How to Add Apple Music to rekordbox? It's easy!

Have you watched any DJ live stream performance during the quarantine? If you go to YouTube or TikTok, you will find some people posting videos of them DJing on the balcony. Do you want to turn into a DJ at home and host a small music party?

With the Rekordbox software from Pioneer DJ, maybe you can make this thought comes true. This software comes with a free plan, and with the right DJ equipment, you will be able to have some fun with it. So today in this post, we are going to show you how to import music to rekordbox from Apple Music step by step. If you happen to have an Apple Music subscription and are interested, you can't miss this!

Part 1. Tool Recommended to Get Apple Music for Rekordbox

To get your Apple Music downloaded for rekordbox first, you will need the help of AudFree Apple Music Converter. It is a powerful tool that is able to remove all limitations on Apple Music and download them to common audio formats compatible with rekordbox.

To many people’s concerns, why do we need tools like this to download Apple Music? Yes, with Apple Music subscription, users can download Apple Music for offline listening. However, this downloaded Apple music is protected and playable within the Apple Music app only. Therefore we need AudFree Apple Music Converter to help us extract the songs we like for personal use only.

You might be wondering if there will be any quality loss given the fact that AudFree Apple Music Converter can work at 30X speed. This answer is no. This software can preserve 100% original quality of Apple Music and meanwhile keep all ID3 tag information untouched, like title, year, genre, album cover, etc.

AudFree Apple Music Converter comes in Mac/Window versions, and its free trial enables users to download the first minute of each track.

Part 2. How to Add Apple Music to rekordbox - Step by Step

After having installed AudFree Apple Music Converter on your computer, you will also need the iTunes app installed as well. Now let’s begin.

Step 1. Add Apple Music to AudFree

Double-click to launch AudFree Apple Music Converter on your desktop. Once opened, please click the “Add Files” button at the bottom-left to add Apple Music files to the AudFree software. Then you could select the Apple Music tracks that you want to download and load them into AudFree.

Step 2. Set Apple Music output format for rekordbox

Before converting, you need to set the output format for Apple Music in order to make it available for the rekordbox software. Now hit the audio icon at the bottom-right corner of the AudFree Apple Music Converter to open a new settings window where you can modify the output settings. Rekordbox supports audio files in ALAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF MP3, and AAC, so we suggest you select FLAC, AAC, or WAV here. Then click “OK” to save the settings.

Step 3. Start to download Apple Music for rekordbox

Now, click on the big “Convert” button at the lower right corner to start to download Apple Music for rekordbox at 30X speed. When the downloading is finished, a red spot with numbers will be shown on the “Converted” icon. Tap on it to open a history list of downloaded files and locate them in the output folder.

Step 4. Import Apple Music to rekordbox

#1. Open Rekordbox software on your computer.

#2. Go to “Collection” on the left side of the rekordbox software. Then drag and drop the downloaded Apple Music files to the track window at the bottom of the Rekordbox interface.

#3. Once you import the files to rekordbox successfully, it will analyze the files and add the best grid, bpm, key, and other information to each file automatically.

Now have fun playing around Apple Music with rekordbox! Can't wait to see your DJ shows.