Guides

Planning a set, Camelot moves, and rekordbox USB checks. Each one links to the tools.

• How to plan a DJ set

  Harmonic order with the Camelot wheel, a steady BPM climb, a shape for the energy, a full playback of the set, and a check of the export before the gig.

• How do DJs prepare their sets

  A pre-gig checklist: the slot, a readable library, BPM and key, a shortlist, cues, a listen-through, the USB and a spare, and the morning of the gig.

• Rekordbox USB export not working

  Checks when a rekordbox export does not show on a player. Library type, missing files, and the file system, from AlphaTheta's own FAQ and USB export guide.

• CDJ will not read your USB

  Format, library, and file checks when a CDJ or XDJ does not show a USB stick, from Pioneer and AlphaTheta FAQs. No stick-size limit is stated, because those pages do not give one.

• Rekordbox USB format: FAT32 and exFAT

  Which Pioneer players rekordbox lists for exFAT, as of July 2026, and the file systems AlphaTheta names for the XDJ-XZ. Other models stay with their own manuals.

• Is harmonic mixing necessary?

  When a Camelot match helps, and when you can leave it. Sonata's In key rule, and when a transition can leave the wheel.

• Harmonic mixing energy boosts

  The +2 Camelot move, why DJs call it an energy boost, and why Sonata flags it as a key clash. +7 semitones is a different move and is already In key.

• How to structure a DJ set

  A practical shape for a set: warm-up, peak, and close. How keys and tempo sit inside it, and what Sonata's own suggestion does with energy.

• Why is my Serato BPM wrong (half/double time)

  Serato DJ can analyze a track at half or double the tempo you count. Set the BPM range, re-analyze, edit or tap the BPM, and lock it.

• Camelot wheel in rekordbox

  How to show Camelot codes such as 8A in rekordbox. Where Alphanumeric lives, how to sort and filter by key, and which codes mix well.

• Camelot wheel in Serato

  How to show Camelot codes such as 8A in Serato. Where Show Key As lives, which notations Serato names, and how to sort by key.