Plan DJ sets that flow
Energy, key, set length, crates and a library that stays tidy.
18 guides
How to Build Energy in a DJ Set: 5 Structures That Work
Energy flow is the invisible architecture of great DJ sets. Learn the 5 classic set structures, common energy mistakes, and how to plan an energy arc that keeps the dancefloor moving.
10 min read
How to Plan a DJ Set: A Step-by-Step Guide
A complete, modern workflow for planning a DJ set — from reading your slot and building an energy arc to harmonic ordering, track counts and export.
11 min read
Harmonic Mixing: How DJs Mix in Key (Camelot Made Simple)
Harmonic mixing makes transitions sound deliberate instead of lucky. Learn the 4 safe mixing moves, how to find your tracks' keys, and why key compatibility is the #1 factor in smooth transitions.
12 min read
How to Build a Harmonically Mixed DJ Set (Step by Step)
The end-to-end guide to building a harmonically mixed DJ set: the four factors that make a set flow, and how to tag, import, mix in key, and shape energy — with a deep-dive link for each step.
8 min read
How Long Is a DJ Set, and How Many Tracks? Free Set Length Calculator
How many tracks do you need for a 1, 2 or 3-hour set? Use the free calculator, see the per-hour reference table, and learn how many spares to pack.
6 min read
How to Keep the Energy Up in a DJ Set (and Fix the Transitions That Drop It)
Why the floor drops a gear at a transition even when key and BPM fit, and how to find and fix those dips before the gig.
5 min read
How to Structure a Long DJ Set With More Than One Peak
Warm-up, Build, Peak, Reset, Build, Peak, Closing: how to shape a long set in sections so the room feels every peak — and how to generate each one in SetFlow.
6 min read
BPM by Genre: Which Genres Sit at 124, 140 or 174 BPM?
What BPM is house, techno or drum & bass? Drag the interactive tempo marker to see which genres share a lane — plus the full BPM-by-genre reference table.
7 min read
How to Build a 90s House Set From a Modern DJ Library
Genre only gets you halfway to a 90s house set. Here is how to filter a modern DJ library by release decade, work with the BPM drift, and save it as a crate you can reuse.
6 min read
How to Build a DJ Set Like One You Love (Without Copying It)
Study a set you love, keep its shape, and build your own version from your own library — plus how SetFlow matches a pasted tracklist and fills the gaps for you.
6 min read
The DJ Set Workflow: From Library to Dancefloor
The whole journey from a folder of tracks to a packed dancefloor, in order. Click through the seven stages — prep, plan, tempo, key, transitions, export, perform.
7 min read
How to Organise a DJ Library: The System That Survives 10,000 Tracks
A messy library never throws an error — it just quietly makes tracks unfindable. Audit yours against 10 weighted checks, then fix it in weight order rather than alphabetical order.
9 min read
Rekordbox Tags: The Complete Guide to Tagging Tracks (2026)
Your track tags are the fuel that powers SetFlow's algorithm. Learn exactly what to tag in Rekordbox and why each field matters for generating better DJ sets.
9 min read
Wrong Keys Are Breaking Your Harmonic Mixes — Here’s How to Find Them
Harmonic mixing assumes the key next to each track is correct. Independent testing puts Rekordbox at 69% and Beatport at 60% — here’s how detection fails and how to catch it.
8 min read
Why Your DJ Library Has No Cover Art — And How to Get It Back
Your DJ software shows album covers; every export of that library loses them. Here’s where artwork actually lives, why Rekordbox XML and Traktor NML can’t carry it, and how to get your covers back.
7 min readAuto-Tag Your DJ Library with beets + Beatport (macOS & Windows Guide)
Clean up thousands of inconsistent Rekordbox tracks in one pass using the free beets tagger plus the beets-beatport4 plugin. Step-by-step install for macOS and Windows, configuration, and how to flow the cleaned library back into Rekordbox and SetFlow.
15 min read
Beatport Streaming and Your DJ Library: How to Get the Best of Both
Streaming tracks play in your DJ app but live outside your library file. Understand the line and you get the best of both: stream to discover, own to perform.
6 min read
How to Export a DJ Set to USB for CDJs — Step-by-Step (Rekordbox)
Format (FAT32 vs exFAT), prep and export your set from Rekordbox to a USB the club CDJs will actually read — with an interactive gig-ready checklist.
8 min read
Practise on your own tracks
Import your Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor or TribeXR library, build a set and see every transition move by move.