DJ.Studio can be connected to rekordbox 6.0 and above.
If you have been using rekordbox to manage your music library, we advice you to download the DJ.Studio app to connect to your rekordbox database. With the DJ.Studio app you can
search your rekordbox library from within DJ.Studio to find the right tracks for your DJ mix via your rekordbox playlists.
via rekordbox imported tracks will show your hot cues and phrases from rekordbox in the Studio tab
The integration of the DJ.Studio desktop app with rekordbox software simplifies your workflow and enables you to merge your preferred DJ software to achieve the best results.
How to Connect rekordbox to DJ.Studio
Follow these steps to connect rekordbox to DJ.Studio:
Note, that you can only use software connections in the installed app version of DJ.Studio, not the browser version.
Download the DJ.Studio desktop application for either Mac or Windows.
You can download the app from https://dj.studio/downloads
Install the DJ.Studio for the first time, like you always install apps on your PC or Mac.
Open the Desktop App
To connect rekordbox:
Click the Settings cog in the top right
Scroll down to Connections, click on the Library Tab, and Enable rekordbox
Wait for DJ.Studio to locate and connect your rekordbox library.
You can now enjoy rekordbox integration!
How To Use Your rekordbox Library in DJ.Studio
You will now be able to view all of your playlists and complete rekordbox music library in DJ.Studio.
To see your rekordbox Library:
Open a Local File Mix Project
Click Add Tracks
Select the rekordbox Tab from the top
Click the +icon to add tracks from your library to your mix.
Harmonize your playlist and get creative!
Tracks imported from rekordbox will show your rekordbox phrases and cue points if you had those analyzed in rekordbox when you imported the track in DJ.Studio. (Explained in the next section).
These phrases and cue points can help you find the best locations to start transitions or cut out pieces of the track.
Intelligent playlists
If you have created intelligent playlists in rekordbox, only playlists with the following filters will be visible in the DJ.Studio > Library > rekordbox or Add tracks > rekordbox:
Title
Artist
Album
BPM
Key
Genre
Comment
Play Count
Duration
Rating
ColorID
Remixer
Mix
Label
Producer
Year
Location
Date Added
Stock Date
Track Section/Phrase Analysis
The main addition to integrating rekordbox is being able to see the different sections of a track.
Rekordbox detects verses, choruses, breakdowns, bridges etc (you can also manually mark them in rekordbox). These markings are imported into DJ.Studio, and are displayed clearly on the timeline, with colored sections for each part of the arrangement.
By clicking on one of these sections, you can automatically highlight it, making it easy to delete or loop segments in one click.
Using these cue markers makes it super easy to rapidly arrange songs at the perfect moment.
These markings are displayed above the Mixed In Key energy segment markers, so you can make the best of both pieces of integrated software at the same time.
Note, you will need to enable certain track analysis settings in rekordbox for these phrases to be marked.
Open rekordbox
Open the settings
Navigate to the analysis tab
Check the options look the same as the image below.
How to Export DJ Sets from DJ.Studio to Rekordbox
You can export DJ sets directly from DJ.Studio to rekordbox. This includes playlist ordering and automatically generates hot-cue markers to indicate how to perform transitions.
Rekordbox Settings
At Settings > Connections > Library > rekordbox you can
Enable the rekordbox library with the checkbox, so that rekordbox shows up in the Add tracks screen
Select On at rekordbox phrases to always show your rekordbox phrases in DJ.Studio or Hoover if you only want to see the phrases if you hoover the mouse on the track
Note: The phrases will only show up if you have the phrases analysed in rekordbox and if you add the tracks via Add tracks > rekordboxSelect rekordbox cue points On to see your rekordbox cue points in DJ.Studio
Enabling Live sync will update the CUE points in DJ.Studio when you change/update them in rekordbox. You will need to close your mix and open it again to see the changes.
Enable Beatgrid On if you want DJ.Studio to use your rekordbox beatgrid and not the beatgrid created by DJ.Studio.
Frequently asked questions about rekordbox
DJ.Studio cannot find rekordbox library folder
If you see the message "DJ.Studio could not find your rekordbox library" please follow the instructions on this guide - Locating rekordbox Integration Folders
Can DJ.Studio use rekordbox cue points to automatically place transition windows?
Currently you cannot use rekordbox CUE points as reference for out-mix locations. Currently we only support selecting the number of bars on in-mix and out-mix.
Is there a way to refresh the library from Rekordbox - I changed the artwork thumbnails on some songs in Rekordboks that I previously used in DJ Studio, now the situation is that in Rekordboks the artwork has been changed, and in DJ Studio the old Artwork is still there?
Unfortunately DJ.Studio doesn't have an option to refresh the information per track, like the artwork from rekordbox.
What does work is to remove the track from your DJ.Studio library, and then add it again through the rekordbox integration.