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Topic: what do you use to record your mixes

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Hi. i havent actually recorded any of my DnB mixes yet, and was wondering what is the best way to record it. I would be recording straight from my mixer.
 
Posted Tue 15 Mar 16 @ 2:39 pm
I juz click on record,and oh lala my mixes re been recorded.
 
Yeah
Why not use the internal recorder in VDJ ?
 
He mentioned a mixer. You can't record in VDJ when using an external mixer (unless the output of the mixer is routed back into VDJ somehow).

The best way to record is to buy a recording device - logical really :-)

Just Google for digital audio recorder.
 
DJ polymer wrote :
Hi. i havent actually recorded any of my DnB mixes yet, and was wondering what is the best way to record it. I would be recording straight from my mixer.


There are many ways for you to record your mixes and all of the above are decent ideas. I personally have three ways that I record my various mixes, wether I am live or in the studio.

The first way is recording directly out of VDJ using the built in recorder. If you decide to utilize this feature make sure that you set the file format to be FLAC which will give you the highest audio quality for the recording then you can convert to what ever other format after that. The one drawback of this is that if you are using VDJs content unlimited feature there are some tracks which are protected and thus will not be allowed to be recorded.

The second process that I use is sending the second master output from my DJ controller into my audio interface which then goes into my DAW (logic pro x - http://www.apple.com/logic-pro/). The reason I like this is because I can alway know that I am getting the high quality of audio and by recording directly into the DAW this cuts out a step when I go back to process the mix for upload to mixcloud.com or bandcamp.com

The final way that I record my mixes is that I use a hardware audio recorder. Below you can find a link to the audio recorder that I use and which may be a little pricy for some people, however there are other variations that will get the job done which you can also find below. The benefits of using a dedicated hardware recorder is there is a less chance of something failing due to the fact that the device is only doing one thing. Also, when I go to different gigs I can alway know no matter the set up that I will be able to get a nice recording of my mix.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Link to the recorder I use: http://amzn.to/1VSw9bi

Links to other digital recorders: http://amzn.to/24dKGA2
http://amzn.to/1qJIv8E
 
@gstrib

Interesting.
What is the drawback about recording VDJ mixes from your comptroller into Audacity? Do you still recommend having the record VDJ formant set to flac if you'll use Audacity?
 
ohshit wrote :
@gstrib

Interesting.
What is the drawback about recording VDJ mixes from your comptroller into Audacity? Do you still recommend having the record VDJ formant set to flac if you'll use Audacity?


To answer your second question, yes. If you are recording any type of audio it is recommended that you record in the highest quality format so that if you have to downgrade the quality to .wav or .mp3 the audio will still sound very good. If you start out recording at .mp3 format and you have to later down the road down size the quality then there might be a noticeable difference in the sound.

Now to answer your first question, I am not a expert in audacity seeing as I most have used garageband and logic pro x in my career so far. One thing that I have noticed that is dramatically different in the set up and interface is a little difficult to understand especially if you are new to the software. Now about recording, the audacity software seems to be able to record and export audio files at a high standard which is good the drawback for me in when I am processing my mixes in audacity the way that I have to apply effects and audio plugins in very difficult.

Again, some of this post in my personal opinion and if you would like a unbiased analysis of various DAWs or audio interfaces for recording feel free to message me and I can make a blog post about it... Also if you still have questions let me know!
 
gstrib wrote :
if you have to downgrade the quality to .wav


Downgrade to WAV? What makes you think WAV is lower quality than FLAC? WAVs are not usually compressed (although it is possible).

WAVs are usually PCM encoded, which is exactly the same as CD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV

 
Much appreciated
 


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