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Move from Rekordbox to Traktor.

Moving to Traktor brings its deep effects and remix decks, favored by electronic 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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A DJ library organized in Vibes with BPM, key, and vibe tags intact after moving from Rekordbox to Traktor

Bring your collection across without losing your work.

Switching from Rekordbox to Traktor, or running both, means moving your collection without losing the cues, grids, and tags you have built up. Traktor has no Rekordbox importer, and its eight-hotcue limit can truncate cues from Rekordbox.

What transfers from Rekordbox to Traktor.

CapabilityCarriesWhat happens
Audio filesYour tracks move with the library and the files are never modified.
Playlists & cratesFolders and playlists are rebuilt in Traktor.
Key & BPMAnalyzed values carry across, or are re-analyzed cleanly and accurately.
Hot cuesCues carry, but Traktor's eight-hotcue limit can truncate extras and cue colors are lost.
BeatgridsBeatgrids carry so your tracks stay locked in time.
Star ratingsStar ratings carry into Traktor.
Comments & tagsComments carry into the Comment fields Traktor uses for tagging.

Using a metadata-aware library tool. A manual drag-and-drop rebuild loses everything except the audio files. Traktor has no Rekordbox importer, and its eight-hotcue limit can truncate cues from Rekordbox.

The easy way

Moving from Rekordbox to Traktor, step by step.

Traktor's documented ways in are drag and drop, Import Music Folders on the Track Collection, and the iTunes node. Nothing reads a Rekordbox library, and Native Instruments itself points at third-party converters for moves like this.

01

Get the audio files in

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

02

Rebuild or convert playlists

Traktor has no importer for Rekordbox libraries, so playlists are rebuilt by hand or translated by a library tool.

03

Carry the cues within the limits

Traktor holds eight hotcue slots per track, and loops live in the same pool. A Rekordbox track carrying sixteen hot cues plus memory cues will truncate, so pick the eight that matter per track before converting.

04

Verify before a gig

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

Traktor has no memory cue concept and its comment fields do the tagging work, so My Tags land in comments at best. Loops from Rekordbox compete with cues for the same eight slots on arrival.

DJ Software
Rekordbox
Rekordbox
Import XML or Database
Serato
Serato
Import Library Database
Traktor
Traktor
Import NML Collection
Engine
Engine
Import Engine Database
File System
Local Folder
Scan directory
Audio Files
Select files

The cleaner path

One library, every app.

Vibes imports your Rekordbox library and exports it straight into Traktor, 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 Traktor
Keep one organized library that is not locked to a single app
Run Rekordbox and Traktor side by side without maintaining two collections

Organize once, export to Traktor.

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 by Artist A

Track 001

Artist A

128
3A
Track 002 by Artist B

Track 002

Artist B

124
5B
Track 003 by Artist C

Track 003

Artist C

132
8A
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Mood
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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. Traktor imports music folders and reads an iTunes or Music library, nothing from Rekordbox. A library tool reads your Rekordbox collection and writes Traktor's format with playlists, cues, and grids mapped into place.
Eight per track at most, shared with loops. Traktor's eight slots hold hotcues and loop-in points together, so a cue-heavy Rekordbox track loses the extras. Decide which eight earn a slot before you convert, not after.
Into comments. Traktor tags through its comment fields, so tools write your My Tag text there, where Traktor's search and browser can filter on it. The structure is flatter than My Tags, but the information survives.

Methodology

How we keep this honest.

Verified against the apps

What transfers is tested against the current versions of Rekordbox and Traktor.

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We make Vibes. We show the native process and its limits honestly, and we are upfront about what no tool can carry across.

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Last reviewed June 2026.

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