Vibes for Serato.
Serato crates are flat, and Smart Crates only filter what is already in your metadata. Vibes adds the layer Serato does not have: mood and energy tagging, a fast sorting workflow, and a visual set builder, exported back as clean crates.
First 500 licenses at $49. Be the first to know when we launch.
Vibes & categories are fully customizable.
From Serato and back, in three steps.
01
Import your Serato library
Vibes detects your Serato library folder and reads your crates directly. Every crate can be mapped to a vibe during import, so existing organization is not lost.
02
Organize and prepare
Define vibes that match how you actually play, sort your collection at speed in Vibe Sort, and build sets on the Set Designer canvas with suggestions by BPM, key, and vibe.
03
Export crates back
Vibes writes a Vibes Library structure of .crate files: one crate per vibe, your sets in order, and combination crates for overlapping vibes.
What Vibes adds on top of Serato.
Serato stays your performance software. Vibes covers the preparation layer.
| Serato alone | With Vibes | |
|---|---|---|
| Library organization | ||
| Mood and energy tagging | Crates, subcrates, and crate colors | Unlimited vibes in your own categories |
| Rule-based organization | Smart Crates filtering existing metadata | Combinations: auto-detected vibe overlaps as ready-made crates |
| Rapid sorting workflow | Drag tracks into crates manually | Vibe Sort: keyboard-first sorting with progress tracking and AI suggestions |
| Set preparation | ||
| Set building | Crates and the Prepare panel | Visual canvas with chapters, connections, and energy flow sorting |
| Next-track suggestions | Weighted by BPM, key, vibe, and audio similarity, with harmonic key intents | |
| Track analysis | BPM, key, and beatgrids | Plus multi-band waveforms, energy curves, and auto-detected sections |
| Cost | ||
| Price | Serato DJ Pro: subscription or one-time license | $49 one-time, works offline |
What lands back in Serato.
Vibes writes standard .crate files into your Serato library, so the structure appears in your crate list.

Track 001
Artist A
Afterhours
Mysterious
Introspective
Track 002
Artist B
Cozy Floor
Peaceful
Home
Track 003
Artist C
Rave
Aggressive
Festival
Build & Release- A Vibes Library structure with one crate per vibe, grouped by your category names
- Your DJ sets as crates with the exact track order you designed
- Combination crates for tracks that share multiple vibes
- Optional BPM-range or Camelot-key sub-crates inside each vibe
Honest limitation: Serato's .crate format does not carry ratings, cue points, or comments, so Vibes exports clean crates only. To Rekordbox, Engine DJ, and Traktor, Vibes also exports that richer metadata.
The preparation layer
DJ library management, finally done right.
Turn your collection into clear categories. Moods, functions, or your own system, so every track feels ready to play.

Afterhours

Aggressive

Build & Release

Club

Cozy Floor

Euphoric

Evolving

Festival

Home

Introspective

Melancholic

Mysterious

Peaceful

Playful

Rave

Sectional

Sustained

Tense

Afterhours

Aggressive

Track 001
Artist A
Afterhours
Mysterious
Introspective
Track 001
Artist A
Afterhours
Mysterious
Introspective
Track 002
Artist B
Cozy Floor
Peaceful
Home
Track 002
Artist B
Cozy Floor
Peaceful
Home
Track 003
Artist C
Rave
Aggressive
Festival
Build & Release
Track 003
Artist C
Rave
Aggressive
FestivalFrequently asked questions
The honest answers, including the trade-offs.
Methodology
How we keep this honest.
Verified against the app
What transfers both ways is tested against the current version of Serato.
We own our bias
Vibes is our product, and we are upfront about format limits, like Serato's flat crates not carrying cue points or ratings.
Live pricing
The Vibes price shown comes straight from our checkout, never a hardcoded marketing number.
Kept current
Last reviewed June 2026.
One-time purchase
Get Vibes with a single payment. No subscription.
First 500 licenses at this price. Be the first to know when we launch.
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