Beatdis
Getting started

From folder to written grid in five steps

No account, no cloud — analysis runs on your own machine.

Download and install

Run the installer for your platform.

Use the .msi or .exe installer. The Windows build isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn on first run — choose More info → Run anyway.

Download .exe installerDownload .msi

Open the universal .dmg and drag Beatdis to Applications. The app is signed and notarized, so it opens without a Gatekeeper warning.

Download .dmg (Apple silicon & Intel)
On first analysis Beatdis downloads its models (~83 MB, one time) and reuses them after that. All versions

Add your music

Click Open folder… to load a whole crate, or Open files… for individual tracks. Use the filter box and sort menu (name / BPM / key) to find things in a big library.

Tracks that already have a Serato grid open straight away as an editable grid — no re-analysis needed.

Analyse

Select a track and press Analyze selected, or Analyze all for the whole list. Tick re-analyze gridded to redo tracks that already have a grid, and raise at once to process several tracks in parallel.

Beatdis detects beats, key and cues. A full-length track takes around twenty seconds on a modern desktop.

Check and adjust

  • Press Space to play and turn on 🔊 Click to hear the grid against the music.
  • Wrong octave? ÷2 / ×2. Bar 1 on the wrong beat? phase −1 / +1.
  • Drag a marker handle to fix a spot; Alt-drag to slip everything after it.
  • Check any red ⚠ bridged bands by ear.

Save to Serato or Rekordbox

  • Save to Serato writes the grid, key and cues into the file's tags. It asks before overwriting.
  • Save to Rekordbox writes into your Rekordbox 7 library. The track must already be added and analysed in Rekordbox, and Rekordbox must be closed.
Serato caches grids by file. If you don't see the new grid, re-import the track (or rescan the crate).
TargetFormatsWhat's written
Serato DJMP3 · WAV · AIFF · FLAC · M4ABeatgrid, BPM lock, key, hot cues & loops
Rekordbox 7Tracks already analysed in RekordboxBeatgrid, BPM, key, hot cues A–H
Rekordbox XMLCLI export (merges into an existing export)Per-marker tempo list

Prefer the command line?

The CLI shares the same engine as the app.

beatdis "track.mp3" --start 0 --end 9999 --per-bar \
        --write-serato "track-gridded.mp3"

# or a Rekordbox XML export
beatdis "track.mp3" --start 0 --end 9999 --per-bar \
        --write-rekordbox "rekordbox.xml"

Something not right?

Most grid problems are one click away.

Troubleshooting