tracks

Tracks

Adding tracks

Import from a streaming service

The most common workflow is to import an entire Spotify or Tidal playlist at once. See Connecting Streaming Services and Working with Rekordbox for the full import flow.

Add a track manually

1. Select a section.
2. Click Add Track in the section header, or press Ctrl+T.
3. Fill in the track details in the Add Track dialog:
   • Artist (required)
   • Title (required)
   • BPM (optional)
   • Key (optional)
4. Click OK.

Manually added tracks have source manual and match status unmatched until matched against the Rekordbox collection.

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Removing tracks

Select one or more track rows and press Delete, or right-click → Remove Track. Removing is undoable.

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Reordering tracks

Drag a row to a new position within the same section, or drag it into a different section's track table.

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Filtering and sorting

A search box at the top of each section filters tracks in real time by artist or title — useful in large sections.

Click any column header to sort by that column; click again to reverse the order. Sorting is in-memory and does not reorder the saved section.

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Track match status

After importing from a streaming service, each track is matched against your Rekordbox library. The match status is displayed in the track table and in the Match Info panel.

Status	Meaning
matched	A local Rekordbox file was found automatically
manually_matched	You manually assigned a local file via Fix Match
unmatched	No local file could be found
conflicted	Multiple potential matches were found; manual review required

Unmatched tracks are still included in the project and in exports; they just won't carry local metadata (BPM, key, file path).

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Match strategies

The matching engine tries four strategies in order:

1. ISRC — exact match on the international recording code. Most reliable; requires both the streaming track and the local file to have an ISRC.
2. Exact — case-insensitive exact match on artist + title.
3. Fuzzy — similarity match on artist + title using token-sort ratio; threshold is 85 out of 100.
4. Filename — parses the local file's stem as "Artist - Title" and compares.

The strategy used is shown in the Match column and in the Match Info panel.

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Fixing a bad match

If the automatic match is incorrect:

1. Right-click the track → Fix Match…
2. In the Fix Match dialog, type a search term to find the correct local track.
3. Select the correct row and click Accept.

The track's match status changes to manually_matched and the strategy is recorded as manual.

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Track source

Each track has a source field indicating where its metadata came from:

Source	Description
spotify	Imported from a Spotify playlist
tidal	Imported from a Tidal playlist
rekordbox	Added directly from the Rekordbox collection
manual	Added manually via the Add Track dialog