Waveforms, beatgrids and hot cues
Your analysis comes across, so the deck shows a full waveform and your cue points are where you left them. No re-analysing on the night.
Play Your Serato Crates On Club CDJs
Serato To USB puts your crates on a USB stick a Pioneer CDJ can actually read - waveforms, beatgrids and hot cues included. Turn up to the gig with a stick that just works, even if the booth has no laptop.
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- Incremental sync — only copies what changed
- Waveforms, beatgrids and hot cues preserved
- Works with Serato 3 & 4
App preview
Pick the crates, see what's already on the stick.
Crates on the left, tracks on the right: with everything already synced to the USB marked, so you only write what's new.
What it does
Your crates, on the club's decks.
Serato To USB writes the database and analysis files a Pioneer player expects, so your crates land on the deck as real playlists - not a folder of loose files.
Only syncs what changed
The first sync writes the stick. Every sync after that adds the new tracks and leaves the rest alone, so you're not re-copying a full stick before every gig.
Pick the crates you're taking
Choose the crates for tonight rather than the whole library. Save the selection and reuse it the next time you're building a stick.
Tells you what's missing first
Tracks it can't find are grouped by folder before anything is written, so you fix the gaps at home instead of finding them in the booth.
Before you start
Format the stick right.
The wrong filesystem is the single most common reason a deck won't see a USB. Serato To USB warns you if the stick is formatted wrong - but it won't reformat it for you, because that would wipe it.
| Format | Works on | |
|---|---|---|
| FAT32 (MBR) | Every Pioneer player | Recommended |
| HFS+ (non-journaled) | Any player from 2009 onwards | Works |
| exFAT | CDJ-3000, XDJ-XZ and XDJ-RX3 or newer only | Limited |
| APFS / NTFS | Nothing reads these | Won't work |
One more thing: eject the stick properly before you pull it out. FAT32 keeps writes in memory until then, and a half-written database is one the deck rejects.
How it works
Pick crates. Sync. Play.
Three steps at home, and the stick is ready for the booth.
01
Choose your crates
Tick the crates you want on the stick. MLT reads your Serato library exactly as Serato does, whether you're on Serato 3 or 4.
02
Sync to the USB
MLT analyses the audio and writes the database, waveforms, beatgrids, cues and artwork the player needs. Later syncs only add what's new.
03
Eject and go
Eject from the finished screen, plug into the deck, and your crates are there as playlists with the waveforms already drawn.
FAQs
Before you buy.
Straight answers about players, formats, cue points and price.
Which players does it work with?
Pioneer CDJs and XDJs that read a rekordbox USB. Stick to FAT32 with an MBR partition map and every Pioneer player will read it - that's why it's the recommended format.
Do my cue points come across?
Yes. Hot cues, beatgrids and waveforms are all written to the stick, so the deck shows them straight away instead of analysing the track when you load it.
Do I need rekordbox?
No. MLT writes the USB directly from your Serato library. You don't need rekordbox installed, and your Serato library isn't changed in any way.
Can I try it before I buy?
Yes - the free version syncs one crate at a time. That's enough to put a real crate on a real stick and check it plays on your own CDJs. A gig stick needs more than one crate, and that's where the paid version comes in.
Will it wipe my USB?
It never formats a stick. A sync does mirror the crates you've ticked, so anything previously synced that you've since unticked is removed - MLT tells you before it does that.
Is it included in MLT Pro?
Yes. Serato To USB is £39.99 on its own, or included with MLT Pro at £159 along with every other paid app and everything we add later.
Ready to manage your Serato library?
Put your Serato crates on a USB your CDJs can read - waveforms, beatgrids and hot cues included.