# Serato Tags: reconstructing Serato DJ GEOB metadata

> Serato Tags reconstructs the GEOB metadata structures that Serato DJ stores in audio files. Its investigation and field notes cover version data, BPM and gain, beat grids, hot cues, saved loops and waveform overviews, with sample tag dumps and Python inspection scripts.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags/blob/26cbdf2608711f9dbd3995f22faf16110f87dbcf/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/serato-tags-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/serato-tags-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/serato-tags-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Limits:** Documentation of Serato Offsets_ has not started; several other tag descriptions are marked mostly done.
- **License:** Scripts are MIT licensed, the example audio file is CC BY 3.0 licensed, and the remaining material is CC BY-SA 4.0 licensed.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags/blob/26cbdf2608711f9dbd3995f22faf16110f87dbcf/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Holzhaus/serato-tags/blob/26cbdf2608711f9dbd3995f22faf16110f87dbcf/docs/writeup.md>

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