DJ crates sync on the desktop

One table for every crate

DJ in the desktop sidebar lists every crate Aden finds on this Mac, from rekordbox, Serato, Traktor and Virtual DJ, next to your team's Aden playlists. A crate you imported and the Aden crate it became are one row. So are an Aden playlist and the copies Aden writes into your DJ apps.

Each row shows where it lives, how many tracks it has, how many of those are yours (tracks in your team's catalogue), and which side is behind:

• Only in rekordbox (or Serato, Traktor, Virtual DJ): Add to Aden makes it an Aden crate. Your own tracks link to the real Aden tracks; the rest come in as external rows.
• Only in Aden: Send to DJ apps writes it into your DJ apps.
• N new in rekordbox: the crate gained tracks since you imported it. Update Aden adds only those.
• N newer in Aden: one of your tracks has a new final version, or has not been downloaded yet. Update files fetches it.

Tick several rows and press Sync to run them together. Rows that are already linked and behind are ticked for you.

Latest: your newest tracks, always in your DJ apps

The first row is Latest from your team: the 30 tracks updated most recently. Turn on Keep in DJ apps and Aden downloads them and keeps the playlist current on its own, checking on launch and every 30 minutes. New tracks and new finals land in your DJ apps without opening Aden's DJ screen. Turn it off to take the playlist out of your DJ apps; the audio stays.

Inside a row

Click a row's name to see its tracks. Each one says where its file stands: On this Mac, Newer in Aden (a new final is waiting), Not downloaded, or Not on this Mac for tracks that are not yours and that none of your DJ libraries holds. On an Aden playlist, Add your tracks searches your team's catalogue, and a track's remove button takes it out again. A playlist that is sent follows into your DJ apps on its own.

How your tracks reach your DJ apps

Aden downloads the final version of each of your tracks (the newest version when none is final) into ~/Music/Aden/Tracks, in the best quality stored. A new final replaces the audio at the same path, so cue points you set stay on the file.

• Serato: an Aden crate folder appears on its own.
• Virtual DJ: playlists named Aden - … appear in its Playlists folder.
• rekordbox: point it at ~/Music/Aden/rekordbox.xml once, under Preferences > Advanced > rekordbox xml > Imported Library. Your playlists then show under rekordbox xml, with BPM and key filled in.
• Traktor and anything else: import the .m3u8 files in ~/Music/Aden.

Tracks that are not yours are included when one of your DJ libraries on this Mac has the file. The rest are skipped, and the sync says how many.

Stop syncing in a row's menu takes its playlist out of your DJ apps. The Aden playlist, the DJ app's own crate and the downloaded audio stay.

If a library is not where Aden looked, open its chip at the top and choose Read from….