DJ App Transfer Matrix
Pick a source and a destination to see what survives the move: audio files, playlists, key and BPM, hot cues, beatgrids, ratings, and tags, with an honest note on each.
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| Capability | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Audio files | Carries | Your tracks move with the library and the files are never modified. |
| Playlists & crates | Carries | Folders and playlists are rebuilt in Rekordbox. |
| Key & BPM | Carries | Analyzed values carry across, or are re-analyzed cleanly and accurately. |
| Hot cues | Carries | Hot and memory cues carry; export to USB to use them on CDJs. |
| Beatgrids | Carries | Beatgrids carry so your tracks stay locked in time. |
| Star ratings | Carries | Star ratings carry into Rekordbox. |
| Comments & tags | Partial | Comments carry; map your tags to My Tag for full filtering. |
Using a metadata-aware library tool. A manual drag-and-drop rebuild loses everything except the audio files. Rekordbox has no Serato importer; the documented bridge is a tool-generated rekordbox xml or a direct database write.
Full guide: move from Serato DJ to RekordboxReading the Matrix
How to read the matrix
Carries means the data survives the move with a metadata-aware library tool. Partial means it survives with caveats, usually a format limit on the destination side, like the eight-cue-slot limits in Serato and Traktor. Starts fresh means the source never stored that data at all, so the destination creates it during analysis; nothing is lost because nothing existed.
A manual drag-and-drop rebuild is the worst case in every pair: only the audio files make it, and every playlist, cue, and rating has to be recreated by hand. Each pair links to a full migration guide with the step-by-step path, including the native options where they exist.
Behind the Matrix
Why transfers lose data
Every DJ app stores its library in a proprietary format: Rekordbox and Engine DJ use databases, Traktor uses NML files, Serato uses crate files, and iTunes uses a library XML. None of them read each other's formats, so anything beyond the audio file itself needs translation. That is the whole reason library tools exist: they read the source format, map the DJ layer, and write the destination's format, so moving between apps stops meaning starting over.
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Maintained by Ben Modigell, founder of Vibes. Ben builds DJ library, preparation, BPM, and harmonic-mixing tools for working DJs.
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- Vibes DJ-tool taxonomy and page logic maintained by Vibes.
- Evidence
- Page output checked against the current tool behavior and internal DJ reference data.
- How this page is made
- Tool pages are built from reusable page logic, internal DJ reference data, and visible on-page calculations. Programmatic reference pages are generated from structured data rather than hand-written one by one.
BPM, key, and genre labels can vary by edit, remaster, detection engine, and DJ software. Use these pages as a practical mixing reference, then verify important tracks in your own library.
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