Discover music. Make tandas. DJ the milonga.

TangoDJ is a Windows and macOS desktop app built around the way tango DJs actually work.

●Keep your track library organized with Smart Folders.
●Rate, search, sort, and collect the music you trust.
●Build reusable tandas and precisely timed playlists.
●Lock playlists and players against accidental changes.
●Use automatic volume control, equalizers, and VSTs.
●Detect BPM and adjust tempo or pitch from the player.
●Use MIDI devices to control TangoDJ.
●DJ away from the desk with TangoDJ Mobile Companion.

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If it doesn’t fit your workflow, email us within 14 days for a full refund.

Watch TangoDJ in action

See how TangoDJ helps you prepare your library and stay in control during the milonga.

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Build and organize your TangoDJ library

See how the Library Wizard imports your music, cleans up metadata, and prepares your collection for DJing.

New feature

Explore the Recordings Catalog

Browse historical tango recordings and see perfect or partial matches from your own library.

Control the playback from your phone and watch

See the Mobile and Watch Companion apps remote-controlling TangoDJ.

Run TangoDJ from a MIDI controller

Put live playback and sound controls under your fingers with MIDI mapping.

Control TangoDJ from anywhere in the venue.

Download TangoDJ Mobile and Watch Companions for iOS/Android/WatchOS/Wear OS devices. Included in your TangoDJ purchase.

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Purpose-built for tango

Made by a tango DJ, for tango DJs

TangoDJ is intentionally focused. Here is the quickest way to know whether it matches how you work.

A strong fit

TangoDJ is for you if...

You DJ milongas, practicas, or festivals and think in tandas and cortinas.
You want repeatable preparation with better metadata and reusable tandas.
You need live safety and timing control during the night.

A different fit

Consider another tool if...

You want a general club DJ tool with beatmatching and similar workflows.
You do not use tandas and cortinas as your core event structure.

What changes when you switch to TangoDJ

Faster preparation, safer live control, and a cleaner path from your music folders to a finished milonga playlist.

Turn a large collection into music you trust.

Use the Library Wizard, Recordings Catalog, Smart Folders, ratings, fast tagging, and search to understand and organize your music.

Adjust the night without breaking the flow.

Send, replace, move, and set the next tanda while the playlist stays organized around tango structure.

Keep the room sounding right.

Use Master presets, Auto gain, clip prediction, filters, parametric EQ, compressor, and VST3 effects.

Preview privately on a second output.

Audition the next tanda, replacement tracks, or cortinas without changing main playback or the audience display.

Read the playlist at a glance.

See current playback, next track, stop markers, analysis status, timing projections, and tanda issues.

Protect playback from accidents.

Lock the playlist or player, mark stop-after moments, and keep fallback tracks ready.

“Compared to other playback programs, where you have to piece everything together yourself and always end up feeling a bit under pressure, TangoDJ is a real relief to use throughout the evening.”

S. R. · Tango DJ, Germany

See TangoDJ in action

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The complete tanda-first DJ workspace.

Build and manage the night's playlist at a glance.

Organize and filter a real tango music library.

Edit tags across multiple music files at once.

Prepare reusable tandas and place them precisely.

Use VST3 effects in the master processing chain.

Map live controls to your MIDI hardware.

Customize keyboard shortcuts for fast live operation.

Adapt the interface colors to your event setup.

Why TangoDJ exists

Seventeen years ago I started DJing milongas and quickly hit a wall: every DJ program was built for generic playlists, not tandas, not cortinas, not tango flow.

So I built my own tool. I used it to DJ around the world, and DJs kept asking, “What are you using?”

After changing laptops, I rebuilt it from the ground up. TangoDJ is that modern version: a rock-solid, tanda-first system that makes milonga DJing simpler, safer, and more enjoyable.

— Rick

How it works in 3 steps

Start with guided setup.

For an empty library, TangoDJ opens a short onboarding guide and points you to the Library Wizard. Add watched music locations or import playlists from your current DJ app.

Clean up and understand your music.

Review orchestra, singer, genre, and title metadata, compare your collection with the Recordings Catalog, and save favorite tag values for fast editing.

Build the playlist and DJ the milongas.

Assemble playlists, preview privately, watch the schedule, adjust the next tanda, tune the Master output, and show dancers what is playing.

Everything follows your DJ workflow

Build a library you know and trust

Library Wizard

Set up and clean up your library step by step

Add watched music locations, import existing DJ libraries or playlists, map metadata sources, and review orchestra, singer, genre, and title values.

Recordings Catalog

Compare your library with tango recording history

Browse an offline catalog of 9,684 recordings from 33 orchestras, then open perfect or partial matches from your own collection.

Fast metadata tagging

Keep favorite tag values one click away

Save the orchestras, singers, and genres you use most, then apply them to one track or a large selection from the Tag menu.

Smart Folders

Let your library organize itself

Watch music folders on disk and combine them with saved searches. New, changed, and missing files are reflected automatically or on demand.

Ratings and Favorites

Build a shortlist as you listen

Rate tracks, sort any column, and collect selections in existing or new Favorites folders.

Powerful search

Find the right music with precise filters

Search by title, orchestra, singer, genre, tags, rating, year, BPM, and other numeric ranges.

Tempo, pitch, and BPM

Understand and adjust each recording

Detect BPM, change tempo and pitch from the player, and save per-track values for later.

Turn favorite tracks into a complete running order

Tanda first

Work with tandas and cortinas directly

Create tandas from selected tracks, keep complete groups together, and mark cortinas so the playlist behaves like a milonga.

Playlist operations

Place music exactly where it belongs

Send music to the next tanda, last tanda, end of playlist, or after a selected tanda.

Playlist indicators

See current, next, stop, and analysis state

Compact row markers show what is playing, what comes next, where playback stops, and whether analysis is ready.

Stay in control while dancers are on the floor

Playback safety

Protect the dance floor from accidents

Lock the playlist, lock the player, set stop-after markers, and keep fallback tracks ready.

Private preview

Check music without changing the room

Send main output to speakers and preview output to headphones without changing playback or the Info Display.

Master panel

Control the final sound before it hits speakers

Use gain, filters, EQ, compressor, Auto gain, clip prediction, spectrum view, presets, and VST3 effects.

MIDI remote control

Put live controls under your fingers

Map MIDI knobs, faders, pads, and buttons to playback, playlist actions, Master presets, and sound controls.

Mobile Companion

Control TangoDJ from your phone

Pair the companion app and control playback, playlists, Master sound, loudness, EQ, and custom controls.

Adapt the experience and protect your work

Info Display

Show dancers what is playing and coming next

Open a separate audience window, blackout it when needed, and choose or customize display themes.

Themeable display

Customize the audience screen offline

Copy a built-in Info Display theme and edit its local HTML, assets, and optional JavaScript.

Per-genre colors

Read every kind of music at a glance

Add your own genre names and choose separate colors for light and dark themes, not only Tango, Vals, and Milonga.

Shortcuts and layout

Shape TangoDJ around your setup

Toggle panels, maximize what you need, switch theme and language, and assign shortcuts from Settings.

Backup and repair

Keep the database recoverable

Use automatic, session-end, and Pre-import backups, then validate and restore them from the backup manager.

If you’ve ever...

●Fumbled a tanda change because your playlist tools were not built for milonga flow.
●Lost time before a gig cleaning tags, rebuilding playlists, or hunting for the right track.
●Had the room sound off and wished you could fix it without leaving your DJ workflow.
●Watched timing slip because silence at the start or end of a file changed the schedule.
●Had one wrong click interrupt playback and felt your stomach drop.

TangoDJ was built for exactly that.

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FAQ

About TangoDJ

Is TangoDJ built specifically for milonga DJing?+

Yes. TangoDJ is purpose-built for Argentine tango events such as milongas, practicas, festivals, and marathons.

What workflows is TangoDJ best for?+

It is a strong fit when your workflow depends on tandas, fast playlist preparation, precise timing, and room-sound control. It is not aimed at general-purpose club DJing.

Does TangoDJ work offline?+

Yes. TangoDJ works offline. Internet is only needed for license checks.

What platforms are supported?+

Windows and macOS are supported, including Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

What audio formats are supported?+

MP3, FLAC, WMA, AAC, OGG, M4A, AIFF, and APE are supported.

Setup, migration, and library

Does TangoDJ guide me through initial setup?+

Yes. When you start with an empty library, TangoDJ opens a short onboarding guide and recommends the Library Wizard.

What does the Library Wizard do?+

It adds watched music locations, imports existing DJ libraries and playlists, maps orchestra and singer tags, and helps clean up orchestra, singer, genre, and title metadata.

Can I import my existing library and playlists?+

Yes. Import music folders, M3U/M3U8 playlists, and libraries from VirtualDJ, Foobar2000, AIMP, Mixxx, and Apple Music.

What is the Recordings Catalog?+

It is an embedded offline catalog of 9,684 historical tango recordings from 33 orchestras. Browse by orchestra, search or sort recordings, and open perfect or partial matches from your TangoDJ library.

Can I speed up repetitive metadata tagging?+

Yes. Keep favorite orchestra, singer, and genre values in the Tag menu, add values from existing tracks, and apply them to a whole selection.

Can I customize colors for my own genres?+

Yes. Add arbitrary genre names and choose a different color for each in the light and dark themes.

Can I control import and metadata-refresh performance?+

Yes. Choose 1, 2, 4, or 8 file-processing workers in Settings to balance speed against CPU and disk usage.

Will TangoDJ recognize tandas automatically?+

Yes, when the files have usable genre and artist tags.

How does auto-organize work?+

During import, build nested folders from tags such as orchestra, genre, album, year, or custom fields. You can also preserve source folders or collect everything in one folder.

What are Smart Folders?+

Smart Folders are saved searches that can also watch music folders on disk and stay current as files and metadata change.

How precise can searches be?+

Search by title, orchestra, singer, genre, file information, or custom tags. Numeric filters support comparisons and ranges for values such as rating, year, and BPM.

Can I edit tags in bulk?+

Yes. Even thousands of music files can be edited in bulk.

Can I export playlists or tandas?+

Yes. Export playlists and library results when you need to archive, move, or share material.

Live performance

Can I preview on a second output?+

Yes. You can use any audio device for preview.

Can I switch audio devices without restarting?+

Yes. Main and preview outputs can be changed in real time.

How does timing work?+

TangoDJ skips configured silence, inserts a predefined gap, fades cortinas when you choose, and supports custom start and stop points per track.

How does playback protection work?+

Lock the player while editing the playlist, lock the whole playlist, and set stop-after markers for controlled endings.

How are imports protected?+

Before importing, TangoDJ saves pending changes and creates a retained Pre-import backup that you can restore from the backup manager.

Can I customize keyboard shortcuts?+

Yes. Search actions and assign the shortcuts you use during preparation or live playback.

Can I use a MIDI device?+

Yes. Map controllers to playback, volume, presets, EQ, filters, playlist commands, locks, and custom controls.

What can Mobile Companion control?+

Playback, playlists, Master sound, loudness, EQ, and custom controls after pairing with the desktop app.

Can I customize the layout?+

Yes. Panels can be resized, toggled on or off, and swapped for preparation or live use.

Sound, purchase, and support

What sound tools are included?+

Eight Master preset slots can store filters, EQ, compressor, Auto gain, and VST3 settings. Spectrum feedback and clip prediction are included.

Can I recall EQ presets during a set?+

Yes. Saving and recalling EQ presets is instant, even during a track.

Is this a subscription?+

No. TangoDJ is a one-time purchase with a perpetual license and updates within the same major version.

What exactly do I get?+

A perpetual TangoDJ license and all updates within the same major version you purchased.

How many computers can I use?+

One machine at a time. Deactivate the old machine before activating another. The license covers both macOS and Windows.

What's the refund policy?+

Email us within 14 days of purchase for a refund.

How do I get support?+

Write to info@bukdugroup.com. We usually reply within a day.

Is TangoDJ actively maintained?+

Yes. TangoDJ is actively maintained and updates are shipped frequently.

Ready to level up your milonga DJing?

$199 perpetual license for macOS and Windows.

Buy TangoDJ for $199

Questions? Write to info@bukdugroup.com.