The next set of updates to 4.0 somehow are associated with your sense of smell. Well, they had to try to get all five in right? They’ve upgraded My Beatport; you know, the small window section in the lower left hand corner where you can save your favorite artists and labels for quick navigation. So what’s new? The new releases from your artists and labels appear at the top of your lists; highlighted in white with a dot next to it. You can also add as many artists and labels as your beating, mixing heart desires and if you haven’t checked back in a few weeks, you can use the new filter for new releases to check back up to 8 weeks. The default is 7 days. They’ve also made it easier to add artists and labels to Your Beatport. Adding two different buttons to quickly add new items. You can also edit your entire list from a separate lager window. So…what are they missing from their update? FAVORITE TRACKS! My biggest peev of Beatport. The best part about purchasing MP3s…you can buy just the one track your looking for, not the entire EP. So why not give us the opp to add favorite tracks for later purchases? Or how ’bout a wish list? I mean, you can add the track to your crate, and it will be there for you…until you want to make a purchase. And what if you still want the track, but a dicier track pushed it’s way ahead of it and you just don’t have all the cash? 5.0 may be too long to wait for that addition. What’s the ulterior motive?

This coming January Beatport, a leader in electronic dance music downloads, will be unavailing a new and improved 4.o version. The update claims the improvements will engage all five of your senses. Most of it sounds like a gimmick, but the vision they have presented is intriguing…and the flashy promotional movie definitely gets my circuitry sparking and leaves a slight tingle in my bionic pinky-toe. The first sense unvailed revolves around an enhanced music player boasting new features that give you the ability to hear more music. The new player vows to play your tracks faster, but most importantly it keeps track of the music you’ve previewed in a playlist. You can also add a ton (up to 200) of tracks to the player for future listening (while in the same player session). A much, much needed improvement. There’s nothing worse than having to navigate back to that track you’re on the sidelines about for a second or third listening before a final decision. And don’t forget the dreaded accidental hit-the-browser-back-button-instead-of-the-internal-beatport-back-button; leaving you with nothing more than a landing page. Hopefully the new player will keep those mishaps to a minimum. There’s also a great  function to add an entire album to your playlist so you can quickly continue scouring other titles without missing a beat. You can also easily add and delete single or multiple tracks from the player and add them directly to your crate from the player with a few simple clicks. Gimmicks aside, the new player is a nice upgrade and it shows beatport has taken the time to listen to their users and put that research to good use. Check out the promo video and new player tutorial at thenewbeatport.com.