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Rekordbox 7 — your first mix, step by step
From loading a track to giving a clean transition, in order.
Updated August 2026
Rekordbox is the software you use to organise and play your music. Your first mix needs three things: getting tracks into a library, checking the beat grid is right, and bringing two tracks together. In that order.
Step 1 — get your music into the library
Open Rekordbox and import your music folder. Let it analyse every track — that is what works out the BPM and builds the beat grid.
Step 2 — check the beat grid
After analysis, check the grid actually lines up with the beat. If it is off you can fix it by hand. Skip this and your tracks will drift apart while you are mixing.
Step 3 — set a cue point
Put a cue point where the track really starts. After that you can drop in from the same place every time.
Step 4 — bring two tracks together
Deck 1 is playing
Load the next track onto Deck 2
Listen to Deck 2 in the headphones and match the BPM
Bring it in where the phrases line up
Step 5 — the transition
Pull the bass down on the EQ and bring the new track in. Two tracks with full bass at once turns the mix to mud. That is the first thing to learn.
All of this is covered lesson by lesson in the course. The first lesson is free.
