How to · djay Pro

Set cue points in djay Pro.

djay Pro saves multiple cue points per track and keeps them in My Collection, so a cue set once is there at the next gig. Here is how to set them and keep them consistent.

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Saved cues mark intros, drops, and outros so you can jump straight to the moment you need.

Set cue points in djay Pro, step by step.

Cue points in djay Pro live in the cue section of each deck. They are saved with the track in My Collection, and with iCloud sync enabled they follow you across your Apple devices. Current versions support up to 16 saved cue points per track, arranged in two banks of eight.

Load a track and open the cue controls

Load a track onto a deck and locate the cue section. Depending on your layout, cues appear as a row of numbered buttons on the deck or in a dedicated cue widget you can reveal from the deck controls. If you do not see them, check your current Look or layout settings, since djay Pro's interface adapts between compact and pro layouts.

Set cues at key moments

Play or scrub to the moment you want to mark, then tap an empty cue slot to store a cue there. Typical anchors are the first beat, the end of the intro, the first drop, and the start of the outro. Setting cues in the same order for every track means your muscle memory transfers between songs.

Adjust or delete cues

To move a cue, delete it and set it again at the corrected position: open the cue editor with the pencil icon and click the X on a cue to remove it. The dropdown next to a cue's timestamp lets you rename it and assign a color, and the editor lets you drag cues into a different order on the pads.

Rely on My Collection to keep them

Cues are stored in djay Pro's My Collection database automatically, not written into the audio file. That means they persist between sessions and sync via iCloud to your other devices when sync is enabled, but they will not travel with the file into another DJ app. Cues on streaming tracks are saved too, as long as the track stays available in the catalog.

The catch

djay Pro cues stay inside djay Pro. There is no supported way to export them to Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, or Engine DJ, or to import cues from those apps, so DJs running two ecosystems set cues twice.

bass

mids

highs

lead

intro

verse

buildup

drop

breakdown

outro

Where Vibes fits

Know your tracks before you cue them

Vibes does not set cue points and does not integrate with djay Pro; it imports from and exports to Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, and Engine DJ only. Where it helps is deciding which tracks deserve cue prep at all: an analyzed, organized library tells you which fifty tracks belong in this month's rotation, so your cue sessions in djay Pro go into music you will actually play.

See how it works

Analyze BPM and key for your whole local library so you shortlist cue-worthy tracks by numbers, not guesswork

Group tracks into vibes and prep cues one vibe at a time instead of wandering an unsorted collection

Star ratings and energy data surface your strongest tracks, the ones worth detailed cue work

If you also run one of the four supported apps, your Vibes playlists export there directly, cutting duplicate prep on that side

Organize in Vibes, export to djay Pro.

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.

Current djay Pro versions support up to 16 saved cue points per track, in two banks of eight that you switch between from the three-dot menu. They are stored in My Collection rather than in the audio file, persist between sessions, and can sync across your devices through iCloud when library sync is enabled.

No. djay Pro keeps cue data in its own database and offers no export path to other DJ software. Vibes cannot bridge this either, since it has no djay Pro integration. If you play on both djay Pro and another platform, plan on setting cues separately in each app.

Yes. You can set and save cues on streamed tracks just like local files, and djay Pro remembers them for the next session. The caveat is dependency: if the track leaves the streaming catalog or your subscription lapses, the track and its cues become unplayable until it is available again.

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