Migrate · Rekordbox to Engine DJ

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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Moving a DJ library from Rekordbox to Engine DJ

Bring your collection across without losing your work.

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 has a Rekordbox import, but playlists come one at a time and cues can offset.

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; the native Rekordbox import is glitchy, so a clean tool avoids cue offsets.
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 has a Rekordbox import, but playlists come one at a time and cues can offset.

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

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Moving from Rekordbox to Engine DJ, step by step.

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

Get the audio files in

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

Rebuild or convert playlists

Engine DJ will not read Rekordbox'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 Rekordbox into Engine DJ.

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 Rekordbox library and exports it straight into Engine DJ, 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 Rekordbox

Export playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points into Engine DJ

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

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

Organize 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

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. Engine DJ cannot read Rekordbox'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 Rekordbox library and exports cues, grids, tags, and ratings into Engine DJ so the work carries over.

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

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