OWN
Master Music Library
Ordinary files, no application owns them
Executive directory — Editorial Edition v2.0
From iTunes
to a hybrid
Serato library
Own the files. Administer in Lexicon. Perform in Serato. A staged, reversible migration for long-running DJ collections still trapped in Apple Music.
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Independent project. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Apple, Serato, Lexicon, Spotify, TIDAL, Soundiiz or Lovable. Full disclosure.
One picture
The whole report as a map
Ownership, administration and performance, the one-way streaming bridge, the staged journey, and where recovery sits. Click any block to jump straight to that section.
The non-negotiable order
Five roles, one direction
Ownership, administration and performance are three separate jobs. No single application is allowed to hold all three.
ADMINISTER
Lexicon
Playlists, metadata, smartlists, backups
PERFORM
Serato
Native crates, cues, grids, runtime
CURATE
Spotify
Discovery source — never the master
MIRROR
TIDAL
Stems-capable mirror via one-way Soundiiz
Directory
Where to go next
Mandatory gate
Nothing moves before backups are verified
Audio, the Apple Music database, a fresh full XML and the Serato data must each exist in two independent places before the first file is relocated.
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