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Plan a wedding DJ set in Rekordbox.

A wedding is planned block by block, not as one long mix: ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, first dance, then the dance floor, each block with its own playlist and its own energy level. Build those blocks as separate playlists in Rekordbox, put the couple's must-play and do-not-play lists into them before anything else, then order each block so the tempo climbs instead of stalling.

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A wedding set laid out block by block on the Vibes Set Designer canvas, tracks connected in order with BPM and key

Shape every block of the night long before you get near the booth.

Plan a wedding set in Rekordbox, step by step.

Rekordbox has no wedding planner, so the timeline lives in your playlist tree. One folder for the wedding, one playlist per block, and My Tag to pull candidates fast.

01

Make a folder for the wedding, a playlist per block

Right-click [Playlists] in the tree view and select [Create New Folder]. Type the couple's name and press [Enter]. Then add one playlist per block with [Create New Playlist] from the [Playlists] menu: Ceremony, Cocktail Hour, Dinner, First Dance, and two or three dance blocks. Drag each playlist into the folder so the whole night sits in one place.

02

Put the requests in before your own picks

Click [Collection] in [Media Browser] and drag every song the couple asked for into the block where it belongs. Keep a separate playlist for the songs they have ruled out, so the ban list lives inside Rekordbox and not on a napkin. Buy or find anything you are missing now, then fill the gaps around the requests from your own crates.

03

Tag the candidates with My Tag

Click the My Tag icon on the right side of the screen to open the My Tag configuration window. Rename a category to Wedding and add tags such as Ceremony, Dinner, Slow, Parents, and Floor Filler. Select a track and tick the checkboxes. To pull tracks out again, click the filter icon left of the search filter and combine My Tag with [BPM], [KEY], [RATING], and [COLOR].

04

Set the running order inside each block

Open a block and click the column heading that shows the track order, then drag tracks up and down into position. Rekordbox only lets you reorder by dragging while the list is sorted that way, so sorting by BPM or artist stops it working. When the order feels right, select [Renumber Track Order] in the [Playlists] menu to renumber the tracks as they now sit.

05

Check the handovers by key and phrase

Open the [Preferences] window > [View] category > [Display Type] tab and set [Key display format] to [Alphanumeric] so keys read as Camelot codes such as 8A and 9A. Sort a block by key or BPM to spot the jumps, then put it back in order. Rekordbox analyzes [BPM/Grid], [KEY], [Phrase], and [Vocal], so the phrase display above the waveform shows where a track is safe to cut.

06

Transfer the night to a USB drive

Switch to EXPORT mode, plug in the drive, and open [Devices] in the tree view. Drag each wedding playlist onto the device: the playlist and the tracks it contains transfer together. Or open SYNC MANAGER from the bottom of [Media Browser], tick [Synchronize playlists with a device], and let Rekordbox keep the drive current. Never disconnect the drive while data is still transferring.

The catch

Rekordbox shows you one playlist at a time. Each block is a flat list with no energy view and no way to see five hours in sequence, so the shape of the night lives in your head. When a request lands at ten o'clock, you are scrolling playlists looking for something that fits the tempo and the key you are already in.

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Track 002 by Artist B

Track 002

Artist B

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5B
Track 004 by Artist D

Track 004

Artist D

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7A
Track 001 by Artist A

Track 001

Artist A

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Track 003 by Artist C

Track 003

Artist C

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The faster way

See the whole night, block by block, before you play it.

Import your Rekordbox collection with the Import Wizard, then tag tracks into vibes such as Ceremony, Dinner, Slow, and Floor Filler using Vibe Sort or Auto-Tagging. Set Designer lays each block on a canvas with Energy Flow sorting, so the dance blocks climb and the dinner block stays where you put it. When a request lands, Find Compatible surfaces harmonic Camelot neighbours inside a BPM window. Export the finished blocks back to Rekordbox as playlists and play the night from your own gear.

See how it works
One vibe per block, tagged by hand with Vibe Sort hotkeys or by Auto-Tagging AI
Energy Flow sorting (ascending, descending, or arc) shapes each block instead of guessing the order
Find Compatible pulls Camelot neighbours inside a BPM window, half and double time aware
Export blocks back to Rekordbox as playlists, with optional Camelot key or BPM sub-folders

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

Track 001

Artist A

128
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.

Dance records are built in phrases of 32 beats, which is eight bars, and the rule of 32 says you mix in and out on those boundaries so the two tracks stay in step. Count from the first downbeat and the drops and breakdowns almost always land on a multiple of 32. Rekordbox analyzes [Phrase] alongside [BPM/Grid] and [KEY], so the phrase display above the waveform marks where each section starts.
Split it into blocks that each have a job, then order the tracks inside every block. At a wedding that is a quiet ceremony block, background music through cocktails and dinner, the first dance, and two or three dance blocks that climb. Give every block a start tempo and an end tempo, then pick tracks that travel between them. The same shape works for a club night: see how to build a DJ set in Rekordbox.
Most receptions run about four to five hours of music from cocktails to the last song, and the dance floor usually takes the final three. Get the timeline before you plan anything, because the caterer's service times, the speeches, and the venue curfew decide your blocks more than you do. Then prepare more music per block than the clock needs, so a delayed dinner does not leave you improvising.
At a wedding the usual ones are playing your own taste instead of the room, opening the dance floor at peak tempo, ignoring the do-not-play list, and turning up with a single USB drive. Add dead air between blocks and a microphone nobody tested. Most of these are planning failures rather than mixing failures, and a set split into blocks with the requests already placed removes almost all of them.
Work in minutes, not songs. Four hours of music is roughly 240 minutes, and at an average of four minutes a track that is about 60 songs played end to end. In practice you cut and blend, so prepare 70 to 80 strong candidates plus a reserve you never expect to reach. Build every block longer than the clock says and keep the spare floor fillers tagged so you can find them fast.
The list is sorted by the wrong column. Rekordbox only lets you drag a track to a new position while the list is sorted by track order, so click that column heading first. Sorting by BPM, artist, or key turns dragging off. Once the order is right, use [Renumber Track Order] in the [Playlists] menu, and see how to manage playlists and folders in Rekordbox for the rest of the tree.
Usually the files were copied in Finder or Explorer instead of transferred in EXPORT mode, or the drive was pulled while data was still writing. Drag the playlist onto the drive under [Devices] so the playlist and its tracks go together, wait for the progress bar, then use the eject control beside the device. Rekordbox also warns that some DJ equipment limits playlist names and folder structure on the drive.
No. Rekordbox holds the collection, writes the USB drive, and plays the night. Vibes imports your Rekordbox library, tags tracks into vibes for each block, orders them with Energy Flow in Set Designer, and exports the finished blocks back as Rekordbox playlists. It does not mix, record, or play to hardware, and it works on files you own rather than on streaming services.

From a Vibes customer

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

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