

You can use it and DJ with it, then when you eject the drive, no trace of the files will be left (so nobody will cheekily grab your hard sought after tunes). Once your Crates and music have been copied to the USB drive, you can simply plug in the drive to someone else's laptop, and your Crates and music will show up.

NOTE: We do not recommend using the same USB drive for a macOS time machine back-up, as you use for your Serato library, as this can cause unforeseen issues. You can now make your library portable on a USB drive. This will allow you to copy your existing Serato DJ music and your Crates to the external drive. USING A USB DRIVE FOR YOUR PORTABLE LIBRARY NOTE: This may take a while with large music libraries or with slower computer processors. Once you have imported your music, you will need to click the ' Analyze Files' button, making sure the ' Set Auto BPM' and ' Set Beat Grid' options are checked. If you are new to Serato, you can create playlists - these are called Crates. You can add music to Crates, as well as put Crates within other Crates to make Subcrates. To add music to a Crate, simply drag music files or a folder from your hard drive directly into the library area of a selected Crate, or onto the Crate name.Ĭheck the manual for more information here. You can download Serato DJ and use the offline player to prepare your files at home without any DJ controller connected. If you DJ in a lot of different locations, it can sometimes be very handy to have your library ready to go on a USB Drive. This means you can show up to the club or party with just your USB drive and plug into an existing setup.
