STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Frequently asked
questions.
Including the ones where the answer is "not yet". If yours isn't here, the chat bubble in the corner reaches a real person, and so does the feedback form. Questions, bugs or ideas? Ask in the QNTZ Discord.
The basics
What QNTZ is, and who it's for.
- What is QNTZ, in one sentence?
- A DAW built for DJ sets: build your set on a timeline, then export it direct to a USB that works on CDJs, Denon, and Serato — no matter what you're playing on, your library, grids, and cues are there. You never have to open rekordbox again.
- Is this just a mixtape bouncer?
- No. Your set stays an editable timeline of separate tracks with real cues, so you can reorder it an hour before doors, and it reaches the players as tracks — not one long file. Bouncing to a single audio file is there when you want it, as one export among several.
- Do I have to give up rekordbox, Engine, or Serato?
- No. QNTZ is the prep step in front of whatever you already use. Export a stick straight from QNTZ, or export into your existing library and carry on as normal.
- I improvise. Why would I plan a set?
- Plan the moves, not the night. Most DJs prep the drops, the doubles, and the chops and leave the order open. QNTZ is for the parts you want to land every time.
- Do I need to know a DAW to use it?
- No. You can start from a folder of tracks: drop them on the timeline, set where each one comes in and cuts out, and let the auto-mix build the blend. The DAW import is there for people who already work that way.
Players & export
What comes out the other end, and what reads it.
- Will my CDJs actually read the stick?
- Yes. QNTZ writes the database the player reads itself: the Pioneer format for CDJ and XDJ, Engine DJ for Denon, crates for Serato. Hot cues, loops, playlists, and beatgrids come with it.
- Which gear and software can I export to?
- CDJ and XDJ players, Denon's Engine DJ, Serato, Traktor, and rekordbox itself — as a collection XML you import, or written straight to the stick. Sets also export back out as a DAWproject for Bitwig, Cubase, or Studio One.
- Do my beatgrids survive the trip?
- That's the point of them. The grid you fix in QNTZ is the grid written to the stick, so the player shows the same downbeat you set — no re-analysis surprise in the booth.
- What happens to my original audio files?
- Nothing. Edits live in the set; exports write copies to the stick. The files in your folders stay exactly as they were.
- Can I take a set back into my DJ software to play it?
- Yes — export to rekordbox XML or straight to a stick, and the set arrives as a playlist of tracks with its cues and loops in place.
Getting your work in
Sessions, folders, and live recordings.
- Does my DAW work transfer?
- Clips, warps, and tempo automation come across from .als and DAWproject, so Live, Bitwig, and Cubase sessions open here. FL Studio projects bring their playlist's audio clips and tempo.
- Can I start from a folder of tracks instead?
- Yes. Point QNTZ at a folder, or drag files in. Each track is analyzed for BPM, key, and a beatgrid as it lands.
- Can I get a set I already played into QNTZ?
- If you played it on Pro DJ Link gear, yes: QNTZ can record the link traffic from the booth and turn the night back into an editable timeline.
Platforms, updates & price
Where it runs, and what it costs.
- Mac or Windows?
- Both, as real native apps. macOS needs one extra click past Gatekeeper on first launch, and the download page walks you through it.
- Is there a browser version?
- Not yet — it's being built. When it lands it brings the cloud library with it: your tracks and sets on every machine, autosaved, with live collaboration. Until then QNTZ is a desktop app and everything stays on your own drive.
- When does the cloud library arrive?
- It ships with the browser version. It isn't on sale and there's nothing to sign up for yet — the desktop app is complete without it, and Cloud stays optional when it lands.
- How do updates work?
- QNTZ updates itself. Open the app and it picks up the latest release in the background, installs it, and reopens — on Windows the one prompt is the system asking permission to install. You can also check any time from the app menu.
- What does it cost?
- QNTZ is in early alpha and the download is free while it is. The plan after that: the desktop app is a one-time purchase and perpetual — the version you buy stays yours — with Cloud as an optional subscription once it exists.
- How stable is an early alpha, really?
- It's used to prepare real sets, and it saves constantly — but it changes fast and you will find rough edges. Keep your original files (QNTZ never touches them), and send anything broken through the feedback form or the chat bubble.
- What does QNTZ send over the network?
- Update checks, and that's it by default: the version you're running, your OS, and a random id so installs can be counted. We also note roughly where the check came from (country, region and city, as our host Cloudflare reports it), never your IP address. No account, no tracks, no set data — deleting the install-id file beside your settings resets the id.
- Does qntzdj.com track me?
- It counts visits, and that's all. Each page you open sends the page's address and the site that linked you here to our own server, which adds it to that day's totals, with your country, region and city as Cloudflare reports them. No cookies, no third-party scripts, and no IP address is ever stored: to count you once a day, the server keeps a scrambled fingerprint in memory under a key that's thrown away at midnight (UTC), so it can't be traced back to you.
Still wondering something?
The guides go deeper on every part of the app, and the feature list is the whole inventory in one page.