Serato DJ - Smart Crates Setup In Serato DJ Pro And Bonus Tips

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Smart crates are one of the most powerful tools in Serato DJ Pro that you can use to organize your music. Check out this quick walkthrough as well as some added personal tips of mine!
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@djangelortiz 5 жыл бұрын

Smart Crates rock! It’s surprising to see that it’s such a non used feature among many DJ’s I know. ✌🏼

@johnnykane7530 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the TIPS, they were very helpful.

@grownhoprecords 5 жыл бұрын

I found this very helpful. Thank you for the tip.

@spetnys Жыл бұрын

Awesome, great video!

@PhilipLemoine 5 жыл бұрын

DJ Revise brought me here. Thanks for the info!

@djquantum1 5 жыл бұрын

Great content. Very helpful!!

@earljaxfl 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great video

@benmachebe6944 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!! Thanks.

@IAmRickGreen 2 жыл бұрын

loved this video. thanks for sharing your wisdom. The music you used for this video is smooth. I was ready to buy it, but didn't see a link to it. Is is available for purchase somewhere?

@teggyreg 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. It worked immediately.

@PDot 5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@djstarboyofficial 5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much is very helpful

@djspike5727 5 жыл бұрын

great video appreciate the tips

@uploudmusic Жыл бұрын

Boring video but a lot of useful information as a new comer 👍🏾

@PDot Жыл бұрын

Glad you found it informative!

@djjammindave 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Good shit here....I just subscribed!!!

@hassandjhaboogiespin4550 4 жыл бұрын

great video, gonna try it now!!! i never knew was possible, but i am tired of losing mind taking too much time to find music, and just recently i am skipping i tunes upload of new music due to their politics of controlling everything folks do✊💪🏾🚨🚨💯⚡️⚡️

@DJAUDIO1 5 жыл бұрын

Great advice brother.

@mikedonahue6702 5 жыл бұрын

Badass, thank you it worked

@Peaceinlove1432 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro 🙏🏾

@tomatetupil 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the help, subscribed!

@PDot 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@DJDynablend 5 жыл бұрын

Good tips man!

@ronniedjronniemmoll3058 4 жыл бұрын

Good morning, How are you? I hope you and your family are well. Is there a way to make a smart crate for songs that are not analyzed? Thank you for your time.

@leeabeats 5 жыл бұрын

Dope video.

@simounasdf 5 жыл бұрын

Yoo! Loving all your videos! Thanks for all the great tips. I just wanted to ask, where do you get your edits from? Like that susu edit! I've never seen it before haha

@PDot 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support!

@allandenola5968 Жыл бұрын

hi Thank You for this video - I duplicated my iTunes crates in serato - so I don't rely on serato reading my iTunes library - can I convert them to smart crates ? my iTunes playlists were smart playlists in iTunes but now I created them in serato and turned off show iTunes library ! I hope I explained it correctly

@darciegirl848 5 жыл бұрын

Hi is there a way to view the number of songs & number of total minutes in a crate?

@DexterityNJ Ай бұрын

Can you have same songs in numerous smart crates. If so, is it creating a new copy of the file or an alias? Same quest for regular crates or is that overkill since smart crates are an option.

@chunwah4008 11 ай бұрын

does smart crate actually help u sort out genres example tech house, bass house, dubstep, dnb, new and old hip hop, moomba, reggae?

@jsteezthedj 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to have 2 keywords in the same window? Example: SONG: CONTAINS: Intro Extended

@allismalone8364 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to tell how many hours is in a crate?

@nextvisionproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, can you also make a crate for an individual crate instead of my entire library? I got music from different genres and it would be nice if that is possible. As of now when I hit smart crate it actually creating that from my whole library.

@royreed4696 8 ай бұрын

Thats why you have to add the rule (does not include XXXXX)

@DJBennyswift Жыл бұрын

I’m still learning how to work with crates

@DJBennyswift Жыл бұрын

I’m trying to delete a crate and it just keeps popping back up, I call it a ghost crate.😅😂

@claudiamorales3129 3 жыл бұрын

I recorded a mix on serato dj pro and I am trying to transfer the mix to a usb flash drive and the only thing that transfers is the crate name I have the mix in I NEED HELP PLEASE I recorded it on dj serato pro

@Voicewav 2 жыл бұрын

I got an M1 Mac. I added my music to the music folder. Why isn’t Serato seeing my crates (from crappy pc). Maybe music is the wrong folder???? Help!!

@kevinyoung6900 5 жыл бұрын

whats the name of that tag video?

@CrewElite 5 жыл бұрын

where do you get your music?

@larrylindsay6708 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! So, when adding more than one rule, it appears the create logic uses each rule with an "and" between them. What if I want to have a Smart Create to include more than one music genre? Example: Pop and Dance. I tired a couple different ways, but no success. Thanks again!

@PDot 2 жыл бұрын

You are correct, there isn't a really direct way to make this kind of smart crate. So after doing some testing I've found a work around to make this work! What you are going to do is make a regular crate then make a smart crate for each of the genres. Now select both of the smart crates and drag them onto the regular crate, making them subcrates. Now all the songs from BOTH smart playlists can be seen when selected the regular crate! This sounds a bit confusing, I think I'll make a quick video about this soon!

@nextvisionproductions 2 жыл бұрын

@sundayfalore4885 4 жыл бұрын

Well done all.Please can i create smart create from songs on crate and not songs from the whole library because what i see when smart crates are created it gets from the whole library which is too much considering that the library has mixed genre of songs but i have genres in crates and i want create smart from those crate using for example i want to create smart crates of songs with bpm 80-100 from a reggae genre only

@nextvisionproductions 2 жыл бұрын

I’m asking the same exact question bro. I’m still waiting for an answer. If you do happen to figure it out please share your findings with us.

@troyjudon1605 Ай бұрын

You may have to create a crate reggae and set bpm range my guess

@kevinbrown4119 6 жыл бұрын

Nice Video. But are you still using Rekord Buddy 2? If so, how are you incorporating those playlists today?

@PDot 5 жыл бұрын

Yes I am still using Rekord Buddy 2, but now I use it just to sync cue point, loop, and beat grid information.

@mjfamevisuals9638 5 жыл бұрын

do you think Soundcloud go + is better for getting music or can you use Apple Music?

@andi8241 3 жыл бұрын

Check out Record pools

@djshowhaiti 2 жыл бұрын

why when we create the crates. the music of the crates appears in the main crates where the other crates are located

@PDot 2 жыл бұрын

I'm confused by your comment, could you clarify?

@ivanvelez7668 4 жыл бұрын

how do you get rid of the red or orange files especially when they're from iTunes folder?

@CSdjcdog 4 жыл бұрын

Go to all music at the top of your crate list,then delete them from there

@davidgreene644 4 жыл бұрын

my problem is after i create a crate...i exit out of serato..get back on...the crate is gone

@amosgonzalez2493 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing happens to me. Did you learn how to save your crate ?

@draysfordayz2743 4 жыл бұрын

Say Bro, I noticed a few songs in your crates turned to a orange/gold color, I've been been experiencing that same thing.....why won't the song play anymore after it turns that color?🤔

@adenamaritza 4 жыл бұрын

Because the song is missing

@gregjonesdfw Жыл бұрын

Serato does give tag for genre. How can I add it?

@gregjonesdfw Жыл бұрын

does not

@RVGFam 4 жыл бұрын

Did you have to edit each song before throwing into Serato Crates? (example: artist, bpm, song, comment etc).

@carlos_mann 3 жыл бұрын

Depends on what rules you're specifying & how your songs are tagged. For example if you're going to make a Smart Crate for all Clean and other for all dirty music then you would make a rule where "File name consists of Clean", if you're going to be doing Bpm & Key Crates then after analyzing the files add a smart Crate "Bpm is greater than or equal to 70 - 80 Bpm" or Contains, or is less than etc.

@carlos_mann 3 жыл бұрын

If you're going to do comment's then yeah more than likely you'll have to edit those tags

@saidvelasquez7984 Жыл бұрын

@denniswilson9227 5 жыл бұрын

Bro, really enjoy watching your vid's. Try using your hands less because it takes some attention away from the message you are trying to convey (its a distraction). Keep up the good work, it really has helped me a lot.

@pressleyjrgasque493 5 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥✌

@PDot 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@thomasautry6049 2 жыл бұрын

How do I get the music?

@PDot 2 жыл бұрын

If you are looking for music to DJ with, I'd look into a record pool.

@frankiefingerz8047 2 жыл бұрын

Smart crates i heard it was called sub crates anyway i setup my crates by genres but im about to make riddim sub crates for my reggae crate other than that i prob wont use sub crates

@PDot 2 жыл бұрын

Sub crates and smart crates are two separate things. Sub crates allow you to organize your tracks into sub categories. Smart crates will automatically fill your crates based upon rules that you set up.

@frankiefingerz8047 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes ok then mine r sub crates i didnt setup any smart crates using the rules u showed us serato has in the vid

@biga4135 3 ай бұрын

It tells me steaming music cannot be put in a crate, create a Playlist

@PDot 3 ай бұрын

Currently in Serato, streaming tracks cannot be put into smart crates.

@biga4135 3 ай бұрын

@@PDot What am I supposed to do to separate music? Please help me out bro thanks

@Rebelsmic 2 жыл бұрын

All my smart crates disappeared

@M_E_T_R_O__9 Жыл бұрын

What i REALLY wish they would fix, is that smart crates dont save into the smart crates folder on the external drive, they are internal only, WHY????? this means you spend hours setting it all up, leave the house with your DJ drive, plug it in and..... YOU HAVE NO SMART CRATES!! as theyre all saved locally at home.... STUPID setup.. please fix this Serato!!? Why the hell arent they saved with the rest of my crates and the database??