Get CDJ Ready - Export Playlists From Rekordbox To USB
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Published 2023-10-23
Getting your music ready to play on CDJs from Rekordbox can feel like running uphill. File formats, Export Mode, Sync Manager and dangerous common mistakes can trip even pro DJs up. In this video I show you how to export from Rekordbox to USB flawlessly so that you can walk up to the decks with confidence, deal with issues and deliver an amazing set.
🪟 Windows formatting
1. Buy a Mac instead
2. If not, plug in your drive, go to explorer, right click on the drive and choose ‘format’
3. give it a name and choose ‘FAT32’ as the file format
🎧 Music
Hampus Naeselius / Not Today / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Rocket Jr / Tanky / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Rocket Jr / Tenacity / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Sight Of Wonders / The Happy Frenchman / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Trabant 33 / Tyroler Festival / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
📖 Contents
00:32 - Formatting your USB drive
01:31 - Understanding Export Mode
02:46 - The Two Ways To Export Your Playlists To USB
04:40 - My Preferred Method
05:15 - DON'T Make These Massive Mistakes
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All Comments (21)
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10 / 10 video, clear explanation with no bullshit and you even got me laughing a few times brother, keep it up!
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you did a REALLY good job at this video. I was so confused and now I feel like I have all the practical knowledge I need. Thank you!!!!
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The intro was literally my first solo warm up with cdjs 😮💨😮💨🤣 man what a night…
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I needed this video years ago. Thank you soooo much
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This came through in the clutch!! I'm doing a gig where I'm going to be on CDJ 3000s for the first time! This helped alot!! Thanks fam!
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My favourite DJ/comedian! That Lost USB.pdf file 😂 Great and useful video, as always
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The humor is amazing. Good video.
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Lol never actually used the sync manager, good tip. RB is such an odd program though, too bad our DJ lives more or less depend on it...Great vid nonetheless!
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amazing tyvm
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Great video! I wanted to share some information that I struggled to find, in hopes that it helps someone else too. I had a 128 GB USB drive that I used with my RX3 without any problems, until I tried to plug it into a CDJ at a venue and it couldn't read it. It turns out that when formatting in Windows using FAT32, there is a 32 GB limit imposed on the drive (hence the name). Today, the recommended option is to use exFAT, which uses the same file system and is compatible but does not restrict the drive's capacity when writing information. However, older CDJs and RX2s use FAT32 and only read drives up to 32 GB. Long story short: When using Rekordbox on Windows, stick to USB drives up to 32 GB! This issue does not occur on Mac. Cheers,
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i thought this channewl would be bigger. funny content and super informative
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That lost text file idea is smart!
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I'll second running playlists out to multiple USBs, not only for unlinked CDJs but also in case one USB drive shits the bed. Time Tripping ftw :)
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perfectly explained
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I just love your videos 😆😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
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you just saved my life
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Another reason I used to get missing tracks was because the file path name was too long (dragging Bandcamp downloads into iTunes was the main culprit). I resolved this by importing them into iTunes instead, then converting the file type (AIFF to AIFF) to create the track in iTunes.
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I literally live for your sense of humor.!! Thank you for the tutorials! Question… how would you go about your library if you don’t want to save your music in your computer? I like to keep my files on hard drives and USB to not mess with my computer’s storage. And I feel like I’m struggling. I also would love to hear if you have any tips to copying your USB content. Is there a good way to do that? thank you!!!!
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thanks bro really straight to the point but with some interesting observations also, i think the intro represents us all...hahahahahah
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That's a informative video man and if can i export usb playlist ratings into rekordbox because windows corrupt i lost all files but previously i exported rekordbox playlist to usb in which i have info above ratings all those things
