How to Put Your DJ Music Library on Your Phone
A practical local-first workflow for listening to and preparing a desktop DJ music library from a phone.
You already have the music on your computer: purchases, edits, old rips and playlists you have spent years building. To listen on your phone, you can stream from that computer instead of copying a selection over every time you leave the house.
What the setup looks like
- Install Tape on the computer that can access your music, then add one folder to the library. Start small so you can check the result before scanning everything.
- Install the supported phone app and follow the pairing steps. Testing at home on the same Wi-Fi makes it easier to check the setup.
- Find a familiar track on the phone and play it. Open a playlist too, or create a short one from the tracks you are listening to.
- For listening away from home, activate a license with remote access and test over your phone's mobile connection. Leave the hub running with its music drives connected.
Why this works for serious collections
The useful part is having your own versions within reach. That might be an extended mix, a private edit or a track you bought years ago. Tape reads the folders where those files live, and your paired phone browses the same library. You can spend a commute getting to know new music and save the tracks you want together in a Tape playlist.
When to choose a different workflow
Streaming depends on the hub and its storage being available. For a flight or somewhere without a connection, arrange an offline listening option separately. Keep cue points, beatgrid checks and the final performance export in your DJ software. The DJ workflow page shows how Tape fits around that preparation.