Migrate · Engine DJ to Rekordbox

Move from Engine DJ to Rekordbox.

Coming off Denon standalone gear to Rekordbox means re-homing your library in the CDJ ecosystem. Here is exactly what carries across, what gets lost, and how to bring your whole library over without starting from scratch.

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Moving a DJ library from Engine DJ to Rekordbox

Bring your collection across without losing your work.

Switching from Engine DJ to Rekordbox, or running both, means moving your collection without losing the cues, grids, and tags you have built up. There is no clean native path from Engine DJ to Rekordbox.

What transfers from Engine DJ to Rekordbox.

Capability	Carries	What happens
Audio files		Your tracks move with the library and the files are never modified.
Playlists & crates		Folders and playlists are rebuilt in Rekordbox.
Key & BPM		Analyzed values carry across, or are re-analyzed cleanly and accurately.
Hot cues		Hot and memory cues carry; export to USB to use them on CDJs.
Beatgrids		Beatgrids carry so your tracks stay locked in time.
Star ratings		Star ratings carry into Rekordbox.
Comments & tags		Comments carry; map your tags to My Tag for full filtering.

Using a metadata-aware library tool. A manual drag-and-drop rebuild loses everything except the audio files. There is no clean native path from Engine DJ to Rekordbox.

The easy way

Let Vibes move your library for you.

Vibes imports your whole library, keeps it organized, and exports it to any DJ app with your cues, grids, and tags intact. No manual rebuild, nothing lost.

See how Vibes fits your style

Vibes desktop app showing a library organized by vibes

Moving from Engine DJ to Rekordbox, step by step.

There is no clean one-click transfer between Engine DJ and Rekordbox that preserves everything, so this takes a deliberate process.

Get the audio files in

Add your music folders to Rekordbox so the tracks themselves are in the collection, then let it analyze them.

Rebuild or convert playlists

Rekordbox will not read Engine DJ's crates and playlists directly. You either rebuild them by hand or use a conversion tool to translate them.

Carry cues, grids, and tags

Hot cues, beatgrids, and tags do not move on their own. A library tool is needed to map them from Engine DJ into Rekordbox.

Verify before a gig

Spot-check a sample of tracks to confirm cues, grids, and keys landed correctly before you rely on the library.

A manual rebuild loses your cues, grids, and tags, and the clean path otherwise runs through paid conversion tools. That friction is exactly why library tools exist.

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The cleaner path

One library, every app.

Vibes imports your Engine DJ library and exports it straight into Rekordbox, keeping playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points intact, so the move does not mean starting over. Keep one organized library and send it wherever you play.

See the DJ Library

Import your full library directly from Engine DJ

Export playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points into Rekordbox

Keep one organized library that is not locked to a single app

Run Engine DJ and Rekordbox side by side without maintaining two collections

Organize once, export to Rekordbox.

Your playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points travel 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.

No. Rekordbox cannot read Engine DJ's crates and cues natively. You import the audio files and then rebuild playlists by hand or use a library tool to carry crates, cues, grids, and tags across.

A manual rebuild loses them. A metadata-aware library tool preserves them. Vibes imports your Engine DJ library and exports cues, grids, tags, and ratings into Rekordbox so the work carries over.

Yes. Vibes acts as a hub between apps, so you can keep one organized library and export to both Engine DJ and Rekordbox as needed, rather than maintaining separate collections.

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