# After event with changes made in Serato **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 19, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623 "2022-06-19T18:55:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/1 "2022-06-19T18:55:38Z")
Hi Christiaan, I was wondering if it’s possible to get my Serato database back into LXN after I do a gig where I have added songs to crates during and made slight cue point adjustments or comment renaming edits so I’m not overwriting that information. I have tried to import my database on my DJ laptop after the gig back into LXN and then backup that database to the cloud and then restore that backup on my prep desktop but it is not working. An example is this…I have a crate inside the gig folder for guest requests and anything I know ahead of time goes in that folder in LXN before I sync to Serato, all good…but as requests come in live during the gig, I also drop those tracks in that same guest request folder and I would like to keep that info going forward and not lose that gig crate information. I am also having a strange issue happening when syncing to Engine DJ for my ceremony and cocktail system. Not all but some of my cocktail lists are also including songs that are not supposed to be in that crate or playlist. The cocktail playlist is a sub crate under a crate called “Specialty” where there is another sub crate for Dinner but my Cocktail list also includes music from the dinner list even though they are separate playlists in LXN. Any ideas? I’m going straight to the drive I plug into my Prime Go and not through the Engine DJ app. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/2 "2022-06-20T08:14:14Z")
If you make/update a playlist on the second computer and upload that database to the cloud, then restore that database on your first computer, you should get an identical Lexicon. For the import, make sure to turn the Merge option on and the `Only new tracks & playlists` off, then it will update existing tracks and playlists. I’m not sure about your Engine issue, can you make a new topic for that? With screenshots of the missing tracks ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/3 "2022-06-21T13:27:19Z")
I’ve done that and the playlists showup but they are not populated with the tracks, in fact non of my playlists have any music in them now. I of course didn’t send that to a backup to restore on the main prep desktop though. lol ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/4 "2022-06-21T14:44:00Z")
And if you delete one of those playlists before importing them again? Are they empty then too? ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/5 "2022-06-21T19:38:23Z")
I don’t know. I’ve gone into Serato on my prep desktop now and added what I did at the gig on Saturday and then imported that back into LXN and then created a cloud backup and restored that on the DJ laptop (2nd machine). I’ll try that after this weeks gig. ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/6 "2022-06-22T20:35:26Z")
It seems to be only when I’m trying to import a playlist even though it shows on the import page that there are tracks in the playlist. I just did a full import and the tracks show up in the playlists that way. ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/7 "2022-06-22T21:53:57Z")
Thanks for that! It looks like it was a bug in the Serato importer when doing a playlist import, will be fixed in the next version. ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/8 "2022-06-24T01:34:45Z")
That was quick, thank you. Works now for playlists with the update. ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/9 "2022-06-27T19:41:21Z")
So, going back to this point after this past weekends gig and trying to get everything back over to my prep desktop. On my DJ (2nd computer) I have just tried to import the guest requests crate from the gig but the same thing is happening as last week. The crate shows 9 tracks in it and I’ve made sure merge is on and only new is off but the crate/playlist comes into lexicon empty still. I tried a full import and all playlists are empty. I restored my database and then went and deleted the empty guest request playlist as you mentioned to try and see what happens…same thing, it creates the playlist in lexicon but it’s empty. ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/10 "2022-06-27T20:09:05Z")
Is your desktop also on the latest Lexicon version? ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/11 "2022-06-27T20:11:37Z")
yes, updated both on Friday. I haven’t got to the desktop yet, I’m still needing to get serato changes into lexicon on that laptop before i create a database backup to send over to the desktop, Was that last update beta or stable? I have my DJ laptop set to stable. ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/12 "2022-08-14T07:48:57Z")
hi @Christiaan, I’m still stuck here with not being able to import a playlist from Serato into LXN that had tracks added to while gigging, they just come into LXN empty. I really need to be able to have this working because this week, I’m going away and will need to prep for next weeks gig on my gig laptop and I’m hoping to be able to do what I would normally do in Lexicon but instead of on my prep desktop, on my gig laptop and then create a cloud backup to be able to get it over to my backup laptop and also back to my main prep desktop later. ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/13 "2022-08-14T13:11:21Z")
When you import from Serato, do you have the `Only new tracks & playlists` enabled? Try disabling it, because when enabled it will not update existing playlists. So if the same playlist already exists in Lexicon and is empty, it will stay empty. If that’s not it, I can definitely take a look for you this week. ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/14 "2022-08-20T20:25:14Z")
Sorry for the Delay Christiaan, No, “Only new tracks & playlists” it is not enabled. ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/15 "2022-08-22T10:30:28Z")
Okay, then I’ll have to look at your Serato database and see if I can give you a better answer. Can you upload your Lexicon database (Help menu) and link this topic? And also zip and upload your `Documents/_Serato_` folder? You can upload directly to me with this link: [http://upload.lexicondj.com](http://upload.lexicondj.com), also add this topic link please. ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/16 "2022-08-22T21:41:16Z")
From which computer, my main prep or gig laptop? ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/17 "2022-08-23T05:43:28Z")
The one where the import results in the empty playlist. Can you also put the name of the playlist in the description of the upload please? So I know where to look ---
**Author:** ![marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/marca9/32/221_2.png) [@marca9](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/marca9)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/18 "2022-08-24T17:20:49Z")
I just sent you the files and linked the thread. I had an issue zipping the serato folder because of characters so I deleted that first and also added a folder showing two screen shots of that in case that has anything to do with it but shouldn’t. I also forgot to mention the playlist… 2022 - 08212022 Melissa & Thomas - Dancefloor - Guest Reqs Plus - G Requests Not sure how this is going to work though because there isn’t even a crates folder showing those crates in the serato folder. No rush at the moment, I’m prepping for this weeks wedding so I will bring the requests from last weeks over manually in serato on my prep desktop and import to LXN on here, which works. Just can’t import any playlists containing song on the gig laptop. Thanks for your time. ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/19 "2022-08-24T20:24:48Z")
Do you have a `_Serato_` folder on any external drive too? I need that one too then, the crates must be in there ---
**Author:** ![Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/user_avatar/discuss.lexicondj.com/christiaan/32/10_2.png) [@Christiaan](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/u/Christiaan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623/20 "2022-08-25T06:06:57Z")
I can see in your logs that the track in your G Requests playlist is failing to import but it does import normally here. According to the logs, the crate says one of the files is located here: `d:/dropbox/music/master dj music/serato music/01. marqaproductions.com - hoops 1 year party tag.mp3` but the track is actually here: `C:/Users/Marc/Music/MASTER DJ MUSIC/SERATO MUSIC/01. marqaproductions.com - HOOPS 1 Year party Tag.mp3` Which of those is the right one? I’m thinking it might be a problem where Serato relocated the files in the database but not in the crate files. [Next page](https://discuss.lexicondj.com/t/after-event-with-changes-made-in-serato/623.md?page=2)