How to · Traktor

Analyze tracks in Traktor.

Traktor's built-in analyzer handles BPM and key detection, but it works track by track and only inside the app. Vibes runs the same analysis in batch across your whole library and exports the results directly into your NML collection.

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Vibes showing BPM and key analysis for a track

Vibes displays BPM, key, waveform, and sections for every track in your library.

Analyze tracks in Traktor, step by step.

Traktor can detect BPM, key, and beatgrid for tracks in your collection. Here is how to run analysis using the native workflow.

Add tracks to your collection

Drag audio files or a folder into the Traktor browser to add them to your collection. Traktor will not analyze tracks until they appear in the collection tree. New tracks show without BPM or key values until analysis is run.

Open the Analyze settings

Go to Preferences and find the File Management (or Analysis) section depending on your Traktor version. Here you can choose which values Traktor should detect automatically, including BPM range. Note that the option to set a beatgrid when loading a track into a deck is a separate setting from the batch analysis preferences. Set your preferred BPM range before running a batch.

Run analysis on your tracks

Select the tracks you want to analyze in the browser, right-click, and choose Analyze (Async). You can select all tracks in a playlist or folder at once. Traktor will process each track and fill in BPM and key values.

Verify and correct beatgrids

Open a track in a deck and switch to the beatgrid editing view to check that the grid is locked to the downbeat. Traktor lets you nudge the grid anchor point and enter a manual BPM value if auto-detection landed off. Note that tap tempo and beatgrid correction are separate functions; use the BPM field in beatgrid edit mode to type a corrected value rather than tapping. Correcting grids manually is time-consuming on a large library.

The catch

Traktor analyzes tracks one session at a time and does not detect sections or energy curves. Corrections are stored in the NML file, and while batch review via sortable browser columns is possible, there is no dedicated batch-review or export workflow for grid corrections across your entire library.

Track 001

Artist A

128

Afterhours

Mysterious

Introspective

Track 001

Artist A

128

Afterhours

Mysterious

Introspective

Track 002

Artist B

124

Cozy Floor

Peaceful

Home

Track 002

Artist B

124

Cozy Floor

Peaceful

Home

Track 003

Artist C

132

Rave

Aggressive

Festival

Build & Release

Track 003

Artist C

132

Rave

Aggressive

Festival

Build & Release

The faster way

Batch-analyze your Traktor library in Vibes, then export back.

Vibes imports your Traktor NML, runs BPM detection, neural-net key analysis, downbeat-locked beatgrid, section detection, and a 3-band waveform across your whole library at once. When you are done, it writes the results back into your NML so Traktor picks them up on next launch.

See how it works

BPM detection, Skey neural-net key analysis, and Camelot wheel mapping run across your full library in one pass

Section detection labels intro, buildup, drop, breakdown, and outro and sets auto cue points automatically

3-band RGB waveform and energy curve give you a visual read on every track before you play it

Export writes analysis results directly into your Traktor NML collection file, no manual re-import needed

Organize in Vibes, export to Traktor.

Your playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points travel back to the gear you play on, so nothing you do in Vibes is locked away.

Track 001

Artist A

128

Afterhours

Mysterious

Introspective

Track 002

Artist B

124

Cozy Floor

Peaceful

Home

Track 003

Artist C

132

Rave

Aggressive

Festival

Build & Release

Playlists

Vibes

Mood

Aggressive

Euphoric

Melancholic

Mysterious

Peaceful

Playful

Tense

Function

Arrangement

Sets

Club Night 12/28

NYE Closing Set

Rooftop 01/04

Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

For BPM, key, and section analysis during prep, yes. Vibes runs its own detection engine and exports results into your NML, so Traktor reads the values without needing to re-analyze. Traktor's in-deck beatgrid editor is still useful for correcting individual grids during a session.

Vibes runs its own analysis and writes the results on export. If you have manually corrected a beatgrid in Traktor and want to keep it, hold off on re-exporting that track from Vibes until Vibes supports per-track export overrides. For now, batch-export is best run before doing fine manual corrections in Traktor.

Vibes uses Camelot notation (e.g. 8A, 8B) by default, which is the same system Traktor Pro displays in its key field. Keys written by Vibes into the NML appear in Traktor exactly as you would set them manually, so harmonic mixing works immediately.

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