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It’s similar to the track recommendations feature found in Rekordbox DJ, Virtual DJ, and other DJ apps. The Similar Tracks feature gives you song suggestions based on a song that you’ve picked (called a “Base Song” in Rekordcloud parlance). So for this review I logged into my account, uploaded my Serato DJ library from my work computer, and got to work. Your track metadata, cue points, and crates are preserved.
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For example, let’s say you’re spinning with Serato DJ and want to move your library over onto Virtual DJ: you convert your Serato library into a Virtual DJ library via Rekordcloud, and then you download a ZIP file containing the converted database file and other supporting folders, and import them into Rekordbox. Data nerds will love this.Īpart from seeing info about your collection, this is also the time that you’re able to make tweaks to your DJ library such as weeding out duplicates, fixing filenames (useful if you’re obsessive about capitalisations and punctuations), making playlists, and exporting that library data for use with another DJ app. Other data include how many songs are in your collection, how many playlists you have, and your most played artists.
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You see a pie chart that shows you what genres your music library has, and you also have “BPM Distribution” which is essentially a bar graph that shows you track BPMs and which ones are dominant in your collection. Once your library data is in there, Rekordcloud will analyse your collection, crunch all the data and present you with infographics that shows up in the Dashboard. Learn to DJ with Digital DJ Tips: The Complete DJ Course
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If you’re using Serato DJ or Rekordbox DJ, there’s a companion app that needs downloading too. Note that you’re not actually uploading your music files, just the music library data / collection file. The way it works is you first upload your DJ library data to Rekordcloud: the service is compatible with Serato DJ, Virtual DJ, Traktor, and Rekordbox. Granted, you’d have to be an incredibly passionate digital DJ to use all of these features all of the time, but that’s not the point: the point is that these features are there if and when you’d want to use them. So for the first time, we’re taking a look at an app that does all of these in one interface (and one monthly fee): Rekordcloud is a “Swiss army knife” of tools for library management, cue point placement, playlisting and music discovery, library conversion, and even vocal extraction / instrumental creation. Rekordcloud is available as a subscription costing US$15/month, or US$90 annually. Finally, we’ve checked out services that let you extract vocals and create instrumentals out of standard MP3s (eg Xtrax Stems, Moises).
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We’ve also taken a look at apps that let you convert your DJ library (eg Rekord Buddy, DJ Conversion Utility). There’s no shortage of apps in DJing that let you keep your DJ library trim, updated, and sounding its best, and we’ve reviewed a bunch (eg Platinum Notes, beaTunes to name a few).