6/28/24 - realdjyoshi - Serato DJ Playlists (2024)

FAQs

How do I use Serato playlists? ›

To enable Serato Playlists, go to the Expansion Pack tab on the Setup screen and check the Enable Serato Playlists option. Open the History panel and you will now have access to the Serato Playlists options.

Once you have located your music, drag the folder or files you want to import onto the “All...” icon. This is located to the left of your screen at the top of the crates and playlist window. If you wish to import all of your music, just drag your whole music folder onto this icon.

To enable the Live Playlists feature go to the Expansion Pack tab on the Setup screen and check the Enable Live Playlists option. Once enabled, the Start Live Playlist button is now displayed in the History panel. Click this to start and stop your Live Playlist session.

To calculate the BPM, tap the space bar along with the beat. After you've tapped the first beat, you can switch to double time tapping, halftime, start of each bar etc.

-Crates: Your crates are collections of tracks arranged however you want. You may have crates for different genres or styles, for albums from a specific decade, etc. -Playlists: Your playlists are lists of tracks arranged in a specific order.

To analyze your files open Serato DJ Pro with your hardware disconnected. You will see the analyze files button, click this to automatically analyze ALL the tracks in your library. You can also drag and drop individual folders, crates and files onto the button to analyze small or specific groups of files at a time.

Organizing Your Library

Serato DJ Lite can support an unlimited number of tracks, the only limitations are the specifications of your computer.

Increasing the USB buffer size in Serato DJ Pro is a good way to reduce the load on your machine. Lowering the latency will result in a tighter hardware-software response, but will increase the load on your computer and may result in audio dropouts on lower spec computers.

If you can't play audio files with Serato DJ Pro, check if the following applies: The file format is one that's not supported by Serato DJ Pro. Only certain applications can play the audio file: e.g. the audio file was downloaded from Apple Music, etc. The location of the audio file has changed.

Getting your playlists online has never been so simple

Click on the History session that you would like to export to Serato Playlists. Next, select "Serato Playlists" in the Format drop-down: 2. With the History session selected and the "Serato Playlists" Format option selected, click Export.

How do I refresh a playlist in Serato? ›

Navigate to Setup --> Library + Display --> Music Streaming and toggle the Show Streaming Services option off, and on again to force a refresh of your SoundCloud playlists in Serato DJ Lite.

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Click the Prepare button in Serato DJ Pro, to open the Prepare panel. Navigate through your library with the keyboard and use the mouse to drag tracks or crates into the prepare window or onto the prepare window. These tracks will be removed from the prepare panel once they have been played.

METRONOME: Turn on the metronome to hear the BPM while in Grid Edit mode, while Serato Sample is 'playing' the source file.

To organise a crate by a field, click on a column header. Clicking on it again will change if it is ascending or descending. Crates based around history you can organise by the order the tracks were played in by sorting via the # column. This number sorting is also how you would order a crate via album track numbers.

Serato DJ Pro has a 'Start Live Playlist' button in the History panel. Clicking this button initiates a 'live' Playlist whereby your track listing is sent to Serato websites as you play it. From here, your friends and fans can watch real-time updates of the set you're playing at the club/on the radio/in your bedroom.