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Move from Serato DJ to Traktor.

Switching from Serato to Traktor is a move toward its effects and looping depth. 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 Serato DJ to Traktor

Bring your collection across without losing your work.

Switching from Serato DJ to Traktor, or running both, means moving your collection without losing the cues, grids, and tags you have built up. Traktor cannot read Serato crates, but both apps hold eight cue slots per track, so counts map one to one.

What transfers from Serato DJ 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 cannot read Serato crates, but both apps hold eight cue slots per track, so counts map one to one.

The easy way

Moving from Serato DJ to Traktor, step by step.

Traktor has no Serato importer; its documented ways in are music folders and the iTunes node. The good news for this pair is symmetry: eight Serato cue slots map onto eight Traktor slots without truncation.

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 Serato DJ libraries, so playlists are rebuilt by hand or translated by a library tool.

03

Carry the cues within the limits

Both apps cap at eight slots per track, so cue counts map cleanly. In Traktor, loops share the same slot pool as hotcues, so Serato saved loops arrive as loop hotcues; verify a few loop-heavy tracks after 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.

Serato crate hierarchies rebuild as Traktor playlist folders through a tool, and comments carry into Traktor's comment fields. Serato's newer track ratings are its own system, so check how your tool maps ratings before relying on them.

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 Serato DJ 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 Serato DJ
Export playlists, tags, ratings, and cue points into Traktor
Keep one organized library that is not locked to a single app
Run Serato DJ 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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Frequently asked questions

The honest answers, including the trade-offs.

No. Traktor imports music folders and an iTunes or Music library, nothing from Serato, and Native Instruments points at third-party converters for library moves. A tool reads your crates and writes Traktor's collection format.
Yes, eight to eight. Both apps hold eight cue slots per track, so counts map one to one. The wrinkle is that Traktor keeps loops in the same slot pool, so a track with eight cues plus saved loops has to give something up.
With the right tool, yes: Serato crates and subcrates become Traktor playlists and folders. Rebuild any smart crates by hand though, since rule-based crates have no Traktor equivalent and arrive as static lists at best.

Methodology

How we keep this honest.

Verified against the apps

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

We own our bias

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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