Move from Rekordbox to Engine DJ.
Moving to Engine DJ usually means buying into Denon standalone players that run without a laptop. 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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Bring your collection across without losing your work.
Moving from Rekordbox to Engine DJ has a native import: playlists, grids and loops carry, you pick either hot cues or memory cues, and Vibes imports your Rekordbox library and exports playlists, cue points and ratings into Engine DJ.
Switching from Rekordbox to Engine DJ, or running both, means moving your collection without losing the cues, grids, and tags you have built up. Engine DJ imports Rekordbox natively, and you choose hot cues or memory cues at import.
What transfers from Rekordbox to Engine DJ.
| 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 Engine DJ. | |
| Key & BPM | Analyzed values carry across, or are re-analyzed cleanly and accurately. | |
| Hot cues | Cues carry; on the native Rekordbox import some users report cue and grid offsets, which a clean tool avoids. | |
| Beatgrids | Beatgrids carry so your tracks stay locked in time. | |
| Star ratings | Star ratings carry into Engine DJ. | |
| Comments & tags | Comments carry; Engine has no custom-tag field, so they live in comments. |
Using a metadata-aware library tool. A manual drag-and-drop rebuild loses everything except the audio files. Engine DJ imports Rekordbox natively, and you choose hot cues or memory cues at import.
Moving from Rekordbox to Engine DJ, step by step.
This pair has a real native path: Engine DJ Desktop reads Rekordbox collections directly, with the Import Assistant guiding the whole flow since Engine DJ 5.0.
Open the Rekordbox import in Engine DJ
In Engine DJ Desktop, use the Import Assistant, or enable the Rekordbox integration in the preferences and open the Rekordbox source in the sidebar. Engine reads the collection Rekordbox maintains on your computer.
Import your playlists
Import the whole tree with Import Collection from the right-click menu, or bring playlists across one by one with Import as Playlist. Playlists, beatgrids, and loops come along, and you choose whether hot cues or memory cues are imported; Engine takes one type, not both.
Check what arrived
Spot-check grids and cues on a handful of tracks. Some users report small cue or grid offsets on this import, so a quick pass catches them before they bite at a gig.
Load a drive with Sync Manager
Use Sync Manager to push the imported playlists to a USB drive or SD card for your standalone hardware, then spot-check a few tracks on the player itself before a gig.
The cue-type choice is real: hot cues or memory cues, not both, so decide which set you actually perform with. Keep Rekordbox reasonably current too; Engine's own FAQ ties Rekordbox 6 support to the xml export that returned in version 6.3.0.
The cleaner path
One library, every app.
Vibes imports your Rekordbox library and exports playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points straight into Engine DJ, so the move does not mean starting over. Keep one organized library and send it wherever you play.
See the DJ LibraryOrganize once, export to Engine DJ.
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
Afterhours
Mysterious
Introspective
Track 002
Artist B
Cozy FloorPeaceful
Home
Track 003
Artist C
Rave
Aggressive
Festival
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From a Vibes customer
The import worked perfectly. Have created several sets now and my life is so much easier
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Last reviewed September 2026.
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