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Manage playlists and folders in Engine DJ.

Engine DJ lets you build playlists and nest them inside folders by hand. Vibes takes the manual work out of it by exporting a ready-made playlist for every vibe, set, and combination directly into your Engine DJ library.

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Vibes vibe overview screen showing organized tags ready for Engine DJ export

Tag your library in Vibes and export a full folder structure into Engine DJ with one click.

Manage playlists and folders in Engine DJ, step by step.

Engine DJ 4.x organizes music using playlists that can be nested inside each other to create a folder-like hierarchy in the sidebar of the desktop app. Here is how to build and maintain that structure natively.

Create a new playlist

Right-click on an existing playlist or on the Playlists section header in the sidebar and choose 'Create Playlist'. You can also hover over any playlist to reveal a plus icon and click that. Give the new playlist a name and press Enter. Drag tracks from your collection into the playlist to populate it.

Group playlists inside a folder-style parent playlist

Engine DJ does not have a separate 'Create Folder' command. To create a folder-like grouping, first create a playlist and name it as you want your group labeled. Then drag existing playlists onto that parent playlist to nest them inside it. The parent displays a dropdown arrow and acts as a collapsible group. Nested playlist structures do export to hardware and are visible on Engine OS devices.

Reorder and rename

Drag playlists up or down in the sidebar to reorder them. Right-click any playlist and choose 'Rename' to change its name. When reordering tracks inside a playlist, sort by the number (#) column first, then drag tracks to the desired position. Changes are written to connected drives the next time you sync to that device.

Export your library to a drive or standalone player

Connect a USB drive or SD card. In Engine DJ, open the Sync Manager (available from the main interface) to select playlists or folders you want to transfer to the connected device and initiate the sync. You can also drag playlists from your Engine collection directly onto the drive listed in the device panel. Engine DJ writes the tracks and the full playlist structure to the device.

The catch

Doing this by hand for a large library means you have to rebuild or maintain every playlist yourself each time your tagging evolves, with no way to auto-generate playlists from track feel or energy.

Mood

Euphoric

Melancholic

Mysterious

Energy

Aggressive

Peaceful

Rave

Function

Afterhours

Club

Home

The faster way

Let your tags build the playlists for you.

Vibes exports a playlist for every vibe, every Set you design, and every auto-detected Combination directly into your Engine DJ database. Your folder structure reflects your actual tagging, not manual drag-and-drop.

See how it works

Export writes playlists per vibe, per Set, and per Combination straight into Engine DJ m.db

Optional BPM-range or Camelot-key subfolders subdivide each playlist automatically

Tag once in Vibe Sort and every re-export keeps the playlists current with your latest tagging

Combinations auto-detect tracks that share multiple vibes so those playlists build themselves

Organize in Vibes, export to Engine DJ.

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.

Vibes replaces the manual assembly work. You still use Engine DJ (or its standalone players) to actually perform, but Vibes writes the playlist and folder structure into your Engine DJ library so you never have to build it by hand.

Vibes writes its own named playlists into Engine DJ. Playlists you created manually in Engine DJ are separate and are not touched by the export.

Yes. In Vibes export settings you can enable BPM-range subdivision, which nests subfolders like '120-124 BPM' inside each vibe playlist, or Camelot-key subdivision for harmonic browsing on your player.

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