How To Record Video Mixes On Virtual Dj Mac
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Reader Edgar Nieto writes: “I was searching on your website about recorders to see if you have any reviews but I didn’t see any. I guess my wider question is: How can I record my sets using my laptop, or what do recommend for a beginner to do this?”
Digital DJ Tips says:
Izotope rx 7 de reverb. Control mixing options, add video content via projector, save the current mix as a template, etc. Our website provides a free download of Virtual DJ 7.0.5 for Mac. Izotope rx 6 program is too big than my monitor. The software lies within Audio & Video Tools, more precisely Music Production. This free software for Mac OS X was originally developed by Atomix Productions.
- Cross integrates with everything you need from a pro DJ software. Retrieve iTunes’ collection and playlist directly inside the collection. Import hot cues, loops and playlist rekordbox™, and Traktor™ and Virtual DJ™ libraries. Find what you played last night in the history section.
- If an External Audio Setup is defined or a different recording source needs to be used a Record Loopback line is required in the Audio Setup. Select the Format of the recorded file from the drop down and click on the button at the right of the Filename Field to select the filename and the path of the recorded file.
- This can be done by adding another record feature that will protect ir only recording to the vdjcache file format and still keep it legal and sutible for djs so they wont lose thier mixes, and so they will want to keep beeing a premium member, which will help out the virtualdj family and it will help djs extremely as i need this feature.
This is a common question and there are lots of ways you can do this, depending on your circumstances. First thing to be said is: You must record your DJ sets. That’s a given. If you don’t record and listen back to your DJing, you’ll get better far more slowly. So now we’ve got that straight, what options are there?
Recording DJ sets
- Record direct from your DJ software – This is the simplest way. Most full-strength DJ software will allow you to do this. The software will record a WAV or MP3 direct to your hard drive as you’re playing. All you do is hit record. So why look any further? Because a lot of software supplied with today’s DJ controllers is “LE” software, or cut-down software with features disabled, designed to make you buy the full version – and this is typically one of the disabled features. Or you may have performance issue when doing this
- Record using free sound software – Depending on your computer, it is sometimes possible to use software (such as SoundFlower on the Mac) to re-route audio around your system. This all depends on your set-up and on whether you are using an external sound card or a controller with a built-in sound card, the latter meaning it’s harder or impossible to do this. But if you’re using an external card, you can sometimes set things up so that a third-party program, such as Audacity (free audio manipulation software) can record directly what you’re doing. It’s fiddly though
- Record the audio output from your DJ controller – If your DJ controller has two audio outputs (say, 1/4″ jacks and RCA, or booth and master), you can plug something into the spare one and record the output that way. That “something” could be an external recorder (which is what you asked about), or just a smartphone with a recording app, of which there are several for iOS and Android – search in your app store. You’ll need the right lead, but it’s easy enough. This method can also work if you route the audio back into your computer and use Audacity to record your computer’s input.
How do you record your DJ sets? Is there any software or set-up you swear by, or have you come up with novel solutions to sticky recording problems? We’d love to hear your views, experiences and suggestions in the comments.
