Segue
v1.1.1 · macOS, Windows, Linux

Serato to Rekordbox. Serato to the CDJ. Without starting over.

Segue takes what Serato knows about your tracks — crates, cues, grids and cue colours — and hands it to Rekordbox as XML, writes it straight into the database, or lays it onto a USB any CDJ will read on its own.

Crates
Exports
Your Serato library
Summer 2026 Warm-Ups
142 tracks
Club Sets · Berlin
98 tracks
Weddings 2025
64 tracks
Studio Inspiration
231 tracks
Local Folder · /Music/new
47 tracks
All tracks
2,148 tracks

Built for the bits that usually break.

Libraries cross apps strangely. Cues drift, grids soften, folders flatten. Segue is the quiet layer that keeps them honest.

Segue Desktop

Desktop app

Runs locally on macOS, Windows and Linux. No cloud, no sign-in, nothing phoning home.

Finds your library wherever it lives

Internal drive, external SSD, SD card. Auto Import crates stay dim until you plug the drive back in — then they come up lit.

Rekordbox XML

Drop it into File → Import Collection. Crates become playlists, folders stay folders, nothing gets rearranged behind your back.

Straight into Rekordbox 6

Skip the import dance — Segue writes tracks and playlists right into the master DB. Open Rekordbox and they're already waiting.

A stick the CDJ already speaks

Segue lays down the full Pioneer structure — export.pdb and the ANLZ files — so you can skip Rekordbox entirely and walk up to the booth.

Drop a folder in, get a crate

Downloads folder, an edits stash, a friend's zip — drag it in and Segue reads the tags and files it next to your other crates.

The prep work stays prepped

Hot cues, memory cues, cue colours, beatgrids — each mapped to the closest thing Rekordbox has. No re-cueing before the set.

Whatever's in the booth

CDJ-3000, 2000NXS2, XDJ-1000, XDJ-RX3 — anything that reads a standard Rekordbox stick will read Segue's.

Nothing gets moved or rewritten

Segue reads ~/_Serato_/ and never writes back. Your audio files don't budge either.

Look before it leaps.

A dry run first — track count, drive format, and the one file that's gone missing since last Saturday. Then, only when you're happy, it writes.

Segue

Pre-flight

A quiet sanity check before anything leaves the app. Counts, formatting, the file that wandered off — all surfaced up front.

Export to CDJ USB · /Volumes/PIONEER
4 crates · 128 tracks Summer Warm-Ups · Club Sets · Weddings · Studio
Stick formatted exFAT · 58 GB free Ready for CDJ-3000 / -2000NXS2 / XDJ
1 track missing kaytranada-freefall.mp3 — file moved since last Serato open
Back Start export

Three ways out of Serato.

Pick the one that matches the booth. Segue quietly handles the shape of it.

XML

The safe route. Rekordbox opens it through Import Collection, and nothing in your existing library gets disturbed.

How it works

Rekordbox 6 DB

The fast route. Segue writes tracks and playlists in place, so Rekordbox has nothing left to import.

How it works

CDJ USB

The no-laptop route. Segue builds the whole Pioneer structure on a stick. You plug it in and you're already in.

How it works

Get Segue

Free. No sign-in, no cloud — just a small app on your machine.

macOS

Apple Silicon and Intel builds, both signed so updates land quietly in the background.

First open on macOS — what to expect

Segue is signed ad-hoc while an Apple Developer certificate is on the way. On first launch, macOS may show "Segue can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer". Right-click the app in Applications, pick Open, then Open again in the dialog. That's a one-time bypass — after that it launches normally.

If you see "Segue is damaged and can't be opened" instead, that's Gatekeeper's misleading label for an unsigned build from before the ad-hoc signing shipped. Open Terminal and run:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Segue.app

Then open Segue normally. Nothing is actually damaged.

Windows

Standard installer for Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit.

Download installer · v1.1.0

Linux

An AppImage that runs on most distros, or a Debian / Ubuntu package if you prefer things tidy.

Already running Segue? About → Check for updates pulls the newest release — signed, so you don't have to think about it.

Things people ask

Will Segue touch my Serato library?
No. It opens the Serato database read-only and writes wherever you point it. Nothing inside ~/_Serato_/ changes, and your audio files stay exactly where they are.
Which CDJs and XDJs read the USB?
CDJ-3000, CDJ-2000NXS2, XDJ-1000MK2, XDJ-RX3 — anything that reads a standard Rekordbox stick will read one that Segue built.
Do I need Rekordbox installed?
Only if you're planning to use XML import or the direct database write. The USB route is self-contained — Segue builds export.pdb and the ANLZ files on its own and the CDJ takes it from there.
What happens to my hot cues and memory cues?
They come across. Cues, cue colours, memory cues, beatgrids — each one mapped to the nearest equivalent Rekordbox understands, and baked into the ANLZ files when you export to a stick.
Does external drive support actually work?
Yes. Auto Import crates sitting on an external drive show up dimmed when the drive isn't attached, and come back to life the moment it's plugged in.
It's really free?
It is. I'm a working DJ who was tired of redoing cue points every time I touched a CDJ. If Segue saves you a set, pass it along — that's the whole ask.
Segue
© 2026 Moses Adebayo · Maxtro. Serato, Rekordbox, CDJ and XDJ are trademarks of their respective owners; Segue is not affiliated with either company.