Move from Rekordbox to Serato DJ.
Moving to Serato puts you in its controller and DVS ecosystem, popular with hip-hop and open-format DJs. 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.
Switching from Rekordbox to Serato DJ, or running both, means moving your collection without losing the cues, grids, and tags you have built up. Serato will not read a Rekordbox library, and its flat crate format carries less metadata than Rekordbox.
What transfers from Rekordbox to Serato 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 Serato DJ. | |
| Key & BPM | Analyzed values carry across, or are re-analyzed cleanly and accurately. | |
| Hot cues | Cue points carry into your Serato library. | |
| Beatgrids | Beatgrids carry so your tracks stay locked in time. | |
| Star ratings | Serato's flat crate format does not carry ratings inside crates; they live in the library. | |
| Comments & tags | Comments carry; Serato's tag writing is limited, so keep a clean source. |
Using a metadata-aware library tool. A manual drag-and-drop rebuild loses everything except the audio files. Serato will not read a Rekordbox library, and its flat crate format carries less metadata than Rekordbox.
Moving from Rekordbox to Serato DJ, step by step.
There is no clean one-click transfer between Rekordbox and Serato DJ that preserves everything, so this takes a deliberate process.
Get the audio files in
Add your music folders to Serato DJ so the tracks themselves are in the collection, then let it analyze them.
Rebuild or convert playlists
Serato 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 Serato 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.
The cleaner path
One library, every app.
Vibes imports your Rekordbox library and exports it straight into Serato 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 LibraryOrganize once, export to Serato 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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Verified against the apps
What transfers is tested against the current versions of Rekordbox and Serato DJ.
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Last reviewed June 2026.
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