Phrases

Ora DJ reads each track's structure into labeled sections (intro, breakdown, groove, outro, and more) under the Track Prep waveforms, and lets you correct them by hand.

Phrases split a track into its musical sections and label each one: intro, build, breakdown, groove, transition, and outro. They cover the whole track end to end with no gaps, so you can see where it builds, breaks, and drops at a glance, and plan your mixes around the structure instead of finding it by ear.

Ora DJ works them out for you from the track's energy after it's analyzed, and you can fix any that it reads wrong.

Ora DJ phrase sections shown as colored blocks under the Track Prep zoomed waveform and full-track overview

Phrase detection works best on electronic music. It reads less reliably on some genres like hip-hop, R&B, and pop, where you may need to correct more by hand.

Where phrases show

Phrases appear as colored blocks under the waveforms in Track Prep, on both the zoomed lane and the full-track overview. The colors run cool to warm with the section's energy, so a quiet breakdown reads cool and a full-energy groove reads hot. Each block shows its label and how many bars it runs.

Phrases are on by default. To hide them, turn off Show phrases in Settings > Controller & Display.

What the labels mean

Intro is the track's opening.
Build is a section where the energy climbs into a drop.
Breakdown is where the bass drops out.
Groove is a main, full-energy section.
Transition is a short interlude between two grooves.
Outro is the track's ending.

A track has to be analyzed first, with a beatgrid and energy. Phrases appear once its analysis finishes. See Track analysis for how that runs.

Editing phrases

Correct phrases in the Track Prep zoomed waveform. Every change saves to Ora DJ's library right away, never to the audio file. Your edits stay put: a later analysis won't overwrite them.

Move a boundary

Hover the line between two phrases and drag it. It snaps to the nearest beat when you're zoomed in close enough to see beat lines, and to the nearest bar when you're zoomed out. Only that one boundary moves; the phrases on either side keep their other edges.

Drag a boundary across the neighbouring phrase to remove that phrase. The one you're dragging takes over its space.

Split a phrase

Click inside a phrase to cut it in two at that point. Both halves keep the original label, so you can relabel the new one next.

Change or delete a phrase

Right-click a phrase for a menu to change its type or delete it. Deleting a phrase hands its space to the phrase before it.

When you change the beatgrid

Phrases sit on the music, not on bar numbers. If you correct a track's beatgrid or tempo after editing its phrases, your edits move with the audio and re-settle onto the new bars rather than drifting off the track. They're never thrown away by a grid change.