Create Rekordbox cue points from Mixed in Key cue points or Rekordbox phrases.
- Create memory cues or hot cues
- Merge with existing cue points or overwrite
- Configure minimum distance in bars to existing cue points
- Configure maximum number of cue points to create
- Configure colors
- Assign colors based on energy level, phrase, or cue number
- Configure cue point names (comments)
- Set cue points only for specific tracks (based on name or creation date)
- All generated cue points can be removed
- Creates a database backup before each run (optional)
- Snap cue points to beat grid
- Add a new Rekordbox My Tag "Energy" with the track's energy level determined by Mixed in Key
- Set track color according to Energy level
- Optionally set intro and/or outro cue points to active loop
- Rekordbox 6
- Windows or macOS
- Mixed in Key (phrase cue points work without Mixed in Key)
CueGen operates directly on the Rekordbox database, there is no need to import/export tracks to/from XML.
Rekordbox needs to be shut down when CueGen runs. All tracks should already have been analyzed by Rekordbox to allow CueGen to snap cue points to the beginning of the bar.
In Mixed in Key you should have Serato integration checked on the settings page and have exported cue points (Click "Export cue points for existing files"). Serato integration writes cue points information to ID3 tags within the media files allowing CueGen to read it.
CueGen is a console application (open an issue if you're interested in a GUI).
- Grab a .exe from https://github.com/mganss/CueGen/releases
- Unpack in location of your choice
- Open a command prompt and run the unpacked .exe with any of the options listed below
Usage: CueGen.Console [OPTION]...
Create Rekordbox cue points from MIK cue points.
Version 1.0.18.0
Append - to option to disable it, e.g. --progress- or -b-.
Options:
-h, --help Show this message and exit
--dryrun Do not alter Rekordbox database, only perform a
test run
--hc, --hotcues Create hot cue points instead of memory cue points
-m, --merge Merge with existing cue points (default is enabled)
-d, --distance=VALUE Minimum distance in bars to existing cue points (
default is 4)
--colors=VALUE Comma separated list of hot cue colors, same order
as in Rekordbox, top left is 1 (default is 1, 4,
6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15)
-x, --max=VALUE Maximum number of cue points to create (default is
8)
--comment=VALUE Comment template, # will be replaced by energy
level (default is "Energy #")
-g, --glob=VALUE File glob of track file paths to include, e.g. C:\
Music\*.mp3 (default is all in Rekordbox
database)
-r, --remove Remove all cue points created through this program
-b, --backup Create database backup before creating cue points (
default is enabled)
-s, --snap Snap cue points to nearest bar (default is enabled)
-p, --phrase Create cue points from phrases (default is
disabled)
--my, --mytag Create MyTag with energy level (default is
disabled)
-e, --energy Set track color according to energy level (default
is disabled)
--energycolor Set cue point color according to cue point's
energy level (default is enabled)
--phrasecolor Set cue point color according to cue point's
phrase (default is enabled)
--progress Report progress (default is enabled)
--db, --database=VALUE File path to Rekordbox database (default is
autodetect)
-v, --verbosity=VALUE Verbosity level (default is warn, possible values
are off, fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace)
-l, --log=VALUE File path to write log file to
-n, --names=VALUE Phrase names, comma separated (default are Intro,
Verse,Bridge,Chorus,Outro,Up,Down)
-o, --order=VALUE Phrase group order, comma separated groups of
slash separated phrase names (default is Intro,
Outro,Verse,Chorus,Bridge,Up/Down)
--phraselength=VALUE Minimum length of phrase group in bars (default is
4)
--mindate=VALUE Minimum creation date of tracks (default is any,
format is 2021-12-32T23:31:00, time is optional)
--li, --loopintro=VALUE
Length in beats of active loop intro (default is
disabled)
--lo, --loopoutro=VALUE
Length in beats of active loop outro (default is
disabled)
--of, --offset=VALUE Number of beats to offset cue points by, may be
negative (default is 0)
CueGen automatically creates a backup of the Rekordbox SQLite database master.db in the Rekordbox folder %AppData%\Pioneer\rekordbox.
The backup files will have a datetime suffix, e.g. master.backup.2021-04-04-13-40-05.db.
If you want to restore one of these backups, replace the master.db file with a backup file.
Mixed in Key detects up to 8 cue points for each track. Each of the cue points gets assigned an energy level (in addition to the overall track energy level). CueGen uses the energy level information to assign a cue point name (such as "Energy 6") and color.
Cue points can also be created based on phrase information as analyzed by Rekordbox. For example, you can automatically set cue points where the outro starts and whenever a chorus starts.
Rekordbox assigns phrases according to a "mood" it detects. The mood can be low, mid, or high. For each mood the following phrases exist:
- Low, Mid: Intro, Verse 1-6, Bridge, Chorus, Outro
- High: Intro 1-2, Up 1-3, Down, Chorus 1-2, Outro 1-2
CueGen creates cue points whenever a new phrase group starts. A phrase group is a sequence of consecutive phrases that start with the same name but may have different numbers (such as "Verse 1, Verse 2, Verse 3"). Additionally, you can combine phrase groups: For example, if you combine Down and Outro into a phrase group a cue point will be created at the start of a sequence of phrases labeled Down or Outro.
If the number of cue points that would be generated though either Mixed in Key or phrases exceeds the maximum number of available cue point slots, cue points are created alternatingly at the start and end (first, last, second, next to last, etc).
There are different types of colors in Rekordbox for memory cues and hot cues. Memory cues can have one of 8 eight different colors: Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Aqua, Blue, and Purple.
Hot cues can technically have any color from a 64 color palette, of which only 16 are surfaced in Rekordbox.
Mixed in Key cue points are by default assigned a color according to their energy level. For memory cue points purple is Energy 1 and pink is Energy 8. Hot cues get similar colors picked from the 16 colors palette.
Phrase cue points by default get a color that is similar to the phrase group in Rekordbox (intro is red, chorus is green, etc).
Through the --colors command line option you can choose the palette of 8 colors that are used to map energy level, phrase, or cue point number.
Although you can't manually create new My Tag categories through Rekordbox, its database schema allows for additional ones. CueGen can generate an Energy My Tag category from the energy level detected by Mixed in Key.
Unfortunately, it currently seems impossible to use this additional My Tag as a filter.
CueGen can create active loops of configurable length for the first and last cue points.
- The Deep Symmetry project for information about Rekordbox analysis files
- https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags for information about Serato ID3 tags