what is the best and cheapest way to record my dj set?

dj phonetic · Post by **dj phonetic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:21 pm

I can not move my computer to my dj setup, so i'll need something like a minidisc or something.

so i was wondering, how do you record your djset?

threnody · Post by **threnody** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:50 pm

Move your DJ set to your computer?

Buy a longer cable?

Minidisc would work fine but is a huge faff in my opinion.

pangaea · Post by **pangaea** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:35 pm

threnody wrote:Buy a longer cable?

I bought a huge fuck-off 10m cable for that very purpose a while back.

Then I went and bought an MP3 player with a line in socket and have used that ever since. Drag 'n' drop, and the mix is on the PC to be edited etc.

skavoovie_blind9 · Post by **skavoovie_blind9** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:52 pm

Yeah deffinetly computer is the cheapest way. Bought a cd recorder seperate a while back just for my sets for £150. Wouldn't recomend this coz the digital audio cd's for em cost about a squid each!!! Robbin' bastards

dj phonetic · Post by **dj phonetic** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:25 pm

and what program do i best record in then?

pss · Post by **pss** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:47 pm

Audacity will do it and its free.

lord_qzuma · Post by **lord_qzuma** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:56 pm

RCA to 1/8 inch into a tape recorder!!

HARDCORE!!!

dj phonetic · Post by **dj phonetic** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:42 pm

thx for the tips

unlikely · Post by **unlikely** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:38 pm

two paper cups, a bit of string, sticky back plastic

kidkip · Post by **kidkip** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:10 pm

u can download 30 day trial of sound forge from the sony site. i was advised to u use, supposed to be the best

paradigm_x · Post by **paradigm_x** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:41 pm

tbh soundforge is miles more than you need and costs a bomb

audacity will do all you need and much more for free

i vote long lead, long leads ALWAYS come in handy (eg if you move), and itll cost £20 or so max ? im guessing but much cheaper than a minidsik or whatever.

its also worth mentioning that a minidisk is a lossy format, ie it will lose some quality instantly when you record which youll never get back. On the computer you can record at CD quality (or higher) and then convert to a range of MP3 formats if you want. Also encoding an mp3 from an already encoded minidisk recording is likely to sound a bit poo IMO...

peas

PDX

paradigm_x · Post by **paradigm_x** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:43 pm

altho you didnt mention in your post what you wanted to do with the finished recording, you might find the convenience of straight into the minidisk easier if you just want to listen back to your mixes. If you want to put them on the net etc, or burn cds, id stick with my first suggestion. A bit more of a faff maybe but easier in the long run.

dj phonetic · Post by **dj phonetic** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:50 pm

thx to you all.

by the way, is there a line in a macosx?

gyto · Post by **gyto** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:18 pm

line in app. is this what ure after?

http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/L ... -3980.html

what is the best and cheapest way to record my dj set?

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