Cratemap closed beta: tester guide

Thanks for trying Cratemap, a set-planning tool for DJs. Import your library and it analyzes your tracks for BPM, key and energy. You plan sets around those, then export them to Rekordbox.

Please read first: private test

  • This is a private beta. Please don't share the link or post screenshots publicly.
  • The privacy policy and terms in the app are drafts under legal review. They will be replaced by final terms before any paid plan or public launch.
  • Your data may be reset during the beta (library, crates, sets, Cloud crates files). Keep your originals; Cratemap doesn't replace them.
  • Cloud crates is off until you turn it on (see below). Until then, your audio files never leave your computer.

Signing in

Go to app.cratemap.com and sign in with the email address we invited you under. Any other email lands on an "access pending" screen; if that happens, sign out and tell us which email you used.

Your first ten minutes

  1. Import a library (CAPTURE tab). Drop in a Rekordbox XML, Traktor NML or iTunes/Music Library.xml, or a .cratemap bundle. You can also drop audio files, import .m3u/.m3u8 playlists, or point Cratemap at a music folder.
  2. Let it analyze. Tracks that need it are analyzed in your browser, with progress shown. Keep the tab open until it finishes.
  3. Build a set (SET tab). Add tracks to the timeline and watch the energy arc, transitions and gaps. Recommendations suggest what could come next.
  4. Explore your library.
    • GRAPH: tracks linked by harmonic and tempo compatibility. Click nodes to build a path and add it to your set.
    • SCATTER: your whole library plotted by BPM, energy, valence and danceability. Select points and add them to your set.
    • GROUPS: AutoGroup clusters your library into compatible groups, much like the crates you build by hand; confirm one to drop it into your set.
  5. Export (SET tab). Choose Rekordbox XML; hot cues and beat grids are included. Import the file in Rekordbox to relink.
  6. Optional: Cloud crates (beta, off by default). It keeps copies of your audio files online so your crates play on another computer. Turn it on from CAPTURE (Turn on…) or from ACCOUNT; a notice explains what is uploaded, where it is stored (private, only you can open it), the limits (50 GB and 20,000 files) and how to delete it, and you have to accept it first. Once it is on, new audio you add is uploaded, and Back up audio in CAPTURE sends what you already have.

Not in the beta yet

  • Chat and Create are hidden.
  • Audius and Bandcamp playback is off. Bandcamp links out to bandcamp.com.
  • No Serato or Traktor export, and no Ableton or Photism integrations. They don't exist yet.
  • Mobile isn't supported. Use a desktop, or a tablet in landscape at least 1024px wide. This guide reads fine on a phone.

Known limits

  • USB sync needs Chrome, Edge or Arc (other browsers lack the feature it needs).
  • Analysis runs in your browser, so large libraries take a while.
  • AIFF files can't be analysed in Chrome, Edge, Arc or Firefox. Use MP3, WAV, FLAC or M4A, or convert AIFF to WAV or FLAC first.

Reporting problems

Use SEND FEEDBACK in the footer of the app, or email support@cratemap.com. Please include:

  • what you did,
  • what you expected,
  • your browser (and version),
  • a screenshot if you can.

Your data

Open ACCOUNT in the app footer (the account page):

  • Export your data: downloads your account, library and saved sets as one JSON file.
  • Cloud crates: a switch plus a usage meter. Turning it off stops uploads; Delete my stored audio now erases every file stored for you. Audio files on your own computer are never touched.
  • Delete account: type DELETE to permanently remove your Cloud crates audio, your library and sets on our servers, and your sign-in. It can't be undone. Copies in your own browser aren't touched.