Put a set into Rekordbox

SetPlan writes a playlist that points at the music files on your computer, so it needs your Rekordbox import first.

1. Import your Rekordbox library on the computer you DJ from.

2. Use that computer for the steps below. The file uses the file locations from your most recent import.

1. Open the set on a computer. The menu item isn't offered on a phone or in a narrow window, and the set needs at least one track.

2. Open the ⋯ menu and choose Download for Rekordbox.

3. Check the message at the top. "All 14 tracks are on this computer" means nothing is missing. Otherwise SetPlan lists the tracks it can't find, and the playlist skips them.

4. Choose Save playlist file.

In browsers that let a site save to a file you choose, such as Chrome and Edge, SetPlan asks where to save setplan.xml the first time, then saves over the same file each time after. In other browsers the file downloads. Move it over your existing setplan.xml and check that the name hasn't changed, for example to setplan (1).xml.

1. Keep setplan.xml in a folder that stays put, such as Music/SetPlan. Keep it apart from the collection XML you exported for the import.

2. In Rekordbox, open Preferences → View → Layout and turn on rekordbox xml.

3. Open Preferences → Advanced → Database → rekordbox xml → Imported Library and choose setplan.xml.

The same steps are under First time? Set up Rekordbox once in the download window. Menu names can differ between Rekordbox versions.

1. In Rekordbox, refresh rekordbox xml in the sidebar.

2. Open rekordbox xml → Playlists → SetPlan and select your set.

3. Check the number of tracks and their order.

4. Drag the set into your own playlists.

Each download holds only the set you saved. Repeat these steps after you change a set.

The file lists the set's tracks in order, by the location of each file on your computer. It doesn't include cues, beat grids, BPM or key, and it doesn't copy music between computers. If Rekordbox asks whether to update track information, read its message before you choose.

A track is missing when your latest import has no file for it. Common reasons:

• the track isn't in your Rekordbox, or you added it after your last import;

• your Rekordbox copy didn't match the library track;

• your latest import came from another computer.

Export your collection again and import it on this computer, then download the file again. More fixes are in Rekordbox import and export problems.