes