Is it possible to manually sort a playlist in Traktor?

djhd

I'd like more control over the order ahead of an upcoming set

wayfinder

yes! if you sort by the # column (click the column header), you can drag and drop tracks into any order you like.

wayfinder

yes! if you sort by the # column (click the column header), you can drag and drop tracks into any order you like.

zephry

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/128902#Comment_128902

In all my time with this software, I have never done this. I am going to check that out. Very cool.

lord-carlos

Also make sure it's a normal playlist and not smart playlist.

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/128944#Comment_128944

I'm speechless.

c0nsul

Also, after sorting/re-arranging your tracks in a playlist, right-click on the playlist and hit "consolidate". This saves your sorting within the playlist and re-numbers (#) the tracks.

djhd

Thanks everyone for the answers VERY helpful! What does save as Preparation do, seems to lock the list in place?

lord-carlos

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/128993#Comment_128993

Nope. It's just that some controllers or a button you map yourself can have a "add to preparation list" function.

Quite useful. I go through a list of songs I might like, every time I hear something I might want to play on the next gig I press the button and it automatically gets added to the prep list.

https://www.native-instruments.com/ni-tech-manuals/traktor-pro-manual/en/working-with-playlists.html#using-preparation-playlist