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Organize by energy in Engine DJ.

Engine DJ has no energy field and no free-form tag field, so DJs code energy into comments or star ratings. Here is how to tag tracks in Engine DJ so they form a workable energy system, and how to get a real energy read on every track.

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Vibes Energy Feel vibes from Calm to Explosive organizing a DJ library by intensity

Pull the right energy for the room, with no laptop in the booth.

Building an energy system in Engine DJ.

With no dedicated energy field and no native track color system, the practical approach is to encode an energy scale into the comment field (or the label field) by hand, then build smartlists on that text. Star ratings (1-5 stars) are another option that maps naturally to a simple energy scale and are available as a smartlist rule field.

01

Choose an energy scale

Decide on a simple scale, for example 1 to 5 or warm-up to peak, and keep it consistent across the library.

02

Code it into a text field

Engine DJ has no dedicated tag field, so the code goes into a field it already has. Type a consistent code into the track's Comment field, or its Label field, for example 'energy:4' or '#peak' as a hashtag so it stays searchable. The 1-5 star rating field is the other option, and it works as a smartlist rule too. Engine DJ has no native track color system, so color-based coding is not a first-class option.

03

Build a smartlist

Right-click in the Collection pane, choose Create Smartlist, and add a rule that matches your energy code: a Comment rule set to 'contains peak', or a Rating rule set to 'is greater than 3'. A list like Peak Energy then maintains itself as you tag more tracks.

04

Order within energy

Inside an energy band, sort by BPM or key so the list is mix-ready when you open it on a player.

The catch

Energy here is a code you assign by ear and maintain by hand. Engine DJ never measures a track's actual energy, so the scale drifts as the library grows and you cannot fix it at a standalone gig. There is also no way to attach several tags to one track, so everything beyond genre and label ends up packed into the same comment text. And there is no native track color column, so any color reference in your workflow lives as text in a metadata field rather than as a visual color tag.

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The faster way

An energy read on every track.

Vibes analyzes each track's energy curve and lets you tag energy as a first-class vibe, then exports it back into Engine DJ so your prepared library knows the energy of every track.

See how it works
An energy curve for every track from the audio analysis
Tag warm-up, build, and peak as real vibes you can filter
Auto-Tag proposes energy and mood so a big library sorts fast
Export the result back to Engine DJ for standalone gigs

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 by Artist A

Track 001

Artist A

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3A
Track 002 by Artist B

Track 002

Artist B

124
5B
Track 003 by Artist C

Track 003

Artist C

132
8A
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Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

No. There is no native energy field. DJs build their own with comment-field codes or star ratings, then smartlist on them. It works, but it is fully manual, and the scale only stays consistent if you tag every new track the same way. Engine DJ never checks the code against the audio, so a track marked peak by ear stays peak until you change it.
There is no dedicated tag field, so tagging means reusing the fields the library already has. Most DJs type short codes or hashtags into the Comment field, use Genre and Label for broad groups, and star ratings for a simple scale. Keep the codes consistent, then build smartlists on them so a tag turns into a self-updating list. Ratings are covered in rate tracks with stars.
No. Engine DJ analysis writes BPM, key, beatgrid, and waveform data, but it never writes descriptive labels such as energy or mood. Anything beyond those fields is typed by hand. If you want the labels proposed for you, that happens outside Engine DJ: Vibes analyzes each track and proposes energy and mood tags, and the result exports back into your Engine DJ library so they are on the player.
Vibes analyzes each track locally and produces an energy curve from the audio, plus auto-tag suggestions for energy and mood, so the system is grounded in the real sound rather than guessed by ear. Because the read comes from the audio itself, every track in the library is measured the same way instead of from memory.
Yes. Your vibe organization exports back into Engine DJ and onto your drive, so the energy system you built is available on the player. The playlists and tags travel with the library rather than staying inside one app, which is what makes the system usable at a gig where there is no laptop in the booth.

From a Vibes customer

The import worked perfectly. Have created several sets now and my life is so much easier
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