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Rate tracks with stars in Rekordbox.

Star ratings in Rekordbox let you filter and sort your library by quality at a glance. With Vibes, ratings you set during prep export directly into your Rekordbox database so nothing gets lost between sessions.

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Vibes library view showing tracks organized by vibe tags and ratings

Vibes exports star ratings straight into your Rekordbox database on every sync.

Rate tracks with stars in Rekordbox, step by step.

Rekordbox 7 lets you assign one-to-five star ratings to any track directly in the browser. Here is how to set them and make them work for filtering.

Open your track browser

Launch Rekordbox and switch to the Collection view in the left sidebar. Make sure the Rating column is visible in your track list. If it is not showing, right-click any column header and enable Rating from the column picker.

Assign a star rating

Click directly on the Rating cell for any track and click the number of stars you want to assign, from one to five. You can also right-click a track, choose Track Information, and set the rating in the detail panel. Either method writes the rating to your local Rekordbox database immediately.

Rate multiple tracks at once

Select a group of tracks using Shift-click or Command-click (Ctrl-click on Windows), then right-click the selection and choose Track Information to open the detail panel. Set the rating there and it applies to all selected tracks. This is useful for bulk-rating an import batch after analysis.

Filter your library by rating

Use the Track Filter panel or intelligent playlist conditions to surface tracks by rating tier. The Track Filter bar lets you click a star threshold to show only tracks at or above that rating. In an intelligent playlist, set the condition criterion to Rating, choose the > or = comparison operator, and enter your chosen threshold to build a crate of only your top-rated material.

The catch

Rekordbox ratings live only inside your local database, so if you manage prep across multiple machines or apps you have to manually keep ratings in sync yourself. Ratings set directly on Pioneer CDJ or XDJ players during a gig also do not automatically sync back to Rekordbox.

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The faster way

Rate during prep, export to Rekordbox automatically

Vibes lets you set star ratings as part of your normal library prep workflow and then exports them directly into your Rekordbox master.db on every sync, so your ratings are always current without manual re-entry.

See how it works

Set ratings on any track inside Vibes alongside your vibe tags and cue point prep

Export writes ratings directly into the Rekordbox master.db via SQLCipher, no XML round-trip needed

Toggle Ratings on or off per export in the per-platform metadata settings

Filter by rating in Vibes All Songs view to audition or batch-prep only your highest-rated tracks

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

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.

Not entirely. Vibes is a prep and library app, not a performance tool. You set ratings in Vibes during prep, and Vibes exports them into Rekordbox so they appear there when you perform. Rekordbox is still your performance environment.

When you export from Vibes with the Ratings toggle enabled, Vibes writes its rating values into Rekordbox for every track in the export. If you have ratings set in Rekordbox that differ, Vibes will overwrite them, so treat Vibes as your source of truth for ratings when using the export.

Yes. The All Songs view in Vibes includes a rating filter you can combine with vibe tags, BPM range, and Camelot key filters to narrow down your library during prep sessions.

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