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Choose normal or dynamic analysis in Rekordbox.

Pick Normal for tracks with a relatively consistent tempo, which covers almost all produced club music, and Dynamic only for tracks with significant tempo changes: live drummers, older funk and soul, and vinyl rips. The mode is a single Preferences setting that applies to the next analysis pass, not a property of a track, so changing your mind means analyzing those tracks again in the other mode.

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A track open in Vibes with its detected BPM, key, and analyzed waveform in the player panel

The beat grid is only as good as the analysis pass that produced it.

Choose normal or dynamic analysis in Rekordbox, step by step.

Rekordbox analysis mode, normal vs dynamic, is one switch in Preferences that decides how the next pass reads tempo. Set it before you start a batch, then re-run the handful of tracks that need the other mode on their own.

01

Open the Track Analysis preferences

Click the settings icon in the upper-right of rekordbox, or open the [Preferences] window from the menu. In the left-hand list choose the [Analysis] category, then open the [Track Analysis] tab. Everything that decides how the next pass runs sits here: the mode, the BPM range, the items to detect, and auto analysis.

02

Set Track Analysis Mode to Normal or Dynamic

Under [Track Analysis Mode], choose [Normal], which rekordbox describes as suitable for tracks with a relatively consistent tempo, or [Dynamic], suitable for tracks which contain significant tempo changes. Normal is the right default for programmed club music. Dynamic is for live drummers, band recordings, older soul and funk pressings, and rips whose tempo drifts across the track.

03

Set the BPM Range when you use Normal

[BPM Range] sets the BPM range obtained by normal analysis, so it only matters in Normal mode. Match it to the music you actually play. A track whose real tempo falls outside the range is the usual reason a BPM comes back at half or double speed, with a grid that looks plausible but counts wrong.

04

Choose what the pass detects

In [Track Analysis Setting], tick the items you want analyzed: BPM / Grid, key, phrase, and vocal. The mode you picked only affects the BPM and beat grid part. Anything you leave unticked stays empty in the track list until you run another pass with it switched on.

05

Decide whether Auto Analysis runs on import

[Auto Analysis] enables or disables the auto analysis of imported tracks. Set to Enable, files are analyzed as soon as you add them, using whatever mode is selected at that moment. Set it to Disable when you would rather look at your imports first and analyze them in deliberate batches.

06

Run the pass on the tracks you chose

Close the [Preferences] window. Select the tracks in a track list, right-click, and choose [Analyze Track], or use [Analyze Track] in the [Track] menu at the top of the screen. Re-analyzing overwrites a beat grid you adjusted by hand, so keep hand-corrected tracks out of a batch.

07

Check the grid, then lock what you fixed

Load the track in EXPORT mode with the [1 PLAYER] layout and open the [GRID] panel, or use the [GRID EDIT] panel in PERFORMANCE mode, and confirm the beat markers sit on the transients. Then switch on [Analysis Lock] for tracks you corrected: locked tracks are skipped during analysis and their grid editing is disabled.

The catch

The Preferences setting tells you what the next pass will use, not what an already analyzed track was done with. On a library built up over years the safest habit is to run everything in Normal, then re-analyze the few tracks whose grid drifts in Dynamic, one at a time.

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Where Vibes fits

Spot the tracks that need a second look before you re-run anything.

Vibes runs its own analysis on the files you own: BPM, key in Camelot, musical or Open Key display, an energy curve, and sections such as intro, buildup, drop, breakdown and outro. Bulk re-analyze re-runs it across a selection, and Track Inspector lets you correct a value by hand. Vibes does not change rekordbox's analysis mode and does not touch streaming tracks; your playlists and vibes go back to rekordbox on export.

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BPM, key and energy analysis on your own machine, on files you own
Sections detected per track: intro, buildup, drop, breakdown, outro
Bulk re-analyze a selection, or fix a single value in Track Inspector
Export playlists and vibes back to rekordbox as a folder tree

Organize in Vibes, export to Rekordbox.

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 by Artist A

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Track 002 by Artist B

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Track 003 by Artist C

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Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

For most libraries: Track Analysis Mode on Normal, a BPM Range that matches the music you play, and BPM / Grid plus key ticked in Track Analysis Setting. Add phrase and vocal only if you use those displays, because they make the pass slower. Leave Auto Analysis on Enable if you want imported files analyzed as they arrive, or Disable if you prefer to batch them yourself.
Normal, unless the tempo actually moves. Rekordbox describes Normal as suitable for tracks with a relatively consistent tempo and Dynamic as suitable for tracks which contain significant tempo changes. Programmed house, techno, hip hop and pop hold a steady tempo, so a fixed grid is more accurate and far easier to correct by hand. Live recordings, older funk and soul, and vinyl rips are where Dynamic earns its place.
It marks a track so rekordbox leaves its analysis alone. With Analysis Lock on, track analysis for BPM/Grid, key, phrase and vocal is skipped, and grid editing in the GRID or GRID EDIT panel is inactive. Set it from the GRID panel, by right-clicking the track, or from the Track menu; a lock icon then appears in the status column. Use it on every grid you fixed by hand, as covered in editing beatgrids.
Yes. Open your Collection, click into the track list, select every track with your operating system's select-all shortcut, then right-click and choose Analyze Track. Rekordbox works through the queue using the mode and settings that were active when you started, so check Preferences first. Tracks with Analysis Lock are skipped. On a large library this takes a long time, so start it when you are not about to play. More detail in analyzing tracks.
Usually one of three things. The track may have Analysis Lock on, so rekordbox skips it. The BPM Range in Preferences may not cover the track's real tempo, which lands the grid at half or double speed. Or the mode is wrong for the material: rekordbox track analysis, normal vs dynamic, matters most here, because a wandering live tempo forced through Normal gives a grid that drifts badly by the end of the track.
The most common reason is Analysis Lock. When a track carries the lock icon in the status column you cannot select Analyze Track for it, and a batch that includes it simply skips it. Turn the lock off from the GRID panel, the right-click menu, or the Track menu, then run the pass again. A file rekordbox cannot find on disk also has to be relocated before any analysis will start.
Two things block it. Analysis Lock disables re-analysis and beat grid editing for that track, so unlock it first. Rekordbox also prevents beat grid adjustment while your computer is connected to DJ equipment over PRO DJ LINK, so disconnect before you edit grids. If what you want to change is text such as key or comments rather than the grid itself, edit it in the track information window beside the track list.
Select the tracks, right-click, and choose Analyze Track again, or use Analyze Track in the Track menu. The pass runs with whatever is currently set in Preferences, so change the mode or BPM Range before you start. Switching a single track between rekordbox normal vs dynamic analysis works the same way: set the mode, analyze that one track, then set the mode back. A fresh pass overwrites a hand-adjusted grid unless Analysis Lock is on.
You do not analyze for stems. STEMS is a separate playback function, not one of the items in Track Analysis Setting, so the Normal or Dynamic choice has no effect on it. Enable it in the Preferences window under the Extensions category, on the STEMS tab, and rekordbox can output a track as VOCAL, DRUMS and INST parts on the deck. Your regular pass still handles BPM, grid, key, phrase and vocal.

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