Move from Serato DJ to Rekordbox.
Moving to Rekordbox usually means you are heading for CDJs and club booths. 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 Serato DJ to Rekordbox, or running both, means moving your collection without losing the cues, grids, and tags you have built up. Rekordbox has no Serato importer; the documented bridge is a tool-generated rekordbox xml or a direct database write.
What transfers from Serato 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. Rekordbox has no Serato importer; the documented bridge is a tool-generated rekordbox xml or a direct database write.
Moving from Serato DJ to Rekordbox, step by step.
Rekordbox cannot read Serato crates. Its documented import options are files and folders, an iTunes or Music library, and the rekordbox xml Imported Library, so the workable non-manual path is a library tool writing that xml for you.
Read your Serato DJ library with a library tool
Rekordbox cannot read Serato DJ data itself, so a library tool does the translation: point it at your Serato DJ collection and let it read playlists, cues, grids, and tags.
Generate a rekordbox xml
Export a rekordbox xml file from the tool. The format officially carries playlists with folder hierarchy, hot and memory cues, loops, beatgrids, ratings, colors, and comments. It does not carry My Tags or smart playlists.
Connect the xml in Rekordbox
In Rekordbox, open Preferences, go to Advanced, then Database, and set the rekordbox xml Imported Library to your file. Enable the xml tree in Preferences under View, then Layout, so it appears in the browser.
Pull it into your Collection and verify
Drag tracks and playlists from the rekordbox xml node into your Collection and Playlists, then spot-check cues, grids, and keys. Rekordbox holds up to sixteen hot cues and ten memory cues per track, so nothing from these sources should truncate.
The xml route carries a lot, but not everything has a Rekordbox home: smart crates do not become Intelligent Playlists, and anything the xml format lacks stays behind. Direct database writers avoid some of the xml limits.
The cleaner path
One library, every app.
Vibes imports your Serato 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 LibraryOrganize 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
Afterhours
Mysterious
Introspective
Track 002
Artist B
Cozy FloorPeaceful
Home
Track 003
Artist C
Rave
Aggressive
Festival
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