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Connect MixReady to Traktor

MixReady adds a finished set to Traktor as a playlist, and can put hot cues where each track mixes in and out. Traktor needs to be closed while it does, and one button takes care of that.

Published 25 September 2026 · MixReady
Short answer. Press Add to Traktor and reopen it: MixReady closes Traktor, adds the playlist and opens Traktor again. For cue points, quit Traktor first, then write them. Your collection is backed up before every change.

What you get

WhatNotes
PlaylistYour set, in order, as a Traktor playlistBeatport is the only streaming service Traktor plays, so it's the only one a set built for Traktor uses. Those tracks go in once Traktor on this computer is signed in to Beatport. A file of yours Traktor doesn't have yet is added to your collection
Hot cuesWhere each track mixes in and out, plus the bass swap and the drop where the set's plan uses themOnly on empty pads. Streaming tracks get none
Your own cuesLeft where you put themYour loops and beat grids are never changed either

Step by step

  1. Build the set in the MixReady desktop app, with Traktor chosen as the Rig.
  2. On the set page, press Add to Traktor, then Export on Add to Traktor and reopen it. If Traktor is open, MixReady closes it — click Yes if Traktor asks — adds the playlist and opens Traktor again. If Traktor is already closed, the plain Add to Traktor row adds the playlist without opening it.
  3. For cue points, quit Traktor, then press Write on Write mix cues — hot cues. MixReady won't write cues while Traktor is open.

Good to know

Traktor has to be closed

Anything added while Traktor is running would be lost when it quits, so MixReady waits until it's closed. For the playlist, the reopen button does the closing for you.

A backup comes first

Settings → DJ software → Library backups puts an earlier one back, with Traktor closed.

Open Traktor once first

On a new install, open Traktor once so it sets up its collection.

If a track gets no cues, the message after the write says which ones and why. The usual reason is that every hot-cue pad on the track is taken — Mixed In Key's default export fills all eight. Clear a hot cue in Traktor and write again; with only a pad or two free, Mix in and Mix out get them first.

Questions

Do I have to close Traktor?

Yes, while MixReady writes — anything added to a running Traktor is lost when it quits. Add to Traktor and reopen it handles that for you; for cue points, quit Traktor yourself first.

Can streaming tracks go into a Traktor playlist?

Beatport tracks can. It's the only streaming service Traktor plays, so it's the only one a set built for Traktor uses. They go in once Traktor on this computer is signed in to Beatport; until then MixReady holds them back and asks you to sign in inside Traktor. Streaming tracks get no cue points.

Will MixReady change my cues or beat grids?

No. It only uses empty pads, only replaces cues it wrote itself, and never touches a beat grid.

Other DJ software

rekordboxYour set as a rekordbox playlist, streaming tracks included, with cues where each track mixes in and out. SeratoYour set as a Serato crate, with hot cues where each track mixes in and out. VirtualDJYour set as a VirtualDJ folder, Beatport, SoundCloud and TIDAL included, with hot cues at the mix points. djay ProYour set as a djay Pro playlist, with cue marks where each track mixes in and out.