Getting Started with Offtrack:
A Step By Step Guide for Beginners

Updated: January 24, 2025

Have you been looking for an online music mixer that also works with Spotify? Offtrack is the best DJ app available on iOS that makes it simple for anyone to make a smooth music mix. Here’s a step by step guide with in-app images to quickly show you how this music mixer app works.

Offtrack is the best DJ app to mix your favorite playlists into a seamless party mix – just like a pro DJ. It’s an online mobile app that helps you mix songs automatically. Here’s a few Offtrack tips to help you hack your party, so that you can become the heart and soul of any event.

Let’s set the scene: there’s a party coming up and your friends have asked you to be in charge of the AUX cord. Even if you have the world’s best music taste, it’s going to be a problem if you’re armed with nothing more than an iPhone and a few Spotify playlists. Above all, nobody wants to be at a party where the music sucks.

1. The Offtrack App is Free

First things first, install the Offtrack Spotify mixer app on your iOS device completely for free. The Offtrack app is publicly available on the iOS App Store and it is compatible with Spotify Premium, Apple Music, TIDAL, SoundCloud and your personal iTunes MP3 library. Since the Offtrack online music mixer is free, anyone can instantly sync their iPhone music libraries with Offtrack for any last-minute parties you might have.

Apart from the Offtrack Free version, Offtrack also offers a Pro version with additional mixing features and discovery options. You can try out our free trial to see if you love it!

2. Syncs to Your Favorite Music

At Offtrack, we help you do things as simply and easily as possible while making the loudest buzz.

When you log into Offtrack through your Spotify Premium subscription, you can immediately access your saved Spotify playlists. It’s seamless and easy. Besides Spotify, you can also seamlessly sync your Offtrack library with a paid TIDAL subscription, SoundCloud Free account, Apple Music, or iTunes.

Furthermore, Offtrack also has your favorite songs, artists, and albums on hold so that you can easily mix your favorite playlists with your smart DJ mixer at a moment’s notice. It’s magic in music mixing form!

3. Smart Mix Your Playlist

You’ll see all your tracks once you’ve clicked into the playlist. From here, it’s just a matter of pressing the bright red Smart Mix button – it’ll do all the tough work. In short, Smart Mix is a combination of the simplicity of shuffle, and the intelligence of automix.

Your AI DJ mixer will analyze your playlist and transform it into a music mix. Once your transition is ready, you’ll have a seamless mix.

Do you want to mix with a DJ transition at a particular part of the track? It’s easier than counting 1, 2, 3 with Offtrack. Just drag the purple mixing dot to wherever you want the mix to happen.

4. Boost Playlists with New Tracks

Don’t have enough tracks in your playlist for a party? Easy. Just reset discovery on the queue page and you can simply boost your playlist with new tracks up to 300% discovery. That means that if you have 50 songs already, you can fill the gaps of your queue with another 150 new songs at the right moments of your mix.

You can use the discovery feature before you Smart Mix. Alternatively, you could also discover new tracks within the queue page while your songs are being mixed. This way, you’ll get the chance to enrich your queue on the go even when you don’t have enough tracks to listen to.

Another great reason to use discovery is for the DJ crate digging experience. You can replicate it by just finding the vibe of tracks you already love. Like so many other great Offtrack features, Fill the Gaps is made as intuitive as possible so that you can be the DJ without needing to do the hard work.

Spotify DJ App - Fill the gaps of your playlists with song recommendations

5. Pro Tip: Curate Your Mix with Filters

You might have some songs that are less suited to a house party nestled somewhere randomly within one of your fun playlists. It’s probably for the best that your “lo-fi” tracks don’t get played when everyone is getting hyped up. That’s why you can use music filters to curate your queue instantly to create a musical atmosphere that is energetic and fun. To this end, you can use Offtrack’s Vibe Filter to filter out the tracks that aren’t “Intense” or “Wild”.

Equally important in the smart DJ’s arsenal is the BPM Filter. In brief, you can use it to play songs that are of a similar tempo, therefore creating a more seamless and smooth music mix that people can dance to. Pro Tip: use the BPM filter if you have a specific genre in mind, since genres generally have different ranges for beats per minute! According to Ableton, this is a BPM rule of thumb:

  • Dub: 60-90 bpm
  • Hip-hop: 60-100 bpm
  • House: 115-130 bpm
  • Techno/trance: 120-140 bpm
  • Dubstep: 135-145 bpm
  • Drum and bass: 160-180 bpm

Offtrack’s automatic song mixer is already used by lots of wedding planners, bar owners and party hosts all looking to throw the perfect party with incredible music mixes. Now that you know about it, it’s your turn to show off your mixing skills. The next time you find yourself with nothing more than a sick playlist, an iPhone, and some speakers – you know how to take over the AUX cord and get the party started!