I find the match list generated for the active track to be helpful, but the breadth of its source is too wide. I have playlists for different and non-overlapping use cases: Alternative club music, Rave/Techno, 80s retro, Country, Wedding music, etc. There is no way to limit the match list to pull from a specified playlist, and thus it presents a list of matches from the entire collection. This issue is the same if the match list is specified to come from my ‘Music’ source - playlists within are not able to be used to filter results. It is difficult to wade through the unfiltered results, and their presence also means that the total number of ‘good’ results gets diminished.
Please allow for either direct selection of a playlist as the source, or at a minimum the ability to filter results.
We’re really glad you brought this up, as our team is always looking to improve on the current feature set of djay especially as it relates to music libraries.
I will make sure that this gets passed along to our engineering team for further review and update this topic should we hear of new information regarding this feature request.
i agree, i have hours of 80’s music and old disco for specific parties, but i want track match to ignore those folders, it needs to have a target like “in current playlist” or “in same genre” - rekordbox implemented this quite well. even if it track match was able to look in one specific folder eg my house collection it would be better. thanks !
As a new user of Djay I am still discovering many options and gimmicks within the software.
One of the cool features I find is the " MATCH " option that tries to assist you in finding the right tune to go with what you are playing at that time.
Many may argue that a Dj needs to complete his set in advance. I beg to differ as such pre-set jobs leave little or no room for spontaneous changes, due to demand from the audience or the boss
So, while Djaying I regularly see what MATCH is suggesting to play. The only downside is that you have just 2 options to pick from, either your whole library or Local files where Local means everything that’s in your iTunes/Music library.
I would welcome the option to narrow down the search to use the same listing as your library does.
So if I have a library with , for example :
Library-
Disco
80s
Floorfillers
Techno
Folk Songs
Country
Blues
Old stuff
However if I am playing anything from, say Techno, then it would not match very well with a similar BPM and Key from Country. So you’d want MATCH to search within the " Techno " playlist.
Please have the DevTeam create or add the option to select the folder where MATCH does it’s thing, Either Full Library or Selected Playlists…( obviously with the interface to select the playlists to search in )
Hi @DjPete, thanks for the suggestion. In the future, please use search before creating new topics. I have merged your new topic with this existing one that is closely related. You can also show your support for this by casting your vote at the top left of this page. Thanks!
@Slak_Jaw , I have done that and this topic that you put my request in is more about adding selective features such as BPM and KEY to filter, rather then selecting from certain playlists or playlist folders. I am quite happy with the general performance of MATCH but it looks too wide, as in searching through the whole library, where I would prefer to limit the search to a certain Playlist folder or even Playlist .
SO in that respect I feel the request / suggestion I made would be " easier " to implement in regards to adding numerous filters for BPM or Key. People are comparing it too much with Rekordbox which DJay just isn’t and I am happy for it not to be
@Slak_Jaw , this is indeed basically similar to my point, where I am asking for a better way to determine which playlists are used to dig through when using the MATCH feature
@Slak_Jaw : Seeing this topic is from June 2023 and we’re now in 2025, this has been on the wishlist for almost 2 years. Might be time for the development crew to revisit this and at least add some of the requested options ? Cannot image it would be that hard to add additinal selection path’s to the Match option ?
Hi again @DjPete, thanks for the additional feedback and information. I will definitely bring this to the dev team again for consideration. In the meantime, please refer to the linked topic below on how Suggestions and our voting system works. Thanks again!
Having initiated this request years ago, I’d like to express my continued desire to see this added. The value and useability it would add to the match feature would be huge. As it remains now I’ve unfortunately had to mostly leave it unused.
I would love it if i could select a playlist for the Match function to pull suggestions from. at the moment it seems to just pull from my entire library and my library is all over cause i like to mix so many styles and genres. it would be great if I was mixing house and I only wanted house not disco or something else. another thing could be cool if I could set parameters such as to pick songs by key verses bpm.
Thanks for listening!
Cheers!
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Thanks for bringing this to everyone’s attention. I think our suggestions are all quite similar — and possibly even more so, considering there are other suggestions along the same lines.
Proposal for improving usability of “Related & Matching” tracks in Djay
Introduction
This proposal outlines suggested improvements to the usability of the “Related & Matching Tracks” feature in DJay Pro. These options are all to be found within the sidebar functions (when enabled these are on the right side of the software on macOS).
The enhancements aim to make finding matching tracks easier and more versatile and efficient for users.
Part 1:
Currently matching tracks can only be found for a track in the Active Deck OR by dragging and dropping a music file manually. This looks like this:
But it would work much more versatile and flexible when these possibilities would be broadened by having the option to also show matching tracks for the 'Selected Track", and for “Deck 1”, “Deck 2”, etc. (Just like it is here in the information Tab);
Can we add this ability here to the matching panel to select “Deck 1,” “Deck 2,” AND “Selected (Track)”, just like it works already in the Information Tab?
==> This would reduce the need for constant drag-and-drop actions to find the best matches, as you may not always want to find matches only for an active deck—especially when preparing sets. Implementing these changes would make the software more user-friendly and competitive with alternatives like Rekordbox.
Part 2:
Currently, users can only choose to find matches FROM the complete music sources selected in the left panel (e.g., Local Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Beatsource, etc.). and not from only ‘partial selections’.
This can (and will) create a lot of clutter, especially if, for example, your Apple Music collection includes a lot of different genres or even “non-DJ music”. Additionally, using entire sources like Tidal or Beatport as reference points can generate too many possible (but unusable) matches, as they do come from different genres as well.
I would like to add the possibility to filter matches by other partial directories or playlist
How would this work?
Provide an option to search for matches within a specific playlist rather than the entire collection.
Users should be able to right-click on a playlist (or nested set of playlist) and set it as the source for a “match directory”.
These assigned directories can be choosen as another source in the Match-panel for finding matches
This would help DJs find relevant tracks without sifting through unsuitable options.
Great suggestion @DJ_Big_Blender. Thank you for the clear explanation. I have already shared this with the dev team. I’ll let you know if they have any follow up questions…
