True to my Twitter bio, I still get to DJ every once in a while. My glow stick days are over, but I’m still addicted to the tools of the trade.
I’ve been using M-audio Torq to take advantage of my digital crate while retaining the actual vinyl on 1200′s feel that I was raised on. I was skeptical of going the “cheap” route, but I have been super impressed with the system’s stability and value for the coin. M-audio (I guess I should say Avid, now) don’t mess around.
I played a party @blizzle threw in March called Freedom Fest. My set was a sweaty journey though some tracks from my pegged-jeans, Reebok Pump wearin’ high school days. A few friends have requested the playlist, so I poked around to see how I might export the playlist the Torq logs each time you play.
It turns out the playlists are stored in /Application Support/M-Audio/Torq/Playlists in M3U format. Run the contents of that file through this nice M3U Playlist Conversion Tool for DJs from Calardo/Grant, and you’re left with a perfect, text only, chronological list of the tracks in your playlist.
Here’s mine from Freedom Fest:
01 – Beyonce – Crazy In Love ft Jay Z
02 – L.L. – Phenomenon
03 – Snoop Dogg – 05 Lodi Dodi [Explicit]
04 – Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life
05 – Dr. Dre – Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)
06 – Soft Cell – Tainted Love
07 – Usher – You Make Me Wanna_
08 – Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day
09 – Notorious BIG – Big Poppa
10 – Biz Markie – 10 Just A Friend
11 – Salt n Pepa – Whatta Man
12 – Jay-Z – Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
13 – Luniz – I Got Five On It
14 – Jay-Z – Can I Get A… [Explicit]
15 – Shake Your Tailfeather – Shake Your Tailfeather
16 – Destiny’s Child – Jumpin, Jumpin
17 – Jay-Z – Big Pimpin’ [Explicit]
18 – Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
19 – Eve – Let Me Blow Ya Mind [Explicit]
20 – 50 Cent – In da Club
21 – Naughty by Nature – Feel Me Flow
22 – Destiny’s Child – No No No
23 – 2Pac (Tupac) – California Love
24 – Snoop Dogg – Drop it Like it’s Hot
25 – Ja Rule – Put It On Me
26 – 50 Cent – Magic Stick
27 – MC Lyte – Cold Rock A Party (Explicit LP Version)
28 – Biggie smalls – Hypnotize
29 – Fat Joe – What’s Luv
30 – Snoop Dogg – Gin And Juice
31 – Dr. Dre – Nuthin’ But a G Thang
32 – Salt n Pepa – Shoop
33 – Snoop Dogg – Lay Low
34 – LL Cool J – Doin’ It [Explicit]
35 – Naughty by Nature – O.P.P.
36 – Naughty by Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
37 – Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
38 – Positive K – I Got a Man
39 – The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo Money Mo Problems
40 – Usher – Yeah! (feat. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris)
41 – House Of Pain – Jump Around
42 – Bell Biv Devoe – Do Me
43 – Bobby Brown – My Prerogative
44 – Bell Biv Devoe – Poison
45 – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two
46 – C + C Music Factory – Things That Make You Go Hmmmm_..
47 – Coolio – Sumpin’ New
48 – Young MC – Bust a Move
49 – R Kelly – 02 Bump N’ Grind
50 – 112 – Anywhere
01 – Beyonce – Crazy In Love ft Jay Z
02 – L.L. – Phenomenon
03 – Snoop Dogg – 05 Lodi Dodi [Explicit]
04 – Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life
05 – Dr. Dre – Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’)
06 – Soft Cell – Tainted Love
07 – Usher – You Make Me Wanna_
08 – Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day
09 – Notorious BIG – Big Poppa
10 – Biz Markie – 10 Just A Friend
11 – Salt n Pepa – Whatta Man
12 – Jay-Z – Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
13 – Luniz – I Got Five On It
14 – Jay-Z – Can I Get A… [Explicit]
15 – Shake Your Tailfeather – Shake Your Tailfeather
16 – Destiny’s Child – Jumpin, Jumpin
17 – Jay-Z – Big Pimpin’ [Explicit]
18 – Missy Elliott – Get Ur Freak On
19 – Eve – Let Me Blow Ya Mind [Explicit]
20 – 50 Cent – In da Club
21 – Naughty by Nature – Feel Me Flow
22 – Destiny’s Child – No No No
23 – 2Pac (Tupac) – California Love
24 – Snoop Dogg – Drop it Like it’s Hot
25 – Ja Rule – Put It On Me
26 – 50 Cent – Magic Stick
27 – MC Lyte – Cold Rock A Party (Explicit LP Version)
28 – Biggie smalls – Hypnotize
29 – Fat Joe – What’s Luv
30 – Snoop Dogg – Gin And Juice
31 – Dr. Dre – Nuthin’ But a G Thang
32 – Salt n Pepa – Shoop
33 – Snoop Dogg – Lay Low
34 – LL Cool J – Doin’ It [Explicit]
35 – Naughty by Nature – O.P.P.
36 – Naughty by Nature – Hip Hop Hooray
37 – Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
38 – Positive K – I Got a Man
39 – The Notorious B.I.G. – Mo Money Mo Problems
40 – Usher – Yeah! (feat. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris)
41 – House Of Pain – Jump Around
42 – Bell Biv Devoe – Do Me
43 – Bobby Brown – My Prerogative
44 – Bell Biv Devoe – Poison
45 – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two
46 – C + C Music Factory – Things That Make You Go Hmmmm_..
47 – Coolio – Sumpin’ New
48 – Young MC – Bust a Move
49 – R Kelly – 02 Bump N’ Grind
50 – 112 – Anywher
