Importing Tracks from Nas drive to mapped folders

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Hi Support

I have a nas drive full of tunes. Is there a way I can import from the Nas and copy the files on to my mac into a folder structure based on genre?

For example I may have a load of Tech House tunes on a share on the Nas that I want to copy to /user/music/tech House/ on my mac?

Or is it possible to point Lexicon to look at my nas drive and any MP3 or Wav file that’s not on my mac import based on rules such as the criteria of Bit rate must be a minimum of 320kbps?

Thanks

DJSi

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Yep, you can let Lexicon move and organize your files, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2P5JPLzSw
More details in the manual, see video description

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Would you recommend installing another cooy on another laptop first to tidy up the the network files first?

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If that is the laptop you want your files on, then yeah I would install Lexicon there and add your tracks to Lexicon directly from the NAS. Then let Lexicon move the files

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No i have a main laptip that i have just sorted all my tunes on however i have noticed a large number of favourite tracks are still on my nas and old mac.

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Then move the old mac tracks to the new laptop in a temporary folder. Add that folder to Lexicon. Add the NAS folder to Lexicon too (assuming it’s a network drive and Lexicon has permission to move tracks). Then follow the guide to let Lexicon move the tracks

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@Christiaan Can I jump in on this? I’m new to lexicon and considering jumping for library management. At the moment I have a NAS with all my music on it. I use media monkey from a laptop to manage the catalogue but it remains on the nas. I also use engine DJ on the same laptop for prepping playlists etc but engine needs the music locally so I have another copy of all the music on an external HDD. Finally I use engine sync to sync to an SD card for the engine OS player.

Adding new tracks is a nightmare because I have to tag with media monkey then copy to NAS and the engine drive then add them to the engine library and finally sync them out.

Can lexicon manage to keep my library on the NAS but then export the library to engine on the laptop whilst removing the need to have the external hard drive?

Or, can lexicon keep the NAS copy of the data and the external drive copy in sync if I have to keep using them local drive for engine?

This is all blowing my mind a bit and I’d like it simplified, advice appreciated!

Doug

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You could sync directly to an Engine USB or your Denon hardware (in Computer Mode so it shows as hard drive), that way you bypass the need for Engine desktop completely and any file on your NAS is copied to the USB/hardware

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Oh that’s neat I like that method a lot. Final question then if you don’t mind: to move that final time from engine desktop to lexicon does this plan sound reasonable and robust?

1)Sync engine library to lexicon with external HDD plugged in so lexicon finds engine tracks.

2)Remove external HDD then use lexicon relocate tracks feature, point lexicon to the NAS as the library.

3)Lexicon hopefully finds and re-links all the tracks but maintains my existing engine playlists and cues.

  1. uninstall engine desktop and direct sync lexicon to engine SD card from now on.

Thanks very much!

Doug

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I think that works but best to test that workflow first because Lexicon remembers Engine track IDs when importing so that could cause problems when syncing to the SD card

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Thanks very much!