A couple of newbie questions

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  • Device model: 2024 MacBook Pro M4
  • Version of operating system: macOS 15.1.1
  • Version of djay: 5.2.6
  • Hardware/controllers used: Rane Four

I just started messing with djay Pro and mostly, I love it. I do wish automix worked in external mixer mode on the Rane Four. That’s one thing keeping me from fully switching.

Also, music management is confusing. Under Playlists, there’s the Music playlist with the music note icon and that is empty unless you drag songs into it. (Is that what I’m supposed to do to add new songs?) In “Settings/Library/Import” you can add a folder that it says “Automatically import new files added to the following folders into My Collection” … well, this appears to do nothing unless I’m missing something. Plus, there is no “My Collection” folder anywhere that I can see… maybe this is an iOS thing and not MacOS? And, the only way that playlists or smart playlists work is if the songs are in the Music playlist folder first. It doesn’t pull them from folders I add when I click the + in the “My Files” section, which is why I was asking if any songs I want to appear in smart playlists need to first be dragged into the “Music” playlist.

Finally, when I make a custom playlist for a wedding where I’m dragging in songs in order, it’s cool unless I go into a different playlist and sort by Artist for example, then my custom playlist is re-ordered by artist. How can I go back to the order that I dragged the songs in?

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Hi @Mike_Sinclair,

We appreciate you sharing your questions regarding djay!

Regarding Automix:

As you know, Automix transitions between songs by moving the virtual crossfader in the app from deck to deck. Since there is no way for djay to physically move the crossfader on your RANE FOUR in external mixer mode, this feature is not available. However, we’ll share it with the dev team as a feature request.

Regarding music management:

When playing backtracks locally, songs in the “Music” source are pulled straight from your Music App (formerly iTunes) library for use with djay. Songs that might be on your desktop or another location of your computer would need to be loaded in via the “Files” source.

This “Files” source is also where the “auto import new files” feature comes into play, so you do not have to relink folders and files repeatedly.

Following “And, the only way that playlists or smart playlists work…” - note that there is a difference between the “Music” source and the “My Collection” source in djay which is where things might be getting mixed up for you.

Is this playlist reorganization easily reproducible? Could you share more info on this? Thanks!