How to download another DJ's USB, playlists or history

By The Cue Club. rekordbox details checked 3 November 2026 against AlphaTheta's manuals and FAQ.

You cannot legally download or copy another DJ's USB, playlists or rekordbox history unless that DJ chooses to share them with you. A USB is their export of their own files and cue data. History is a private log inside their copy of rekordbox, not a public feed. The lawful routes are an export they hand you, a collaborative playlist (the list, not their audio), a published tracklist you shop from, or a set a DJ has listed for sale.

The Cue Club is the legal version of that download. You get the tunes and the hot cues in one go, then import them into rekordbox. It feels like the set came straight off another DJ's USB. They listed it. You did not take their stick.

How The Cue Club works

Copying a USB they did not give you is still off the table. Buying a set they put up for sale is the other way around: our software packs the music and the cue points together, so rekordbox opens it the way a player opens a USB a DJ prepared for the booth.

Each download also includes a file of mixing codes. They are written like a note from the DJ who cued it. One reads along these lines: bring the new track in on its A cue when the track on deck 1 hits its D cue. Mix in, mix out, no guessing.

If the library is yours, upload it and sell it. That starts on the sell page. To buy someone else's, browse the sets. Sellers may only list original music and licensed tracks. That is in the Terms of Service.

What those three things are

People search for a USB, a playlist and a history as if they were the same download. In rekordbox they are three different things.

A USB is a storage device rekordbox has exported for a player. AlphaTheta's manual describes transferring tracks, playlists and track information such as cue points onto a USB for a DJ performance. Their USB export guide covers the library formats written to that device. It is that DJ's copy of the music, prepared for the booth.
A playlist is an ordered list inside the library. It can be exported as a file, shared with another rekordbox account, or written to a USB with the tracks. The list and the audio are not the same object.
A history is rekordbox's log of what was played. The rekordbox 7.1.4 manual says Histories lists tracks played for one minute or more in PERFORMANCE mode or LINK EXPORT. When a USB comes back from a gig, that play history can be imported. The same manual says tracks exported from another rekordbox are excluded from that import. You do not absorb someone else's night into your library.

What does not work

There is no public button that downloads a working DJ's USB, their playlists, or their history.
Borrowing a USB to play a gig is not the same as being given the library to keep.
Logging into someone else's AlphaTheta account, Dropbox or Google Drive is not sharing. It is using their login.
Ripping a set from YouTube or a livestream gives you a recording of the mix, usually at poor quality, and not a cued library. It is not a legal source of the tracks. Our guide to where DJs get their music covers legal sources.

1. They export, and they give it to you

If a DJ wants you to have a copy, they do the export. You do not pull it from their account.

USB. In rekordbox they connect a USB and transfer the playlist. The device then holds the audio and the cue data for a player. They have to hand you that device, or a copy they made on purpose.
Collection XML. AlphaTheta's operation FAQ says: File menu, then Export Collection in xml format. The XML can carry playlist structure, beat grids and cue points. It does not contain the audio. They still have to give you the music files, and you still need the right to those files.
A playlist file. The manual says you can right-click a playlist and export it as .txt or .m3u8 for other music apps. That is a list. It is not a cued USB.

2. Cloud Library Sync is their own devices

Cloud Library Sync copies one person's library between computers and phones that are logged into the same AlphaTheta account, using Dropbox or Google Drive for the files. The operation guide (March 2025) says it straight: individuals can use the same library on their own devices, but multiple people cannot share the same library. Histories are in the list of things that are not synchronised.

Plan limits change. The FAQ says the Free and Core plans only sync a trial playlist of up to 20 tracks, not the whole library. Check rekordbox.com/en/plan before you rely on a number.

3. Collaborative Playlist shares the list, not the files

rekordbox 7 has Collaborative Playlist. AlphaTheta's FAQ says it is for Professional plan users. The owner invites another AlphaTheta account from the Playlists menu, Collaborative Playlist, Share playlist. Up to five people, including the owner, can be on one playlist.

What moves across is the list: titles, artist names, order, and a preview waveform. Cue points, grids and phrase data are shared when you already have the same audio, or you subscribe to the same streaming service. AlphaTheta's overview says local files on the owner's computer are not available to the other person until that person gets the music themselves. A collaborative playlist is a shared running order. It is not a download of their USB.

4. A tracklist is a shopping list

DJs publish what they played. Sites such as 1001Tracklists list the order of a set. That tells you the songs. It does not give you the files, the beat grids or the hot cues. You then buy the tracks you want to keep. Start with the stores and pools in where DJs get their music.

5. Buy a set the seller is allowed to distribute

This is the route above. You are not copying a stick they left in the booth. You are buying a set they listed, music and hot cues together, with a file of mixing codes that says where the handoffs are. The import steps are further down. The terms still apply: sellers may only list original music and licensed tracks, and The Cue Club does not check those claims for you.

The tracks still have to be ones you can use

This is not legal advice. Sharing a playlist does not, by itself, put the recordings on your drive, and being handed files does not always mean you can play them in public or keep them. In Australia, performance and copying are handled by more than one body. Read them yourself:

How to import a set you bought

These are the steps for a Cue Club zip, matched to the rekordbox 7.1 manual's rekordbox xml browser. The manual is the source for the menus. The file name rekordbox.xml is what this site's sets use.

Unzip the download. You should have the audio files, a rekordbox.xml, and the file of hot-cue mixing codes. Read the codes before you play.
In rekordbox, open Preferences, then the View category, then the Layout tab. Tick rekordbox xml under Media Browser.
Open Preferences, then the Advanced category, then the Database tab. Set Imported Library to that rekordbox.xml. The Cue Club's own steps say to use Browse there.
If the rekordbox xml tree does not show, restart rekordbox. That restart is part of The Cue Club's import steps.
In the tree, open rekordbox xml, then Playlists. Drag a playlist onto your own Playlists. The manual describes that drag as the way to copy an XML playlist into your library.

Hot cues and grids come across with that playlist because they are stored in the XML. You do not rebuild them track by track. For a pad-by-pad map of what those cues can mean, see template DJ set with hot cues.

FAQ

Can I download another DJ's USB?

No. A USB is that DJ's export of their own files and cue data. There is no public download. They can choose to give you a copy, and you still need the right to the tracks on it.

Can I download another DJ's rekordbox history?

No. History is a private log of tracks played for at least a minute. It is not a feed you can subscribe to. AlphaTheta's manual also says a play history imported from a USB skips tracks that were exported from another rekordbox.

No. It copies one person's library between devices on the same AlphaTheta account. AlphaTheta's operation guide says multiple people cannot share the same library. Histories are not synced.

On the Professional plan, a DJ can invite other accounts onto a playlist, up to five people in total. You get the list. Cue and grid details come across if you already have the same audio or the same streaming service. Local music files are not sent to you.

Is a tracklist the same as their USB?

No. A tracklist, including ones posted on sites such as 1001Tracklists, is the order of songs. It does not include the audio, the beat grids or the hot cues.

What is the legal way to get a prepared DJ library?

Buy the tracks, or buy a set a DJ has put up for sale. On The Cue Club the download is the music and the cues, ready to import into rekordbox the way a prepared USB would be. They sold it. You did not copy it. Sellers may only list original music and licensed tracks.

Does a set pack include the music?

Yes. You get the tracks and the hot cues, plus a file of mixing codes that names the handoff. One code is as direct as: bring the new track in on its A cue when deck 1 hits its D cue.

Can I sell my own DJ sets?

Yes. DJs upload their own sets and sell them on The Cue Club. Open the sell page to list one. Sellers may only list original music and licensed tracks.

Get a prepared set

Browse sets on The Cue Club, or start from a genre. If the set is one you prepared, sell it. If you are still deciding where the music itself should come from, read where DJs get their music.

All guides

Sources checked 3 November 2026: rekordbox 7.1.4 instruction manual, Cloud Library Sync operation guide (rekordbox 7.1.0, March 2025), USB export guide, and AlphaTheta's library-sync, collaborative-playlist and operation FAQ pages. Plan limits change. Check rekordbox.com before you pay for a plan.