Whenever I sort by key in Rekordbox (or Serato for that matter), it will nicely sort by 1A, 2A, 3A, etc. (or 01A, 02A, 03A, etc. in my case so they sort correctly on CDJ's) and then by Artist. So in the 01A Key, I would have a track from 1991 on top, and Air.K & Cephei second, to give you an idea.
However, when I go into a playlist on my CDJ 2000's and proceed to sort by key, it will instead of sorting by artist next, sort by track.
This means that now everything is sorted correctly by Key, yes. But now within the 04A key, the order I know of is no longer present and Friction's 'Ultrafunk' and 'Splurge' are no longer next to each other but separated by quite a margin.
I know re-numbering track order within Rekordbox and sorting by Default on the CDJ unit could be a workaround for this, but then I won't be able to view the key next to the track title, as it will show the artist in the second column. (Despite the column setting in Rekordbox is set to KEY for my USB device)
Could anyone give some advice on this on how to achieve 'normal' sorting by key (as for example in Rekordbox) without having to sort by default and not be able to view the key at all? (I prefer List view as the track information on the side takes a bit of time to load for each tune and it still would be a guessing game for when I would end up in another key)
Sorry, only a single sort is available on the players. If you want to default that sort order on the playlists, you can set that within rekordbox then click Playlist > Reset Track Number (or ordering?) and then export that to the USB.
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