5 Suggestions for Improving djay Pro AI

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1. Direct Cover Art Import

Currently, assigning custom cover art to a track requires an external tag editor.
Suggestion: Right-clicking a song in the library should allow users to import or change the cover art directly, similar to Traktor.

Additional note: In library and playlist views, we can sort by title, artist, BPM, duration, etc.
It would be extremely useful to sort tracks visually by their artwork or color, especially for DJs who use visual coding by genre or mood.
For example: all reggaetĂłn tracks with yellow artwork, house tracks with blue covers.
Being able to organize playlists by color would significantly improve live navigation and genre recognition.

2. Drag Files Directly into Playlists

At the moment, djay Pro only allows dragging files into the “Music” or “Collection” sections.
Suggestion: It would be great to drag tracks directly into a specific playlist, without needing to add them to the general collection first.

3. Convert History to Playlist

Right-clicking a history session currently only offers a “Delete” option.
Note: You can manually convert a history to a playlist by selecting all tracks using Shift and dragging them into a new playlist.
Suggestion: Add a right-click option to “Convert history to playlist”, with the ability to name the new playlist.

4. Floating Windows for Dual Monitor Setups

Suggestion: Allow DJs to undock the browser (track explorer) into a floating window—perfect for setups with two screens (e.g. laptop + external monitor).
This would allow the browser to stay visible on one screen, while waveforms, decks, NeuralMix, and effects remain on the other.

Additional note: It would also be extremely helpful to undock the Samples panel into its own window, especially for use with touchscreens in live performance.
Currently, if you’re displaying decks, effects, samples, and NeuralMix, the browser shrinks to a single row, making it very hard to browse music comfortably.

5. Master Deck Indicator + Harmonic Key Filtering

Suggestion 1: Add a clear “Master” indicator or button to show which deck is the tempo master when syncing tracks.
This is essential for manual pitch adjustments and understanding which deck is in control during live transitions.

Suggestion 2: In the library, all tracks currently show key color coding. While useful, it would be even better if only tracks that are harmonically compatible with the selected or currently playing track were color-highlighted.
Incompatible keys could remain white or gray, making harmonic mixing quicker and more intuitive.

Personal Conclusion

As an open-format DJ with over 15 years of experience using DJ software—including Traktor, Rekordbox, Serato, and Virtual DJ—I can confidently say that djay Pro AI version 5.3 is the best DJ software I’ve used to date.

I only made the full switch to djay Pro with this latest version, and I’ve been extremely impressed. It’s stable, sounds fantastic, and has a beautiful, Apple-aligned interface. I love the option to toggle between day and night mode, the NeuralMix technology is outstanding, and the overall UX—effects, decks, navigation—is elegant and efficient.

These five suggestions are not complaints but ideas that could make an already amazing product even more powerful—especially for open-format DJs who rely on flexibility, visual clarity, and fast library interaction in live settings.

Big thanks to the Algoriddim team for their innovation and continued development.

Pepper. :slight_smile:

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2. Drag Files Directly into Playlists

… I’ve always done this, just checked and it works..

What I’m missing?

Is it like.. you want to drag & drop directly from Finder?

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Thanks for your suggestions, Pepper - there are definitely some interesting ideas in there! I especially like the addition of a clear “Master” deck indicator. I really miss this feature, since I’ve come from Traktor myself, and this is one of the features I sorely miss in djay Pro.

The option to import cover art directly is personally less relevant for me, as I use Apple Music as my central music library where I can easily edit or add artwork. However, I completely understand that for others, especially those who import music directly into djay, this could be a valuable addition. That said, just a word of caution: if you build your playlists and music collection exclusively within djay, it may become more difficult to switch to other DJ software in the future when needed – some degree of vendor lock-in to keep in mind.

As for the suggestion to sort by artwork, I do have some questions. How would this actually work in practice? What does “ascending” or “descending” even mean when sorting by an image? If your goal is to group similar albums visually, wouldn’t sorting by album name already achieve that?

All in all, great input and it’s awesome to see this level of enthusiasm and community feedback around the future of djay Pro AI. Always good to hear different perspectives!

By the way, I’m curious: what’s your current setup? Which controller and software are you using?

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Hi @Peppertheband, welcome to the Community! Thanks for the suggestions. However, to properly track, report and vote on suggestions, they each need to be in their own Topic. Please break this up into 5 different topics. Thanks!

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work as stated above too

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I’d say the cross-platform capabilities are the most important. The goal is to create a simple and direct method for transferring databases between macOS and iOS. It’d be great to have the ability to edit track metadata on iOS.

It’d be great to have a simple and easy-to-understand system that syncs up the database and tracks. It should be connected to iCloud and any other cloud service.

I’m really hoping they release the Re-Link option for iOS soon. I’m having a bit of trouble transferring databases from macOS to iOS. The tracks are stored locally, but they don’t work on iOS. I don’t use iCloud. My library is stored locally on my Mac and iOS devices.

The program needs to take a professional approach to working with the library (track manager).

DJs need a tool that’s easy to use for editing metadata, moving that data to any device or platform. That’s what the program advertisement says.

The program can add extra fields for metadata and make a document so that professional DJs can use mp3tag or foobar2000 to enter these fields. Then, Djay Pro will show them.

We’ve already talked about all this here on the forum. We just have to wait for them to catch on.

I love my Mixtour Pro + iPhone + Djay Pro 5.3 but it is very much missing what I mentioned above.

I love you Djay Pro 5.3 and I hate you. :slight_smile:

For now, I’m going to try to figure out why one Flac file on iOS shows the rating, but the other one doesn’t. I’m so over it.

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