![]() It is a bit more work than option 1 though. With this method you can keep two databases in sync with one shared external drive that contains your MP3's. Make a backup to both computers once in a while and you're safe. Protip: If you use this method then making backups is now extra important! If you lose this USB stick or maybe drop your harddrive, you could lose everything. You can just swap it between computers and have the exact same Rekordbox. Select the external drive and click OK.Įverything should work now! Your Rekordbox database and MP3's are all on the same external drive. Go into the Preferences menu and select the Advanced tab again, like above. Start up Rekordbox and it might ask your about syncing My Tag, tell it No and then click OK. This may take a while.Īfter this is done, plug your external drive into your other computer. Rekordbox will move the database to your external drive. Under the Advanced tab you'll see "Database management".Ĭlick the "Move Database" button and select your external drive. When this is done, go to the File menu and select Preferences. Confirm and Rekordbox will ask you if you want to relocate all other files too, select Yes. Press the "Relocate" button and find the right track on the external drive. After the moving is done, open up Rekordbox and go to the File menu and select "Display All Missing Files". If your music is in multiple folders, you should relocate them into the external drive. Start by moving your music folder to the external drive. You need an external harddrive or large USB stick for this. This is a feature provided by Rekordbox after many user requests. Option 1: Move database to external drive A desktop is much faster at analyzing tracks and having multiple screens or proper speakers makes everything easier! Have you had any issues spinning with thumb drives and CDJs? What’s been your preferred file system when it comes to thumb drives, and why? Share your thoughts below.For DJ's who are traveling a lot, it can be really helpful to use the same Rekordbox on two computers. Read this next: Tips & Tricks: How To Choose A USB Drive For DJing I show you how to do all of these in the video above. Another disadvantage is if you’re formatting a thumb drive larger than 32GB using a Windows PC, you need to download extra software in order to do the formatting. That’s not a problem though if it’s a USB stick for spinning since you probably don’t have a song that’s got a file size that huge. Sure it has its disadvantages: it’s an older file system, so you can’t add a file larger than 4GB to it. At the time of this writing, it’s the closest thing we’ve got to a “near-universally compatible” file system. This ensures read and write compatibility with both Windows and Mac computers, and guarantees compatibility with Pioneer DJ’s CDJs, XDJs as well as other media players including the Denon DJ SC5000 Prime. Learn to DJ on any gear: The Complete DJ Course That’s why if you’re going to be spinning with a USB drive, we recommend formatting it to FAT32. Pioneer DJ’s CDJ media players are also able to read music files from drives formatted with FAT32 (FAT 16 and HFS+ are also included).įAT32 works on both Windows PCs and Macs, and it’s one of the file system formats Pioneer DJ recommends when it comes to CDJ and XDJ use. However, there is one file system that both Macs and PCs can read and write to: FAT32. ![]() ![]() Macs can read NTFS thumb drives, but can’t write to them. Here’s a cheat sheet: modern Windows computers use the NTFS or exFAT system, and Macs use the HFS+ (MacOS Extended Journaled) system. There are lots of file systems out there: some are compatible only with Windows computers, some only with Macs, and some are readable by both Macs and PCs, but can only be written to by either a Mac or a PC. Formatting it lets you specify what file system you want it to use, and this is dependent on what operating system you’re using. What’s a file system and why should I care?Ī file system is a hard drive’s way of organising data. One way to troubleshoot is to make sure you’ve got the USB thumb stick formatted properly using a file system recognised by the CDJ or XDJ. Maybe you plug it into an XDJ-RX and track waveforms don’t appear as they should. ![]() But that’s not always the case: sometimes the drive can’t be read by an older CDJ. Spinning with CDJs and thumb drives is straightforward: you plug a thumb stick into a CDJ’s USB slot, and you’re all set. ![]()
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