The stuff you need:
- DJ Conversion Utility (DJCU)
- Denon Conversion Utility (DeCU)
- Engine DJ/OS, free to download from the Denon DJ site
- USB harddrive
Test the conversion before you invest in Prime hardware
The result of this conversion is a USB drive that connects to the Prime hardware. No additional steps such as packing and analyzing are required! The USB drive you connect to the Prime hardware is the same drive you connect to your computer for use with the Engine DJ/OS software. Playlists, crates, cues, loops: everything is (and looks) the same in Engine DJ/OS as it does on the Prime hardware. Test that your carefully curated collection converts to Engine DJ/OS perfectly before putting down the big bucks to buy the Prime hardware.
What is converted?
- Cues with names and colors
- Loops with names and colors
- Bpm the exact Serato BPM value is maintained!
- the (most significant) beatmarker which can also be set as cue
- All non streaming tracks regardless of their storage location (=no more missing tracks)
- Crate structure in Serato is translated into Rekordbox's folders and playlists structure
- All other metadata both platforms have in common such as genre, artwork, title etc.
You are in control
Select what combination of folders/playlists needs to be converted:
- A few singled out playlists containing a few hundred tracks which is converted in under a minute when emergency strikes
- Complex selections of both folders and playlists after the spring cleaning of your collection
- Entire collection of thousands of tracks
- Only tracks modified at or after a given date, effectively a sync option from one collection to another
Read what other artists say
Reviews at the DJ Conversion Utility's Facebook page.Reviews at the Denon Conversion Utility's Facebook page.
Supported operating system
- MacOS only (no Windows version planned)
Why do I need this? doesn't Engine DJ/OS read Serato collections?
- Yes it does, and it works alike this check out this head to head conversion comparison of Engine DJ/OS Vs the Denon Conversion Utility and decide for yourself.
- No need to create/sync/pack separate USB drives from Engine DJ/OS to connect to the Prime hardware.
- Use tracks stored on NAS/FileServers/CloudDrives and other storage locations that Engine DJ/OS can NOT read from.
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Youtube video tutorials
I fully understand this is a bit harder to wrap your head around than your run of the mill "pushing a button conversion". Don't let that scare you away, it's not complicated and you don't need advanced technical skills. The quality of the conversion is superior, completer, way faster and more efficient than any other solution out there.
- First stage::
Create a Rekordbox (DJCU).xml
The use of Rekordbox is recommended for flaexibility, but not required see this tutorial:
From Serato to Rekordbox(xml) Quick Tutorial DJCU 4.0
- Second stage::
Convert the XML from the first stage to a drive that will work with any Denon Prime gear.
See this tutorial:
From Rekordbox, Traktor, Serato, VDJ to a Denon Prime performance drive