How to Add Apple Music to Rekordbox
Q: "Hi, today I subscribed to Apple Music thinking I’d be able to use the music in my Dj software ‘pioneer rekordbox’ but noticed that the files are protected, is there a way around this, like subscribing to match to override the protection or is that not possible?? I’ve read this somewhere but I’m not convinced it will work and if it does ‘how’?? Thanks in advance!"
For most DJ lovers and those who are also Apple Music users, they may come across the same issue. But please don’t worry. Through constant study, I found a useful workaround which may help you add Apple Music to Rekordbox. Let’s check this and learn how to do it by following the tutorial or video in the end.
Part 1. Solution on How to Get Apple Music to Rekordbox
In this part, we will show you a powerful and professional tool, which can let you mix Apple Music with Rekordbox without any restriction. As all the music files of Apple Music are under the protection so that they can’t be transferred to other devices for playback. Therefore, it is inevitable to use a third-party tool to get rid of the protection from Apple Music and convert Apple Music tracks to plain audio formats.
Here, AudFree Apple Music Converter is the best helper for you, which is designed to rip right protection of Apple Music and convert Apple music to multiple formats like MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, M4A, M4B and many others. Moreover, this intelligent software enables you to transfer the entire Apple library to AudFree at once. In addition, the conversion speed could reach 30X faster speed in a good network connection.
With the most powerful technology, this smart tool could actually keep 100% original quality and 100% ID3 tags from Apple Music. Metadata like title, artist, album, etc. can be found in the converted files, which may save your time to manage the music files.
Beside these amazing features of AudFree Apple Music Converter, it can also convert music and audiobooks from Apple Music, iTunes Music and Audible. In a word, it is quite simple and convenient to transfer Apple Music to Rekordbox with this powerful program.
AudFree Apple Music Converter
- Save Apple songs to MP3, M4A, AAC and other audio formats
- Convert Apple Music to common format for Rekordbox
- Support download audiobooks from Apple Music and Audible
- Work at up to 30X faster speed, keeping complete ID3 tags
Part 2. How to Get Apple Music Files and Mix Apple Music with Rekordbox
First, please download and install AudFree Apple Music Converter on your computer by clicking the "Download" button above. Then please make sure that you had downloaded Apple Music files and the songs you would like to convert can be played well on your computer. After that, you can follow the guidance below to start convert Apple Music for Rekordbox.
Step 1 Open AudFree program and add Apple tracks 
When you finish the installation of AudFree Apple Music Converter, then please double click the program icon on your computer desktop to launch it. Once opened it, you will see the program main interface. To add Apple Music files to the program, please click the "Add Files" button at the bottom left of the program. Then you could choose and add the Apple Music tracks that you want to convert to the program and AudFree software will load the music files for you. Step 2 Set output format and other parameters for Rekordbox 
Before converting, you need to change the output settings. Now please hit the small audio icon at the bottom-right of the main interface. Later, a new settings window will show up for you to modify the output settings. In addition, if you want to keep the best music quality of Apple tracks, please choose bit rate as 320kbps and sample rate to 48000Hz. Then click "OK" to finish the settings. Step 3 Covert and save Apple Music tracks 
Now, click on the "Convert" button at the lower right corner of the main interface to start convert. When the conversion is done, a red spot with numbers will be shown on the "Converted" icon. Please follow it to direct to the target folder where all converted Apple Music files saved. Step 4 Import Apple Music to Rekordbox As all the Apple Music had been converted and kept on your computer. Now you can transfer and add Apple Music to Rekordbox with ease. Please follow the tutorial to import Apple Music and begin mix Apple Music with Rekordbox. 
Step 1. Open Rekordbox software on your computer.
Step 2. Local the converted Apple Music files or folders that you want to import to Rekordbox on your computer.
Step 3. Click the "Collection" at the left side of Rekordbox. Then drag and drop the converted Apple Music files to the track window at the bottom of the Rekordbox screen.
Step 4. 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.
Step 5. Now you can mix Apple Music with Rekordbox and then you could export them to a USB for playback on other devices.
Video Demo： How to Get Apple Music on Rekordbox
If you are still confused with certain steps, then check out this video which shows each step in details. Once you learned figure out how to do it, get AudFree Apple Music Converter now and have fun mixing Apple Music with Rekordbox!
How to Load Apple Music into rekordbox
«My dream is to use my Apple Music download song to create my USB keys with rekordbox. A HUGE time saving. Any possible way to do this? So, a way to extract audio file from apple music download lib, and I think it’s not so easy. « – Highdom from audiosex.pro
Many DJ lovers have the same question as Highdom does. For those who have already tried to load Apple Music to rekordbox, they know this doesn’t work but still wondering is there any solution to this. Since Apple Music are protected file which can’t be add to other app directly, you need to convert Apple Music to a plain format for the transfer. Today we will walk you through the best solution for adding Apple Music to rekordbox and offer a detailed tutorial for you.
Can You Add Apple Music to rekordbox?
For your information, with the app version, you can import playlists from the official Apple music application to rekordbox(iOS) v.2.0.0 or later version but «the playlists» refers to your iTunes playlists instead of Apple Music playlists. Apple Music songs are heavily protected in M4P format and they can’t work with any known DJ software like Virtual DJ. So, the answer is rekordbox can’t access to Apple Music library.
Is there really no luck for those who want to use Apple Music with rekordbox? Actually, with ViWizard Audio Converter, you can make it happen. ViWizard is designed to convert Apple Music songs, iTunes audiobooks, and Audible audiobooks to common formats including MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, WAV, FLAC with a 30X faster speed. This software also supports the conversion of any unprotected audios. Once it is done, converted Apple Music songs in high quality can be played and mixed in rekordbox or any other DJ software. Let’s move on to the simple steps of converting Apple Music to rekordbox.