FAQ
Do I need to upload my music anywhere?
No. Music Hub is built around your existing local library and a desktop hub that serves it.
Is Music Hub a subscription streaming service?
No. The current product is a desktop hub plus companion app for your own music library.
Is Music Hub free and open source?
No. The distributed desktop and mobile apps are proprietary commercial software from Gordo Labs. There are plans to partially release core components as open source software in the near future, with room for public plugins and customization. Think Obsidian, but for music.
You may see public repositories or build-from-source instructions for development; that is separate from the license to run and share the official builds. Local / same‑Wi‑Fi use is available in a zero-cost mode (no paid remote license); remote access uses the paid flow described on music-hub.gordo.design (opens in a new tab). See Terms (opens in a new tab).
What do I need to use it today?
Today, the public path is:
- a desktop hub app or Docker server
- an iOS companion app through TestFlight
- an Android companion app through closed beta testing
Windows and Linux packaged desktop installers are not public yet. Android is active in closed beta, not open public distribution.
Can I use Music Hub only on local Wi-Fi?
Yes. LAN / Wi-Fi is the simplest and safest path.
Does remote access require anything extra?
Yes. Remote access depends on:
- the desktop hub being configured for a remote route
- the phone already being paired
- a valid desktop license for remote playback
What is the current paid access for?
The current paid plans unlock remote access for the desktop hub plus the current buyer, recovery, and licensing flow around it.
Today the public commercial model is:
Remote Monthlyat$3/monthRemote Lifetime Early Birdat$99, discounted from the normal$149
If I lose the original download email, am I locked out?
No. The current buyer flow includes a recovery path for re-download and license recovery.
Can I share my full library publicly?
No. The public surface is intentionally narrow. What exists today is public share pages for specific tracks, albums, artists, and playlists.
Can I use it with Rekordbox or other playlist tools?
Yes. The desktop hub supports local playlist import flows for Rekordbox XML, M3U/XSPF, Traktor, Apple Music / iTunes XML, and Serato local crates/smart crates.
Is Android available?
Yes, in closed beta. Android testing is active through Google Play testing, but it is not open public distribution yet.
Is Windows or Linux available?
Source builds exist, and Docker is available for server/NAS use. Ready-made Windows and Linux desktop installers are not public yet.
Where should I start?
Start with:
- music-hub.gordo.design (opens in a new tab) for current public access
- Getting Started for the onboarding path
- Pairing & Remote if your main concern is connectivity
For DJs and serious local libraries
Questions DJs ask most often about local libraries, Rekordbox/Serato/Traktor workflows, and phone prep. Today is what ships now; Planned is direction, not a launch promise.
Is Music Hub another library I have to keep in sync?
No — not the way iTunes + Beatport Pro + Traktor often fight each other.
Today: Music Hub scans the folders and playlists you already use on your hub machine or Docker server and builds one catalog for the desktop hub and phone companion. Your files stay where they are. You do not maintain a separate “Music Hub copy” of your archive.
Planned: Optional write-back of cleaned tags to files, and export/handoff to DJ tools — only when those workflows are gated and tested. Music Hub is not asking you to rebuild your library in a third XML world.
Do I have to reorganize my folders?
No.
Today: Point the hub at your existing folder roots — year/season trees, flat download folders, genre paths, or “everything in one folder + tags.” Music Hub does not force a single folder taxonomy.
Planned: Optional rename/organize templates with preview (for people who want a Downloads → tag → move pipeline). Rule-based “smart” playlists from hub fields are later roadmap, not live today.
Does Music Hub replace Beatport Pro or fix all my metadata automatically?
Not today.
Today: Music Hub reads the tags and metadata already on your files and surfaces them on desktop and phone. Import playlist/crate flows from Rekordbox, Traktor, M3U, and Apple Music/iTunes XML are supported on the desktop hub.
Planned: Background enrichment from MusicBrainz, Beatport, Discogs, and related sources — database first, with optional ID3 write-back when you choose. That addresses messy promos and downloads without running two apps that overwrite each other.
Can I use Music Hub with Rekordbox, Traktor, Serato, or iTunes playlists?
Yes for import today. Export is limited.
Today: The desktop hub can import local playlist/crate data from Rekordbox XML, Traktor, M3U/XSPF, Apple Music / iTunes XML, and Serato local crates/smart crates. Music Hub is a listen/prep/phone companion, not performance software — you still play sets in the DJ app you already use.
Planned: Rekordbox XML export with BPM/key/cue fields where the hub has them; deeper USB/sync research later.
Does it work with Apple Music or streaming tracks?
Music Hub is for files you own and can mount on your hub.
Streaming-only tracks (Apple Music, etc.) are not a reliable DJ library surface. If a track is not a file in your scanned folders, it is not in Music Hub.
Today: Owned MP3, FLAC, M4A, AIFF, and other scanned formats on your machine.
Is Music Hub DJ software?
No.
Music Hub is a hub + phone companion for the archive you already maintain: listen, review, prepare, and share playlists without uploading your library to a cloud catalog.
Rekordbox, Serato, Traktor, and similar tools remain where you perform. Music Hub sits upstream — prep and phone access — with handoff back into those tools.
Can I browse my whole library on my phone — including older tracks?
Yes — that is the core wedge.
Today: Pair the phone app to your hub and browse/search the same library on Wi‑Fi. Remote access (away from home) is the paid layer. This helps when time-based folders bury good older tracks: you do not need a new folder system to rediscover music on your phone.
Planned: Stronger play-history/heard state and rule-based playlists inside the hub — not iTunes-grade smart playlists on day one.
What file formats are supported?
Today: Multi-format scan on the hub (common DJ formats including MP3, FLAC, M4A, AIFF, and others in your library). One catalog regardless of format.
Planned: Transcode/quality signals for file integrity — gated later work.
I keep separate DJ and personal libraries. Do I need two hubs?
No.
Today: Add multiple folder roots to one hub. Use playlists and views to separate “current crate,” DJ prep, and personal listening without duplicating files on disk.
How do new downloads fit in?
Today: Add your downloads folder (or any folder) to the hub scan. New files appear after scan/rescan.
Planned: Watched inbox folder + triage UX for “10–20 tracks a day” discipline.
Will Music Hub detect BPM and musical key for me?
Partially today; deeper automation is planned.
Today: BPM/key shown if already present in file tags or imported DJ metadata.
Planned: Hub background analysis and enrichment providers — not marketed as shipped until live and gated.
What about smart playlists like iTunes?
Not at iTunes depth today.
Today: Static playlists, collab playlists, folder views, search/browse by metadata fields where present.
Planned: Rule-based playlists from hub DB + play history.
Will Music Hub fix Rekordbox missing files (!) after I move folders?
Not a Rekordbox relocate replacement.
Today: Keep one stable music root on your hub machine; add that root to the hub scan so phone browse matches disk. After you relocate in Rekordbox/Serato, rescan in the hub if paths changed.
Planned: Safer missing-file and relocation workflows in the hub catalog — research in progress.
Will Music Hub write tags back to my files?
Partially today; fuller control is planned.
Today: Music Hub reads tags from your files into its catalog. DJ prep and phone browse use that catalog.
Planned: Selective ID3 write-back when you approve changes — for when hours of tagging in Rekordbox never made it onto disk.
I have thousands of untagged tracks and feel overwhelmed. Where do I start?
Today: Add your folders to the hub and browse/play what is already tagged. Use playlists for a small current crate — you do not need a perfect library to get phone access working.
Planned: Inbox/triage and background enrichment so you can work in 10–20 tracks a day batches instead of marathon tagging sessions.
Why would a DJ pay for Music Hub?
Today: Local use on the same Wi‑Fi is free. Remote — the same hub library on your phone away from home — is the paid layer (Remote Monthly or Remote Lifetime Early Bird).
DJ landing page
More context for DJs: tape-music-hub.gordo.design/for-djs (opens in a new tab)