How to · djay Pro

Use smart playlists and filters in djay Pro.

djay Pro has true rule-based smart playlists, its answer to Rekordbox intelligent playlists and Engine DJ smartlists. Here is how to build them, and how search and sorting round out the workflow.

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Filtered track list sorted by BPM and key

Smart playlist rules do the heavy filtering; search and sorting handle the rest mid-set.

Filter and sort your djay Pro library, step by step.

djay Pro has a native smart playlist builder in My Collection: you define rules like BPM is between 120 and 126 or key is 8A, and the playlist fills itself and keeps updating as new music matches. Search, column sorting, and curated playlists round out the toolkit. Smart playlists are included in the PRO subscription.

Use the search field for quick filtering

The search field above the track list filters the current source or playlist as you type. It matches across fields like title and artist, which makes it the fastest way to narrow a large collection mid-set. Search within a specific playlist to filter only that playlist rather than your whole library.

Sort columns to simulate range filters

Click the BPM or key column header to sort the visible list. Sorting by BPM groups tracks in tempo neighborhoods, so scrolling to the 124 region effectively gives you a BPM range view. For a saved range, lean on a smart playlist with a BPM is between rule; sorting covers the ad hoc cases mid-set.

Build smart playlists in My Collection

Create a new playlist in My Collection and choose the smart playlist option, then open the edit view with the pencil icon and add filter rules. Rules can use BPM, key, genre, rating, play count, year, comments, and more, with operators like is, is between, and contains. Stack multiple rules and toggle them on or off; an orange highlight means a rule is active. As you add music, matching tracks are sorted in automatically.

Maintain curated playlists for what rules cannot express

For anything a rule cannot capture, such as energy, crowd, or vibe, keep manually curated playlists in My Collection. Rules cannot judge these qualities, so review and refresh curated playlists when you add new music so they do not silently go stale.

The catch

Smart playlists are part of djay's PRO subscription rather than the free tier, and rules only work with the metadata djay has: untagged files with blank genre or comment fields give the rule engine nothing to filter on.

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Where Vibes fits

Rule-based filtering, before djay Pro ever opens

Vibes does not integrate with djay Pro, and it cannot put smart playlists inside it. Vibes exports only to Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, and Engine DJ. Where it helps a djay Pro user is upstream: Vibes analyzes genre, mood, and energy for your local files, data djay Pro's smart playlist rules cannot detect on their own, so your rules and playlists in djay Pro start from richer metadata instead of blank tags.

See how it works

Filter All Songs by BPM range, Camelot key, genre, and mood in one view, including mood and energy data djay Pro's rules cannot detect

Auto Tag fills in genre and energy for untagged local files, giving your filters real data to work with

Group filtered results into vibes, then recreate the winners as playlists in djay Pro's My Collection

DJs who also run Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, or Engine DJ get those filtered playlists exported directly; djay Pro users rebuild them manually

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.

Yes. djay Pro includes rule-based smart playlists in My Collection on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Windows as part of the PRO subscription. You add rules such as BPM is between 120 and 126 or genre contains house, stack multiple rules, and the playlist auto-updates as new tracks match. Search and column sorting cover ad hoc filtering on top.

No. Vibes has no djay Pro integration; its exports go to Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, and Engine DJ only. Vibes can run the rule-style filtering on your local files, by BPM, key, genre, and energy, and you then rebuild the resulting shortlists as normal playlists in djay Pro by hand.

Smart playlist rules can use Added, Album, Artist, BPM, Color, Comments, Composer, Genre, Grouping, Key, Label, Play Count, Rating, Released, Title, and Year, with operators like contains, is, is greater than, is less than, is between, begins with, and ends with. You can combine multiple rules and toggle each one on or off individually.

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