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Edits lost when exporting DJ set

With "Include Audio" selected, DJ Studio does not retain track edits when exporting DJ set. This means the M3U8 and rendered files cannot be used to perform the DJ Studio mix because the tracks could be completely different. The set opens fine, it's just when it's played it will only play the original files imported into DJ Studio ignoring all of the edits made.

If you make no edits to your songs (i.e. rearranging sections and cutting parts of a song out), then you would never notice this. However, one of the main reasons I'm using DJ Studio is for the track editing capabilities. So this is a pretty significant problem for me. Here are some suboptimal workaround solutions that need improved upon:

  1. "Export to local file" will somewhat work when choosing "Split mix into separate files" the problem here is the transitions. When you're performing you don't want the DJ Studio transitions in the files you're playing live because at that point you might as well play the mix and not do anything live.

  2. "Export to Ableton Live" then adjust the bpm automation so that each song has their consistent bpm (no bpm variation under any files). Consolidate all edits for each separate song individually. Take the consolidated files out of the Ableton project folder, rename. All transitions and volume automation do not influence the consolidated file.

Option 2 is a sufficient but time consuming workaround. The point is exporting a DJ set with a song that has DJ Studio edits is currently not going to give you files that will sound like what you're playing in DJ Studio.

Changing how the "Export to Ableton Live" works in DJ Studio would not be a good solution. Having the consolidation performed in the export from DJ Studio would mean the edits in DJ Studio would be destructive (losing the end/beginning) of a song.

I see the best solution to this bug as being able to render the edited songs without their transitions (with their consistent bpm) when exporting a DJ set. This allows for DJs to change the order of songs when they're performing, not being locked into the order chosen in DJ Studio, like the "Export to local file" option would leave you with. Having the edited songs rendered individually also allows for DJs to make their own live transitions as this would not be possible with the "Export to local file" with "Split mix into separate files" option as the transitions and bpm changes are baked into the rendered audio.

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  • Siebrand Dijkstra

    Team•

    Feb 3, 2024

    At the moment, we are exporting the original audio for DJ sets. Always! That's not a bug but a feature ;-)

    Also, to Ableton. We create an Ableton file with the edits transferred to audio clips. This way, you have the original audio and can continue editing in Ableton.

    For export with Beatport streaming music, we can't write edits either. We can not write the streaming music to a file.

    For a DJ set export of local files, we can export the edits. That will take more time since we need to render the tracks.

    We will not export tempo changes. Your console can't handle it well, and you, as a DJ, neither.

    We can export all other effects and edits of your track. We will work on that.

    And of course we will not touch the transition area, so that is up to you as the DJ.

    • sound

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      Feb 13, 2024

      I guess in that case, getting complete individual edited tracks out of DJ Studio may not be as streamlined as I would have hoped. For my workflow at least I suppose that I may have to consider editing tracks before they get into DJ Studio.

      My thought was that I could prepare tracks with their edits for individual usage at the same time I was creating a mix. I guess DJ Studio may not be the tool for this job (yet).

      • Siebrand Dijkstra

        Team•

        Feb 13, 2024

        We are close. In a near future release, we will export the edited tracks to your live performance software, excluding the transition edits.

        • sound

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          Feb 16, 2024

          This in combination with the stems coming soon:

          https://feedback.dj.studio/p/stems

          would just make DJ Studio a linchpin for music preparation - seriously cutting down on the number of tools that would otherwise be needed. Will save SO MUCH time!! Amazing, thank you!

        • Henrik Rødset

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          Nov 3, 2025

          Hey Siebrand!
          But will it be possible to adjust the transition start/end timing?
          I might be mistaken but now it is a hard cut from one edit to another.

          It would be awesome if song one was exported from start to finish and song 2 from its start to its finish, not where one of them starts or ends. That way we could mix them our self.

          I know its possbile to do it in mashup mode, but it takes a lot more time