Not really. There are a ton of reasons to move to a hardware setup, like getting rid of the problems laptops cause, or just generally simplifying your setup. Having track analysis info catalogued is an extremely useful tool, and takes a lot of the guesswork and arduousness out of a software-free setup. Hence why Rekordbox exists, and why CDJ-1000's have had that capability since the beginning.
To OP, stick an SD card in the slot on the front of your deck, and put a CD in the deck. Let the BPM counter do it's thing, and let it finish drawing the waveform, then repeat this for all the tracks on a CD. Steadily do this with your CD library (it's meant to be done over time as you play the CDs), and when it's finished, duplicate the card with the few button presses that's on pg 21 of the manual. Congratz, the tempo, cue, and waveform data for your entire collection is stored on those two cards, and pull up automatically when you load them.
Manual: http://pioneerdj.com/support/files/DRB1397B.pdf
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