I imported my Engine DJ tracks and everything looks fine on Lexicon (beatgrid, cue points, etc)
Then I tried Syncing it to Serato and got a successful message:
However when I open Serato, the library is exactly the way it was before, with some old crates and none of the new ones from Engine DJ. What am I missing?
I’m using:
Windows 11
Serato DJ Pro v3.1.1
Lexicon v1.5.10
Ah, I forgot it’s easy to have a “clean” Serato library, so I tried the following:
Moved the _Serato_ folder somewhere else
Started Serato
Serato created a new _Serato_ folder, so we know for sure it is reading the right place
Next, I deleted this newly created folder and ran the sync from Lexicon (I think it allowed me to do it because it believed the database still existed)
This resulted in the same _Serato_ folder being created, however the only content in there is a SmartCrates folder with a Everything.scrate inside. Nothing else was created. At least now we know for sure Lexicon is also writing on the correct place too (and can do it).
I checked and I do have this smart playlist in Engine/Lexicon, I tried deleting this smart playlist and syncing again (after initializing Serato’s DB), this time the SmartCrates folder is empty and Serato doesn’t have anything
What is weird is that you are deleting the Serato folder before the sync. Lexicon should not allow a sync then, because that Serato folder is required. If Lexicon is still syncing, then it appears to be syncing elsewhere. In your earlier logs, it was syncing to Music/_Serato_ which is the default place.
So something weird is going on there.
Discord is better, but I’m off for today now too so no problem to use the forum instead
Meanwhile I decided to give Rekordbox a try and the sync (Direct) was successful there.
I’m done for the day too, I’ll just try reinstalling Serato just in case, maybe even creating a new user on Windows to be as clean of an install as I reasonably can have. If it works I’ll update it here, if not I’ll see when I’ll have time again this week.
Thanks again anyway!`
Edit: tried reinstalling Serato and creating a new Windows user with fresh Serato and Engine DJ libraries. No luck
Can you check if the Music/_Serato_/database V2 file has the date modified changed after a sync? And if the Music/_Serato_/Subcrates folder has files that resemble your playlists?
I did another experiment and at least I have some good news.
I created a Lexicon backup on my laptop, copied it to my desktop, generated the Serato database on my desktop and then copied the Serato database back to the laptop. It seem to work just fine, it’s just very annoying to do it this way, especially if I’m on the road
I am also dealing with this issue. I want to remove all my cue points in Serato. I can upload the songs from Serato to Lexicon, and remove the points in Lexicon. But when I sync back to Serato, nothings changes.
I am also using:
Windows 11 (on a laptop)
Serato DJ Pro v3.1.1
Lexicon v1.5.10
However, I don’t have a Windows 10 maching to workaround this issue.
@styro103 That is a different reason. Removing all cues for Serato is not possible because there is a safeguard there to prevent that. In the past, some users have lost all their cues because they dragged their tracks into Lexicon (so no cues loaded) and then synced to Serato, overwriting all cues with no cues. If you want to re-do all your cues, you can do it in Lexicon and sync when there are cues on your tracks again, that will work normally. If you have more questions on that, please make a new topic.
@gdnt It’s very weird, I can’t tell what is going on there. One last thing to is the Lexicon beta version: Download (BETA) | Lexicon - DJ Library Management
Once you have it running, go to the Help menu → Cleanup and choose Interface. That removes a Serato setting and forces it to use the default folder again (which I think it already uses, but might help).
Yes, when I delete this folder and start Serato, it will re-create it and populate it, so for sure this is the folder Serato is using. That’s where I got the created/modified dates from previous messages.
This laptop also doesn’t have any other drives, so no chance (I hope) that Serato would be trying on other drivers.
I saw this happen on my Desktop. For example if my songs are in D:, Serato also seems to create a D:\_Serato_ and reads from both folders.