Waveforms still have to be analyzed in Engine Prime / on the players – which will take a bit more time – and you have to manually “select re-import track information” to get all the metadata showing up correctly. I’ve tried out the tool myself and it does complete the process, moving cues and loops across without any issues, as well as metadata. It’s also Mac-only (as are the other conversion tools that ATGR has developed). The tool is available now for ~$35 – which does seem a little steep at this alpha stage of a release – but considering there’s no other tools available, some DJs will jump at the chance. At this moment DeCU is your only option to get fully structured playlists inside Engine Prime The iTunes integration of Engine Prime is badly implemented, it often leaves tracks out of playlists and does not support any nesting.The Conversion can be run partially, you can convert playlist by playlist and then first confirm that things are as expected before continuing.All playlist including the nesting structure are converted to crates in Engine Prime.DeCU will not interferer with any existing cues/loops in Rekordbox, they remain 100% where they are.The exported Rekordbox collection as a source: ![]() It goes beyond checking the format of the drive and will also warn you if it’s not an MBR partitioning scheme as well. DeCU checks the validity of the USB thumb drive for usage on both Denon and Pioneer hardware.The conversion does not convert any playlists on the USB, it will create DeCU specific playlists for easy navigation.The converted data will not become part of the host computer you run the DeCU on, it becomes part of USB thumb drive. Just find a MacBook, download the free Engine Prime from Denon’s website and run DeCU on your CDJ USBs. ![]() In case of emergency when you are at a venue expecting Pioneer gear but running into SC5000’s. The conversion can be done on any as long as it Engine Prime installed.The track files will be on that usb only once, DeCU uses the same tracks as Rekordbox does.That USB remains fully compatible with Pioneer.Here’s how it works with each (excerpts from from the accompanying docs): The tool can use two different sources: a Rekordbox-prepared USB drive or an exported Rekordbox collection Note that the tool not only moves tracks, but also copies over cues and loops. The difference is that this just-released tool is focused entirely on allowing DJs to import their Rekordbox libraries into Denon’s Engine. If you’ve seen other recent posts about the DJ Conversion Utility, it’s no surprise that this enterprising Netherlands-based developer has taken on the challenge. ![]() For any serious DJ making playlists regularly, this means a lot of manual work. ITunes organizers can see all of their playlists in Denon Engine – but the playlist/folder hierarchy is broken, with every playlist from every folder appearing at the same level. Currently iTunes playlists have no structured hierarchy / folders in Engine Prime Remember the campaign tagline for the SC5000s was #SwitchYourRider – implying that Pioneer CDJ users were the focus. If you’re lucky enough to have your entire library in Serato DJ, you can import it into Engine Prime – but that’s not the target audience of Denon’s new players. For our review of the SC5000s, Denon did note that an “elegant solution” was “coming soon” for this process, but we’re almost one month later with no more information. If you want to move your Rekordbox library into Denon’s Engine Prime, there’s no direct way to do it now. There’s nothing official out yet, but the just-launched Denon Conversion Utility offers one solution. For DJs coming from Rekordbox, it feels like there should be an easy, no-hassle way to turn a CDJ-ready USB drive into an Engine Prime compatible library. One of the main hesitations for DJs considering switching to the new Denon SC5000 players is the demands of switching to a new track organization system.
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