How to Organize a DJ Library Around Dropkit Edits and Tracks

A DJ library built around Dropkit stays tidy if you treat the Dropkit Crate as the master list, keep the files in one Dropkit folder on disk, and let the tags Dropkit writes do the sorting: album Dropkit on every file and genre DJ Edit on every edit. The Crate filters All or Tracks and sorts by Newest, Key or BPM, so you can find a file there before you ever open Serato or rekordbox. In your DJ software, a smart crate or intelligent playlist on those two tags collects every Dropkit file automatically, and the TBPM and key tags handle the ordering inside it.

Steps

1. Use the Crate as the source of truth

Open the Dropkit Crate. It lists everything you have rendered, studio tracks and DJ edits alike. The All filter shows the lot and the Tracks filter narrows to studio tracks. Sort by Newest when you are looking for last night's work, by Key when you are planning harmonic runs, or by BPM when you are filling a tempo range. Because every download comes from here, the Crate is the one place that always has the latest build of every edit.

2. Make one folder on disk named Dropkit

Create a folder with that exact name in your music drive. The rekordbox.xml inside every studio DJ pack points each track at file://localhost/Dropkit/ and the file name, so matching that name saves a relocate step on import. Inside it, add a subfolder named DJ Edits for the edits and keep studio tracks at the top level. If you export WAVs, give them a WAV subfolder so your DJ software does not list two copies of every title.

3. Download in a consistent way

For a studio track download the DJ pack and unzip it into the Dropkit folder; it contains the MP3 named Artist - Title (Extended Mix).mp3, the cover JPEG, cue points.txt, rekordbox.xml and README.txt. For a DJ edit press MP3 320 and save it into DJ Edits, and WAV into the WAV subfolder if you exported one. Download from the Crate rather than from chat links so you always get the version it lists.

4. Build smart crates on the tags

Dropkit writes the album tag Dropkit on every MP3 and the genre tag DJ Edit on every DJ edit. In your DJ software, create a smart crate or intelligent playlist, if it offers one, with the rule album equals Dropkit, and a second with genre equals DJ Edit. The first collects everything Dropkit made; the second isolates the edits. New downloads join the crates on import without any dragging, because the rule reads the tag.

5. Sort inside the crate by BPM and key

Studio tracks carry TBPM, TKEY and the Camelot and Open Key codes in TXXX frames; DJ edits carry TBPM and TKEY. Set the crate columns to show BPM and key and sort by BPM for set building. A batch of edits built with the same Shift tempo to value will line up at one BPM, which makes the key column the only thing left to read. Fill blank keys on edits by analysing them in your software.

6. Export the whole crate to rekordbox at once

If rekordbox is your library, use the rekordbox.xml link in the Dropkit Crate. It exports every ready track, up to 500, as one rekordbox collection plus a playlist named Dropkit. Import that XML and drag the tracks into your Collection; the Dropkit playlist arrives with it. Do this after each batch of new studio tracks instead of importing one-track XMLs from each DJ pack.

7. Prune rebuilds and duplicates

Every Change settings & rebuild produces a new result, and if you downloaded each attempt your DJ Edits folder holds near-identical files. Keep the build you play and delete the rest from disk, then remove the dead entries from your software. The INTRO and OUTRO chips on the edit page tell you which bar counts each build used, and the comment tag carries the same information in the file.

Tips

• Keep the Title and Artist / DJ fields consistent when you build edits. They become the title and artist tags and therefore the sort order in every crate.
• Add a date or set name to the Title field for edits made for one gig, for example Title (Club Edit Nov 2026), so the smart crate can be sub-sorted by title.
• Leave the album tag as Dropkit even if you rename titles. It is the cheapest way to find everything the site made when you rebuild a laptop.
• A separate WAV subfolder keeps lossless files for mastering or Mixcloud without doubling your crate; point your DJ software at the MP3 folders only.
• The Crate sorts by Key, but edits often have a blank key because the song key is not detected. Sort those by BPM and let your software fill the key.

Common problems

• Two copies of every track appear in the library. Your software indexed the WAVs as well as the MP3s. Move WAVs into a folder your software does not scan.
• rekordbox asks where the files are. The MP3s are not in a folder named Dropkit. Move them, or point rekordbox at the folder when asked to relocate.
• The smart crate misses some edits. Someone changed the genre tag. Set genre back to DJ Edit in Mp3tag or Kid3, or add album equals Dropkit as an alternative rule.
• Old builds keep turning up in search. Delete the superseded MP3s from DJ Edits and remove missing files from the library, then keep only the current build per song.