IntroEdits

Mac · Serato, Rekordbox & VirtualDJ

Make an intro edit for any track. In a few clicks.

Half your collection never gets played, because those tracks start cold and there is nowhere to mix in. Pick the point where you want the record to drop — IntroEdits builds the intro for you, out of the track's own audio, with the vocal lead-in over the top so it flows.

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16 bars of instrumental run-up, built for you the record, on the one

Why you need it

Your record pool never made
an intro for that one.

Pools edit what is current. Intro versions get cut for new releases while they are being pushed, and the back catalogue almost never gets the treatment — so the older records in your crate, the ones that would actually go off, are exactly the ones with no intro version anywhere.

Until now, the only fix was a DAW and an hour a track.

Making one before
  • Buy and learn a DAW
  • Run the track through stem separation
  • Hunt for the first real downbeat by ear
  • Copy, paste and tile a section to length
  • Nudge the join until the drop sits on the one
  • Bounce it, listen back, do it again
Making one now
  • Click the track in your crate
  • Click where you want the record to drop
  • Choose 8, 16 or 32 bars
  • Audition the seam
  • Save

What it does

You pick the moment.
It does the work.

Everything that made this a studio job is handled for you — the separation, the phrasing, the tiling and the alignment. What is left is the one decision only you can make: where the track should come in.

F1

It does the hard part

Finding the downbeat, pulling the instrumental out, tiling it to length and lining the drop up to the grid — that is the whole job, and it happens on one click. You choose where the track should come in. IntroEdits does the rest.

F2

The vocal lead-in comes too

It lays the vocal pick-up over the end of the run-up, so the track walks in instead of appearing. That is the detail that separates a proper intro edit from a track with a loop stuck on the front.

F3

Choose where the loop comes from

The bars at the drop are the usual choice, but if they are too busy, or the vocal will not come off cleanly, there are often better eight bars elsewhere in the record. Audition each one with the vocals already stripped before you build anything.

F4

Star now, edit later

Going through a crate and spotting the tracks that need an intro is a different job from making them. Star them as you find them and the prep list brings the lot back together, across every library.

Your library

Your crates, down the side.

IntroEdits opens the crates out of whichever DJ program you already use and shows them nested the way that program does — with artist, title and BPM from the library itself, so you are picking tracks, not filenames.

Serato

Crates and subcrates straight from the Serato library, including Serato 4.

Rekordbox

Opens the Rekordbox database and lists your playlists with their real track counts.

VirtualDJ

Your playlists and browser folders, nested the way VirtualDJ nests them.

Nothing is ever written back to your library. On Traktor, Engine or djay, drag and drop works the same — you just pick the file yourself.

How it works

Three clicks and a listen.

01

Pick the track

Click it in your crate list, or drag the file in. Artist, title and BPM come from your library.

02

Click where it should drop

Take one of the suggested drop points or place your own, and choose 8, 16 or 32 bars. That is the only decision you make.

03

Audition and save

Hear just the join before you commit, then export the edit wherever you like and let your DJ software find it.

FAQs

Intro edits, explained.

What is a DJ intro edit?
An intro edit is a version of a track with an instrumental run-up on the front — usually 8, 16 or 32 bars — so you have something to mix into before the record proper starts. Most edits sold in DJ packs are exactly this. It is what lets you bring a track in on the phrase instead of dropping it cold.
How do you make an intro edit?
By hand it means finding the first downbeat, separating the instrumental from the vocal, repeating a section to fill the length you want, and aligning the join so the drop lands on the one. That is a DAW job. In IntroEdits you click where you want the track to start after the intro and it builds all of that for you.
Do I need a DAW to make intro edits?
Not any more. Making your own used to mean Ableton, Logic or Pro Tools, stem separation, and a good hour per track once you had learned how. IntroEdits is that job as a few clicks, and it renders on your own Mac.
What is a vocal lead-in?
The vocal pick-up that arrives just before the track drops — the line or ad-lib that tells the floor what is coming. IntroEdits overlays it on the tail of the instrumental run-up, so the transition flows rather than switching abruptly from intro to record.
Why don't record pools have intro versions of older songs?
Pools edit what is current. Intro and clean versions get made for new releases while they are being pushed, and the back catalogue mostly never gets the treatment. That is why the older records in your crate are the ones with no intro version anywhere — and why making your own is the only way to get one.
How many bars should a DJ intro be?
16 bars is the usual answer and a safe default — long enough to beatmatch and ride the blend, short enough that the floor does not lose interest. 8 bars suits a quick cut in a busy set, 32 suits a long blend or an opener. IntroEdits does all three so you can try the same track at each.
Which DJ software does it work with?
It reads crates from Serato, Rekordbox and VirtualDJ and shows them nested the way that program does. It never writes back to your library. On Traktor, Engine or djay, drag and drop works the same — you just pick the file yourself instead of picking it from a crate.
Is my music uploaded anywhere?
No. IntroEdits is a Mac app and every edit is rendered on your own computer. Your files are read where they already are and the edit is written next to them. Nothing is sent to us.
What does it cost?
Nothing to start. The app is free and so is everything in it — your whole library, every option, as much listening as you like. What is counted is finished edits: three a month free, unlimited on IntroEdits Pro for £9.99 a month. No card to download it and no trial clock.

More in the guides — how long an intro should be, and how to work through a whole crate.

The tracks you never play are one click away.

Give them the intro the record pool never made, from the audio you already own, in about a minute each.

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