Set prep for rekordbox DJs · Keyboard-first

Stop digging.
Start mixing.

Encue turns your rekordbox library into a set you’ve already heard. Pick where the night starts, and it lines up the records that actually mix out of it, from your real cue points. Space to hear the blend, N for the next recommendation, Return to add it. You choose every record, and the finished set goes straight back into rekordbox.

Mac · rekordbox 7 · Early access

Thursday night. Saturday’s gig.

20:00 You open rekordbox. Two-hour slot, 1,600 tracks.
21:30 Twelve tracks picked, and most of them are the ones you always play.
23:00 You finally try the blends. Two that were perfectly in key just don’t work.
00:30 You settle. The set’s fine. You’ve spent all night digging and haven’t practised a single mix.

Same night. Same library.
Now with Encue.

TIME20:00Set up the night

Tell it what you’re playing.

Your tempo, how far you’re happy to pitch, and how long the slot is. Encue reads your rekordbox library as it is, with your tracks, beat grids and cues.

Set settings: 124 BPM, ±6% pitch, 120-minute length

TIME20:05Pick your opener

Start where you want the night to start.

Search for the record you want to open with, or start from a mood like Deep and unhurried or Afro groove and see which records fit it.

Start screen: opening moods with track counts, and filters for genre and sound

TIME20:10The loop

Space to listen. N for the next one. Return to add it.

This is where the evening used to go. Now it’s three keys. Encue has already lined up the records that mix out of your last one, so you hear the top pick’s actual blend. Not feeling it? Press N and the next recommendation plays from the same run-up. When one works, press Return. It’s in the set, and the next pick is already loaded. Your hands never leave the keyboard.

▶❚❚spaceListenHear the real blend, from your mix-out cue into its mix-in cue, beat-matched.

▶▶❙NNextNot the one? The next recommendation plays from the same run-up.

CUE⏎AddIt’s in the set, and the next pick is ready to hear.

U undo · esc stop · ⌘F search your whole library

Next up in the app: ranked records that mix out of the current one, with key move and pitch — In the app: **Next up**, drawn from your whole library

The blend you hear on Space: both records at their cue points, beat-matched — In the app: the blend you hear when you press `space`

TIME21:00Send it to rekordbox

Set done. Time left to practise.

The finished set goes back into rekordbox as a normal playlist. Export to USB the way you always do, then spend the rest of the night on the mixes themselves.

Why this one: same key on the Camelot wheel, keeps the vibe, drops on the 16

Still your set

It shows its working. You make the call.

Encue never picks for you. Every suggestion comes with its reasons in plain words, like same key, keeps the vibe or drops on the 16, so you can trust it or overrule it.

Your library is safe. Encue reads a copy and never writes to rekordbox. Your cues, playlists and collection stay exactly as they are.
No extra analysis needed. Encue finds cue points, key and energy on its own. Already use Mixed In Key? It works with your MIK analysis too.

Before you ask.

Is this an auto-DJ?

No. Encue suggests and explains, and you pick every record. It never builds a set on its own.

Do I use it at the gig?

No. Encue is for preparing your set. At the gig you play from rekordbox or your USB on the CDJs, exactly as you do now.

Do I need Mixed In Key?

No. Encue detects cue points, key and energy itself. If you already use Mixed In Key, it works with your MIK analysis.

Will it mess with my rekordbox library?

Never. It reads a copy, and the only thing it gives back is a playlist.

Serato? Traktor? Windows?

Not right now. Encue is for rekordbox 7 on Apple Silicon Macs.

When can I get it?

Early access goes out to the guestlist in small batches. You’ll get one email when your spot opens.

Guestlist

Saturday, you walk in with a set you’ve already heard.