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HarderFaster Forums >> DJing >> How to record a DJ set CD quality? Author Pages (3):  [1]  2  3      andimartinie74 Registered: Nov 2008 Posts: 8 - Threads: 15 Location: London How can i record a DJ mix with CD quality or similar? Ive got Pioneer CD players and mixer and a soundcard conected to the laptop and mixer. Ive tried recording with Audacity but the sound quality isnt very good. Ive heard someone before talking about a kind of kit (like a portable cd player) that you conect to the mixer and just records whatever your playing withouth using a computer. Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 10:36 AM Benton Wells Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 23411 - Threads: 533 Location: there a loads of portable recorders available these days for example http://www.camdensounds.co.uk/digital-recorders/zoom-h4n-handy-4-track-portable-digital-audio-recorder.html if your mixer has XLR outputs (im not up on dj mixers any more) then you may as well take advantage of them and get a recorder with XLR inputs like the Zoom Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 11:03 AM Benton Wells Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 23411 - Threads: 533 Location: im sure there are cheaper options - they will have minijack inputs Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 11:04 AM Benton Wells Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 23411 - Threads: 533 Location: Click here to view original image Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 11:07 AM andimartinie74 Registered: Nov 2008 Posts: 8 - Threads: 15 Location: London Would this one do the job ? http://www.camdensounds.co.uk/digital-recorders/zoom-h1.html I wouldnt like to spend more than £120 Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 11:27 AM Benton Wells Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 23411 - Threads: 533 Location: not used one myself, but it seems ok on paper stereo minijack input accepts line level auto gain control can be switched off can be set specifically 16 bit / 44.1 kHz WAV (or better if need be) Click here to view original image Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 11:35 AM Skelp I was a male stripper in a go-go bar Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 2075 - Threads: 65 Location: North I would invest in a better soundcard - recording through that and audacity will be good as long as you set your levels correctly - I use audacity and the standard line-in on a macbook and the sound quality is brilliant. Silence is never neutral. Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 15:47 PM Syfoon drug crazed abandon Registered: Feb 2004 Posts: 19615 - Threads: 488 Location: milk n' beans What Skelp said. Benton has gone a tiny bit overboard IMO You don't need massively expensive equipment to record to CD quality on your lappy. When I used to broadcast, I'd just use an RCA to 3.5mm cable from booth out to line-in with zero issues or sound quality problems. Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 15:55 PM Skelp I was a male stripper in a go-go bar Registered: Aug 2002 Posts: 2075 - Threads: 65 Location: North Also, if I remember right the Pioneer mixers have a record out but it has a limiter on it, so it compresses the sound - if you're using the record out try using a different out (booth?) before you buy any more kit Silence is never neutral. Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 16:18 PM Benton Wells Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 23411 - Threads: 533 Location: I assumed OP would want to record while playing out at some point I wouldn't fancy taking a MacBook to a disco Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 16:25 PM voodoobass a table, mes enfants... Registered: Sep 2003 Posts: 33370 - Threads: 983 Location: somewhere else [Edited by voodoobass on 19-03-2011 17:21 PM] Quote: Benton Wells wrote on 19-03-2011 04:25 PM I assumed OP would want to record while playing out at some point I wouldn't fancy taking a MacBook to a disco wtf benneton, a sizeable percentage of [misguided] DJs be playing their set off a macbook anyway these days.... and also a +1 for Skelp, the OP shouldn't be finding the sound quality is bad in Audacity; it's as good at recording .wavs as any other program, I would think the problem lies further up the signal chain. Some light redlining on the mixer, for example, might not be audible through a PA but could be very noticeable in the recording. Or maybe cheap cables, knackered record-out on the mixer, dodgy sound card/drivers etc; the list of possible snafus is large. Might even be that the record input level is set too high in the audio preferences resulting in clipping etc etc etc Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 17:21 PM Benton Wells Registered: Dec 2004 Posts: 23411 - Threads: 533 Location: Quote: voodoobass wrote on 19-03-2011 05:21 PM wtf benneton, a sizeable percentage of [misguided] DJs be playing their set off a macbook anyway these days.... and if, like OP, they use CD players, is it advisable to take their £1000+ personal laptop to nightclub purely to record their set when a £75 pocket recorder will do Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 19-03-2011 17:25 PM All times are GMT. 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