# Differences between Crates and Playlists

**URL:** https://community.enginedj.com/t/differences-between-crates-and-playlists/3970
**Category:** Engine PRIME
**Tags:** rekordbox, engine-prime
**Created:** [May 30, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/differences-between-crates-and-playlists/3970 "2017-05-30T15:51:13Z")
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### Author: ![addie](https://community.enginedj.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@addie](https://community.enginedj.com/u/addie)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.enginedj.com/t/differences-between-crates-and-playlists/3970/2 "2017-05-30T16:25:57Z")

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Playlist is in specific order. You decide what’s no. 1, no 2, etc… You normally use it for a fixed set. Crate is a collection of tracks sorted by title, or name, etc… you can for example put genres together, years or charts… just how you like it.

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