Do Embedded Cue Points Work in djay Pro?

No. djay Pro does not read hot cues from tags inside an MP3. It stores cues in its own library on each device. It reads the standard tags, so a Club Ready Music file arrives with the correct BPM, key, genre, cover and a comment listing the cue times, and djay's own analysis handles the grid.

What djay Pro reads from the file

djay reads title, artist, album, genre, BPM, key, comment and artwork from the ID3 tag, then analyses the track for its beat grid and key. Serato cue frames and other proprietary data in the file are ignored.

Setting Club Ready Music cues in djay Pro

1. Add the MP3 to djay's library. On Mac and Windows, drag it into the library or point djay at a folder. On iPad or iPhone, place it in the Files app and import.
2. Open the track information or the comment to read the cue positions, for example "intro end 0:30.000; first drop 1:00.000; outro start 4:00.000". The DJ pack also carries a cue points text file.
3. Load the track to a deck, move to each time and tap a cue button to store it. djay lets you name and colour cues.
4. Check the grid. Club Ready Music's generated tracks start on bar one at zero at a fixed BPM, so the downbeat marker should be at the start of the file. Correct it if djay's analysis chose a different beat.

Importing from other libraries

djay Pro can read playlists from a rekordbox library on the same computer and, in recent versions, their cues. If you keep rekordbox as your main library, import Club Ready Music's XML there first and then open the rekordbox collection inside djay. Support for other applications' libraries varies by platform and version, so check the import options in the release you are running.

Streaming libraries and local files

djay is popular for its streaming integrations, but cue points and the beat grid are only fully reliable on local files, and streaming services do not accept user uploads for DJ use. Club Ready Music tracks and DJ edits are local files, which is the format djay handles best for cues, key lock and stem separation.

BPM and key behaviour

djay writes BPM and key from its own analysis unless it is set to trust the tags. Club Ready Music writes a whole-number BPM in the tempo tag and a short musical key such as Am or F#, with Camelot and Open Key values in extra text tags. For a DJ edit with a tempo shift, the BPM tag is the target tempo.

Why djay does not read embedded cues

Like most DJ software, djay keeps performance data in a per-device library to avoid rewriting audio files and to support cloud sync between devices. Serato DJ is the one major application that reads cues straight from an MP3, which is why Club Ready Music writes Serato frames into generated tracks and provides a rekordbox XML and a cue sheet for everyone else.