http://www.ableton.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19052
Just to re-post my comments in the correct forum, here it is.....
I would love to be able to store info against a track, and then be able to sort/filter on this info (Artist, Genre, Date etc)
I would like to add something else tho...
As a turntable (remember those old things!) DJ of over 10 years, the biggest thing i miss about vinyl was flicking thru ur record box frantically trying to find the next track to play, when all of a sudden the sleeve of that next track magically stands out from the rest, you instantly recognise the track by the picture/logo on the front, u know the artist even tho the name isnt on the sleeve, you cant read the text on the vinyl but u know its the side with a '*' on it that you've put on with a black marker pen, or it has some obscure design or logo on it.
Whereas now, dj'ing with Live, I feel that when i'm having one of those nights, when i scroll thru 100's of lines of text, looking for the next track to play, and nothing seems to be jumping out at me, i just feel if i could physically see an image then it would instantly jump out at me and mean more that squinting to see the track name.
What i would love is Image support in Live.
It would be great if you could get a small thumbnail image against each track in your folder browser, and then when you preview it or select it in Clip view, the Info View shows it in a bigger size, with some of the Meta (ID3 type) info (you would be able to select which).
Here's an example....
Obviously this is a quick paint job in windows, the thumbnails aren't quite fitting but you can get the gist of what i saying.
Anyone else missing this part of the DJ'ing process, or is it just me!
I think it would be great to get this in a future version, along with the meta (ID3 type) of data held against each track.