I'm using Rekordbox performance mode on a macbook pro 2021 M1 Max. I am constantly having to rename my tracks because they are somehow renamed by the system. This happens with tracks with the same BPM and Key typically.
For example, today I added various versions of "hold it Against me" to my library, and the acapella version was renamed to be "Hold is Against me (Inst)".
I use the related tracks function often when I'm mixing live or doing a radio show, or prepping sets for CDJ thumbdrive. I first noticed this about 6 months ago, and I'm not sure if it's happening inside rekordbox or something outside of the program, becayse the actual track saved to my laptop is also being renamed.
Anyone else having this issue?
To fix it I can just rename the track again, but it's very anoying because I'll search for a beat or acapella or track and they are often named incorrectly. I can see which ones are acpellas from the wave forms and by playing them, but imagine if your tracks were constantly being renamed so search funtions don't work . . . it'w super annoying. I have many pioneer products across 3 states including a set of CDJ 3000s, 5 controllers, etc, and DJ 4-6x weekly year round . . . PLEASE HELP!
rekordbox reads the metadata from the song - it does not rename songs or change the metadata without manual input from you. If you happen to use Music (iTunes), it may have the preferences set to manage the files and thus move them, making rekordbox show it as a missing file, but that's it. rekordbox itself doesn't do any of that.
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I use Lalal.ai to rip acapellas and beats and I notice that this is happening a lot with those files because they are so similar (came length, same BPM, same KEy) but it also happens with other tracks that I have not created in this way.
Pulse, thanks for the reply! I figured out a workaround, I lock my library when I'm not analyzing tracks and so this weekend's events didn't have the issue.
I don't use iTunes and all my files are stored locally on my computer since now the MacBooks have 4TB HD. As for how this is happening I really can't say, I wonder if there's some "duplicate track name" macro or something that I'm unintentionally triggering while I DJ.
I suppose I can wait and see if others are having the same issue and then take up the conversation again if that happens. It's definitely happening and super annoying but I do not know the cause.
Thanks,
