![]() Think of it as letting you set up as “virtual cable” that runs your DJ controller audio to your recording software, inside your computer.ĭownload the app, and run it once your DJ controller is plugged in and your DJ software is running – set up is simple and takes seconds. Best bit is that once it’s set up, you don’t even have to open VB Cable when you want to record – your DJ controller is from there on in always available as a “source”. There are lots of ways to achieve this, but one way that works on both Windows and Mac is to use a free app called VB Cable ( here’s a link to their website). The easiest way to do this is to use a little utility to help you route that audio inside your laptop. Audacity is free and it does the job really well. So you need to make the audio from your controller “visible” to your computer. If you hit “record” in any of these apps, chances are the only input option you’ll see is your laptop’s microphone. There is one hoop to jump through, the tweak I mentioned, which is that your laptop may not be able to “see” your controller’s audio output as an audio source. On all systems you can use Audacity (it’s a free audio editor and recording program, and if you don’t have it already, you really should get it – click here to download it for free). ![]() On a Mac, you can use Quicktime, which is built in. When it comes to the recording app, any program that can record audio will do. ![]() You just need to use a different recording app, and possibly make a small, simple “tweak” to your computer. If you have a laptop to DJ from, you can still record your DJ set using that laptop even if the ability to do so is “greyed out” in the software itself. Record your DJ set on your laptop (but away from your DJ software) There are basically two ways, one which may be perfect for you and won’t cost you a penny, and one that involves using extra hardware (unless you’re DJing with a mixer that has an audio interface built in). Prefer me to talk you through this? In this video, a recording of a live show from the Digital DJ Tips YouTube channel, I talk you through everything in this guide, and we take questions from our community too on the subject. It’s easy, and often it needn’t cost you any money. ![]() In short, when simply hitting “record” on your DJ software or system is not possible, how are you going to record your DJ sets? That is what we cover in this article. Or, what if you’re DJing on gear that doesn’t offer a suitable recording feature? Say, you want to record your vinyl sets, or you want to record all the DJs in a club where you’re playing, not just your own set? Unfortunately though, it’s in the licensing agreements software makers have with such services. This is no good for DJs who want to record their sets to listen back to and learn from, for instance – a perfectly legitimate reason to want to do so. Recording DJ mixes directly inside software is generally the “go to” method, but as you’ll see, isn’t always possible.īut what if your DJ software or system doesn’t let you record? Some DJ software has recording disabled (looking at you, Serato DJ Lite), and all DJ software disables recording when you are using a music streaming service such as TIDAL, Beatport, Beatsource or Soundcloud Go+. Same with standalone DJ systems – you can press a button to have your set recorded to your USB device, then remove the recording from your device the next time you plug it into a computer to do the same. The software records your mixing, and gives you an audio file at the end of it that you can share, upload to a service like MixCloud, listen back to for your own learning or pleasure… whatever. Recording your DJ set is usually easy if you use a controller and a laptop: you just hit “record” in your DJ software. ![]()
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