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Lots of Songs

The EZ Play DJ, with typical configuration, can hold thousands of songs. A typical MP3 song might take 5 megabytes of disk space. That means that a gigabyte will hold 200 songs. So if you have 100 gigabytes available for your music you can hold 20000 songs. Most modern computers have a disk drive with a capacity of a couple thousand gigabytes, so you probably won't fill up your disk with music.

Importing Songs from Shortcuts to Song Files

Songs can be imported from shortcuts. For instance, create one set of folders with one folder for the songs of each album. Let's assume that some of the songs in each folder are rumbas and some are mambos.

Create another set of folders with one folder named 'Rumba' and one folder labeled 'Mambo'. Put a shortcut to each of the rumbas in the 'Rumba' folder and a shortcut to each mambo in the 'Mambo' folder. Import all songs in the 'Rumba' folder to the dance button labeled 'Rumba'. Import all songs in the 'Mambo' folder to the dance button labeled 'Mambo'. This feature enables you to organize your songs outside of the EZ Play DJ.

Songs are Copied to the Music Folder

You may have song files somewhere in the file system of the computer. When you import these songs into the EZ Play DJ, you have two choices as to where the song files ends up. They can end up copied into the folder where songs recorded from CD are placed (the 'Music' folder). When one of these songs is played, it is read by the EZ Play DJ from the Music folder.

Or they can simply be left where they are in the file system, and not copied at all. When one of these songs is played, it is read by the EZ Play DJ from its original location. The setting for setting where the songs end up is on the Options Screen.

Unless you have a compelling reason to leave the songs in place, copy them to the Music folder. If, for instance, you import a song from a flash drive then remove the flash drive the song won't be available to play if it is not in the Music folder.

Importing songs Directly from Song Files

If you have a song in a AAC, AIF, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, MP4, M4A, OGG, WAV, WMA, or WMV file you can import it into the EZ Play DJ.

Navigate to the Select Song Screen, which you can get to from the Main Screen. Once you are there select the 'Import' Action Button then push a Song Button. Read about the Import Screen see the details of how to import.

Recording Music from CDs

Navigate to the Select Song Screen and select the 'Record' Action Button. Put the CD into the CD drive of the EZ Play DJ and push a Song Button. Read about the Record Screen to see the details of how to record.

The Record Screen will appear, with each song on the CD on a Song Button. You can select which songs you want to record. Each CD needs to be loaded into the EZ Play DJ only once. All desired songs (and no undesired songs) can be recorded, then the CD can be put away.

You should have the PC connected to the Internet when recording from a CD, if possible. The EZ Play DJ is able to retrieve song titles and artist names in most cases from the Internet if the PC is connected to it and if the CDDB feature is enabled on the System Configuration Screen.

Recording an Entire Album

You can record an entire album into the EZ Play DJ. Then you can easily copy the songs to Dance Buttons. This gives you an additional way to organize and locate songs.

Navigate to the Maintain Albums Screen and select the 'Record Album' Action Button. Put the CD into the CD drive of the EZ Play DJ and push a Song Button. Read Recording an Entire Album to see the details of how to record from a CD.

Moving Songs Around

The four action buttons labeled 'Copy', 'Clone', 'Cut', and 'Paste' on the Select Song Screen are used for copying and moving songs to other song buttons.

The three action buttons labeled 'Copy', 'Cut', and 'Paste' on the Maintain Dances Screen, the Playlist Songs Screen, the Maintain Instructors Screen, and the Maintain Students Screen are used for copying and moving songs from one button (the source button) to another (the destination button).

Read Moving Music Around to see the details of how to use these features.