Search and filter tracks in Rekordbox.
Click [Collection] in [Media Browser], then type into the search filter in the browser panel and the track list narrows as you type; click the icon inside the box first to choose which columns are matched. To filter instead of type, click the icon on the left of that box to open the track filter and set conditions for [BPM], [KEY], [RATING], [COLOR] and [MY TAG].
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Search and filter tracks in Rekordbox, step by step.
Rekordbox has several ways to narrow a track list, and they stack. This is how to search in rekordbox from the quickest route to the most precise one: the search filter, the track filter, the category columns, the playlist tree and a saved Intelligent Playlist.
Pick what you are searching before you type
Click [Collection] in [Media Browser] to put every track in the list, or click a playlist first so the filter only looks inside it. Selecting [Collection] also shows the Collection filter search category menu in the tree view, with [Date Added], [Genre], [Artist] and [Album], which cuts a big library down before you touch the keyboard.
Type into the search filter
Click the icon in the search filter and the searchable columns appear. Select the column you want matched, then enter characters from your keyboard. The track list narrows as you type. To go back to the full view, delete the characters or click the clear icon at the end of the box. Choosing the column matters: a title-only search will not surface a remix name stored elsewhere.
Jump to the box with the keyboard
AlphaTheta's default keyboard shortcut reference lists [Search in the collection] as alt + F on Windows and control + F on Mac. Those presets exist only in PERFORMANCE mode and can be reassigned under [Preferences] > [Keyboard]. In EXPORT mode, sort by a column and start typing instead: Alphabet Search highlights and selects the tracks whose names begin with what you entered.
Narrow by BPM, key, rating, color and My Tag
Click the icon on the left side of the search filter to open the track filter. Tick the categories you need and set values for [BPM], [KEY], [RATING], [COLOR] and [MY TAG]. With [BPM] or [KEY] selected, turn on [MASTER PLAYER] or [MASTER DECK] to lock the filter to whatever is loaded on the master. Multiple My Tags combine with [AND] or [OR]. Click [RST] to clear the conditions.
Add the category columns for browsing
Click the icon on the upper side of the track list to show the category columns [Genre], [Artist] and [Album]. Picking a value in each one narrows the list without typing anything. Clicking a column header sorts the list ascending, and clicking the same header again flips it to descending, which is the quickest way to group a filtered list by BPM or key.
Search the playlist tree, not just the tracks
Click the icon at the top of the tree view and the playlist search filter appears above your playlists. Type the name you are after, then delete the text to return to the full tree. If that box is missing, open [Preferences] > [View] category > [Layout] tab and switch on [Playlist search filter] under [Browser panel].
Save a search you repeat as an Intelligent Playlist
Right-click [Playlists] in the tree view and choose [Create New Intelligent Playlist]. Pick a field, an operator such as [contains], [is in the range] or [is in the last], and a value. Click [+] to stack more rules, then choose [Match all of the following conditions] or [Match any of the following conditions]. Name it, click [OK], and it keeps refilling itself as your Collection grows.
The catch
Every one of these tools reads metadata you already have. [BPM] and [KEY] stay blank until a track has been through [Analyze Track], and [MY TAG] is empty until you attach tags by hand, one track at a time. A filter is only ever as good as the tagging behind it, which is where most libraries fall down.
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Melancholic
Mysterious
Aggressive
Peaceful
Rave
Afterhours
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Filters only work when the tags are already there.
Rekordbox gives you the filter controls. Vibes gives you something worth filtering: it analyzes BPM, key, energy and track sections for your whole collection, and Auto-Tagging labels tracks into your own vibes instead of you doing it one at a time. When you are done, export playlists and vibes back to Rekordbox as a folder tree, with optional Camelot key or BPM sub-folders, so the search you keep running is already a folder.
See how it worksOrganize 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.
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Artist A
AfterhoursMysterious
IntrospectiveTrack 002
Artist B
Cozy FloorPeacefulHomeTrack 003
Artist C
RaveAggressive
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