[Music]
manage and edit your record box
collection across all your devices cloud
library sync is a powerful new feature
inside record box six let's take a look
at how this feature works and how to get
set up and running on your computer and
mobile device cloud library sync stores
your tracks and metadata in the cloud so
you can manage your music and play
tracks on all your devices wherever you
are this feature brings several key
benefits to your record box experience
you can integrate your individual
libraries from different devices into
one single library you can prepare
playlists tracks and metadata using your
iOS device and these changes will be
instantly reflected on your main studio
computer or laptop you can also use
cloud library sync to backup your music
so if your computer goes missing or gets
damaged the tracks and metadata in your
DJ library will be kept up-to-date and
safely stored in the cloud it's
important to understand how cloud
library sync manages metadata and audio
files when syncing between your devices
and the cloud metadata is the
information about the tracks things like
memory cues hot cues grid info BPM and
the playlist status this information is
kept synchronized via the cloud and is
stored on our record box servers audio
data is the actual audio information
needed to play the music record box
keeps your audio data synchronized using
the cloud service Dropbox metadata is
synced automatically between all devices
over the Internet
this means the information about your
record box collection is always kept up
to date audio data is synced a little
differently and the process depends on
the type of device you're sinking when
syncing between computers the audio data
is synced automatically however when
syncing between a mobile device and a
computer you need to download the audio
files to a mobile device manually
this is especially useful if you have a
limited amount of space available on
your device to use cloud library sync
you'll need a record box creative plan
subscription and a Dropbox account you
can register for an account at Dropbox
comm the Dropbox basic account gives you
two gigabytes of storage if you want to
increase the amount of storage you can
upgrade to the plus or professional plan
you also need to install the Dropbox
client on your computer so Dropbox can
integrate with record box click download
and follow the instructions on the
installer now Dropbox is set up let's
move on to record box let's register and
activate a creative plan click on my
page and select plan if you currently
use either the free or Core Plan you'll
need to upgrade to upgrade press the
dots here and select change your plan
you'll be directed to the record box
website select creative plan and follow
the step-by-step instructions you'll be
guided through to make your payment and
confirm your subscription
once you've subscribed to the creative
plan activate it in record box then
click on library' sync and activate
library sync to another device now click
on merge to upload your library to the
cloud we'll go into more detail on the
merging process later next click log in
to Dropbox you'll be redirected to your
web browser to accept the Dropbox
rekordbox integration click allow record
box shows you information on how cloud
library sync works once you've read
through these helpful tips press close
let's choose some music to upload to the
cloud you can select individual tracks
your whole collection or individual
playlists to upload let's upload this
playlist here right click on the
playlist and select cloud library sync
upload and then Dropbox you can either
choose to copy or move your files
copying makes a duplicate of your files
and adds them to the Dropbox folder
this is useful if these files are
referenced by other applications in your
computer because it won't change their
original location
if you move files they'll be removed
from your original location and stored
in the Dropbox folder this is a great
option if your computer or device is
short on space but it might affect other
applications if they need to reference
the location of those files
let's select copy the files are copied
to the Dropbox folder and upload into
the cloud now let's do some track
preparation and record box let's make a
change to one of the tracks in this
playlist
we'll add some hot cues a hot loop and
we'll add an active loop here to ensure
your metadata is always up-to-date on
your devices record box regularly
synchronizes with its server this is an
automatic process that happens every ten
to thirty seconds to update metadata
instantly across your device you can
sync changes manually by clicking on the
record box icon in the taskbar up here
click on it and press sync now now let's
set up record box on your iOS device tap
the gear icon to enter the settings menu
and log into your record box account
enter your user details and press login
now go back to the account information
page activate your creative plan and
start cloud library sync record box will
ask you to sign into your Dropbox
account enter your account information
and press sign in finally when you're
prompted press allow to accept the
Dropbox and record box integration your
library metadata is automatically
synchronized with what's on the cloud
you can check this in your collection
view now let's download our audio files
press the three dots here to select
which tracks you want to download you
can select individual tracks like this
or select all tracks here press this
icon to download the tracks you can see
the download status of each track here
you can also see your synched playlists
here let's have a look at the track we
added it earlier it's been synchronized
with our mobile device and we can see
the hot cues hot loops and active loop
information here record box can import
music stored on your iOS device
it recognizes tracks from the music app
this might be music you've bought or
tracks imported to your music library
let's import some tracks to record box
add them to a new playlist and sync them
to the cloud in record box go to the
settings menu and tap import songs we'll
select these songs click this icon to
import the tracks now go back into your
collection and scroll to the bottom to
see these newly added songs this
progress bar indicates that record box
is analyzing the tracks for their key
and beat grid information now let's add
these tracks to a new playlist and
upload to the cloud press here then
click this arrow to select a playlist
then press create new playlist let's
create one called bone imports now
select the tracks and press this icon to
add them to the playlist press here to
enter the playlist then select all the
tracks and press the cloud with the up
arrow to upload to the cloud switching
back to record box we can see that this
playlist has been automatically
synchronized with our laptop what about
syncing two computers together and what
if they both have record box libraries
on them with the same tracks and
playlists in this case if cloud library
sync is activated on both computers the
libraries are merged record box does
this to protect your data please
consider this when cloud syncing similar
libraries as duplicate tracks and
playlists are created
installing record box six will not
overwrite record box five when you
update your library to record box six it
creates a new library you can still
access your record box five library
however changes and edits made in record
box five will not be reflected in your
record box six library one thing to note
is that if you update to record box six
and move your files when performing
cloud library sync you'll have to
relocate your missing files if you move
back to version 5 and that's it be sure
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