Tweet your Set the Easy Way

TwitterDJ, an application created by m-inus and based on a conceptual idea of Richie Hawtin, received a lot of public attention even before the application was released and made general available.

TwitterDJ comes with an almost 10 minutes long video explaining the installation and configuration. As I saw the video my first thought was, that there must be an easier way to get the track information from Traktor into a Twitter account.

And yes, there are easier ways, one is provided by the Metadata Listener/Tweeter application which was developed by Traktor user Markku Uttula, also known as DiscoNova in the Traktor user forum. The second tool, Traktor Scrobbler, was devloped by Traktor user Alexander Zigelski, also known as DJ Ali in the Traktor user forum.

Metadata Listener/Tweeter

This app

• Runs on Windows and on Mac OS X (Twitter DJ requires Mac OS X)
• Does not require a complex installation (you simply download the app and run it), the whole process takes some seconds
• Is configured from inside Traktor (use the Preferences/Broadcasting dialog to set up your Twitter username and password)

Metadata Listener/Tweeter runs in a Windows console window or in a Mac Terminal window respectively, as shown in the next figure.

Traktor Scrobbler

This app

• Runs on Windows only
• Does not require a complex installation (you simply download the app and run it), the whole process takes some seconds
• Is configured from inside Traktor (setting the port number) and from inside Traktor Scrobbler (to set up your Twitter username and password)
• Can be used with an existing Icecast server of by getting the track metadata directly from Traktor

Both tools are highly recommended and are a better choice, if you want to tweet your sets the easy way.

External Links

Website of DiscoNova's Traktor Metadata Listener/Tweeter
Traktor Scrobbler
Website of Minus TwitterDJ application