Rekord Buddy

So, this has been mentioned in a different thread but I believe that it needs a thread of it's own as I think it's a genius idea. Rekord Buddy is a software designed to sync all of your Traktor data into Rekordbox so that all of your cue points, loops, basically anything that can be saved in an ID3 gets transferred into Rekordbox so when you're spinning out at a club all you need to bring is a Flash drive or an SD card that's already synced w/Rekordbox! I'm getting a ton of new gear in a couple of days including a new Macbook Pro, a DJM-900, (still waiting on Pio to announce their update to the CDJ-2000's) and I'd like to know if anyone has used this software and/or wants to check it out! If you've used it, tell us what you think because I would really like to integrate this as part of my set up once I get me some new CDJ's and my MBP!

These are the links to check out Rekord Buddy:

http://forums.pioneerdj.com/entries/...-for-rekordbox

https://www.facebook.com/DamienSirki...01143516562748

Thanks for the post Luke and welcome to anyone who is new to Rekord Buddy.

Please keep in mind that the software is still currently in beta, feel free to report any issues you find directly to me or in this thread.

Version 1.0 should be available for free this fall on the Mac App Store.

Thank you so much Damien. I have been wanting this for a long time! I prefer to set my hotcues and grids in traktor and primarily DJ with it but when I am playing on 2000s, I use rekordbox. It's always a pain in the ass to have to spend time in rekordbox to do what I have already done in traktor. Let me know if I can help with testing / development or anything!

Post v1.0 there will be a closed beta for future releases. Look at one of my recent posts on my FB/Twitter.

This is an amazing idea. I do not have time to do exactly what I prepared in Traktor in Rekordbox over again especially because I am tagging a whole new libabry and my gig went tits up on Friday because of this. Hope this works okay.

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Originally Posted by manus

This is an amazing idea. I do not have time to do exactly what I prepared in Traktor in Rekordbox over again especially because I am tagging a whole new libabry and my gig went tits up on Friday because of this. Hope this works okay.

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It's in public Beta right now, but the first 1.0 release is not far off in the future.

Don't hesitate to let me know if you encounter any problems.

this would be so cool.

damien this is amazing.

any chance of a windows version?:D

Very nice work. I also switch between TC with TPro and CDJs and therefore this is perfect for me.
I heavily worked on the adv. HID integration in Traktor which is very good but mostly still prefer going either TC or CDJ-only.

I'll run it through its paces and let you know what I think and probably even prepare a post about it after my vacation.

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Originally Posted by rthomas42

any chance of a windows version?:D

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I'll be honest with you, there are no plans in the foreseeable future.

Main reason is that this is obviously not a 'for profit' project at this time and I only have Macs at home :)

This is fucking awesome!

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Originally Posted by Damien Sirkis

I'll be honest with you, there are no plans in the foreseeable future.

Main reason is that this is obviously not a 'for profit' project at this time and I only have Macs at home :)

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right on man.

too bad its not for profit because there are profits to be made.

for example, i would definitely pay $100 right now if I could automatically convert my entire traktor library to rekordbox.

Version 1.0 is out on the App Store.

Download link

Please use the Next Audio Labs forums for any questions regarding this as the DJTT forums will not be monitored by our support team.

Does it sync Rekordbox to Traktor yet?

Great work, Damien. I'm giving this a deeper look soon.

One suggestion: Why don't you preallocate the nml-location? You can find it at Users > *user name* > Library > Preferences > com.native-instruments.Traktor Pro *version*.plist.

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Originally Posted by jaredweiss

Does it sync Rekordbox to Traktor yet?

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Version 1.0 is Traktor->Rekordbox only. The other way is in the works for 1.5.

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Originally Posted by Afterhour Ali

Why don't you preallocate the nml-location? You can find it at Users > *user name* > Library > Preferences > com.native-instruments.Traktor Pro *version*.plist.

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Mainly because once we support Rekordbox->Traktor it will be a bad idea to modify your main Traktor collection file directly. The recommended way is to export the collection from Traktor and use that file instead :)

As mentioned above, please try and move discussion about the program to the Next Audio Labs forums as it will be easier for us to keep track of. Thx!

Not finding it in the app store?

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Originally Posted by dirty moose

Not finding it in the app store?

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The link is on my facebook page and on Next Audio Labs' website

Brings me back to the apple site, which doesn't find it?
Am I retarded?

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Originally Posted by dirty moose

Brings me back to the apple site, which doesn't find it?
Am I retarded?

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Are you on a Mac or a PC?

PC At the moment, can go on my mac is its mac only.

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Originally Posted by dirty moose

PC At the moment, can go on my mac is its mac only.

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Yeah, that's why you can't see it. The App Store only has Mac apps and Rekord Buddy is Mac only.

Oh, I didn't know that, Ive been on a mac forever, just recently went to a PC for gaming.

Just a little update to let everyone know that version 1.5 of Rekord Buddy hit the App Store yesterday.

Amongst other things you can now sync both ways Rekordbox <-> Traktor.

More info at http://rekordbuddy.com

wow would really love to have this for windows!!

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Originally Posted by Rip van Winkle

wow would really love to have this for windows!!

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I don't think Rekord Buddy will make it to windows but our next product has a good chance to eventually make it. That's all I can say :D

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Are you on a Mac or a PC?

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Im personally on a PC and can see it so..

Really debating on getting a mac. This lil app is another reason to make the switch

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Really debating on getting a mac. This lil app is another reason to make the switch

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I'm obviously biased since I only run macs at home :thumbup:

might be a dumb question but im just simply curious.

lets say i have 8 cue points stored for a song in traktor and then i transfer this song into rekordbox. do i just get my first 3 cue points and the other 5 dont show up? or do they come in as memory points? or how does this work?

thanks in advance

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lets say i have 8 cue points stored for a song in traktor and then i transfer this song into rekordbox. do i just get my first 3 cue points and the other 5 dont show up? or do they come in as memory points? or how does this work?

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You get all cues (hotcues and regular cues) as memory points and the first 3 hot cues as A B C hotcues on the CDJ.

Hope this helps.

Does anyone know if I can export a playlist from rekordbox to a device, then use rekord buddy to move the tracks into Traktor as a playlist, then export that playlist to an NML so when I stick my gig stick into a laptop I can have just the NMLs in the root folder, all the songs analyzed by rekordbox in the "Contents" folder (because Pioneer is retarded and didn't just make this easier from the get-go) and still have my Serato crates as well? (since I can actually drag files from a Traktor playlist into Serato without needing to spend $10 dollars on yet another program so I can use Pioneer stuff). I just bought Rekord Biddy without doing any research on it other than people ranting and raving about it and I want to be able to just use my gig stick for all devices. Sometimes I am stuck using Serato at places because I am only there for an hour and I don't want to unplug a bunch of stuff and make it harder for the next guy, so I just use whatever box they have set up there. In contrast to that, if I end up using CDJs it's like I need to go through that stupid "Contents" folder Pioneer makes on the drive when you export and do it all by hand. Some crates I use for more than one place and having to drave every track over from three different programs is just stupid.

Let me see if I can answer your questions one at a time:

- Can you use Rekord Buddy to export from Rekordbox to Traktor: YES
- Can you use Rekord Buddy to export from a USB device: NO
- Can you use Rekord Buddy to create an NML file pointing to track on a USB device: YES...but

Let me explain that last one. The tracks on the USB are managed by Rekordbox, so even if you did create an NML file pointing to the tracks on the USB you're not guaranteed that Rekordbox might not move the tracks around on you (Problem #1).

Then, you'd have to import this NML into any Traktor collection you want to use it with. Everytime something changes. Traktor is notoriously bad at importing external collections (Problem #2). Some things get synced, some don't and sometimes Traktor messes up and deletes your entire collection (I have a bug filed with NI about this, it's still not fixed). This is why I started writing to the Traktor collection myself to make the syncing easier.

So it's not impossible to do but it would probably be a major pain in the ass at the moment. I hope to make this easier in the future.

Hope this helps.

Just a quick heads up that 2.0 will go in public beta next week on OS X.

Head over to the Next Audio Labs website for more info.