How do people record their mixes?

Submitted by IllusionsDJ on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 1:20pm.

IllusionsDJ noted

I have often wondered what programs people use to record their mixes, I personally record in Camtasia Studio 6 as a voice narration then convert the wave to mp3 at 192kbps afterward.

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Sun, 11/10/2009 - 12:14am

maZu noted

camtasia is rubbish i use

camtasia is rubbish Smiling

i use total recorder 7

just gotta set it up and it records line in and straight to mp3 at 192/320..depending what i set it at

to easy.

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Sun, 11/10/2009 - 9:12pm

Stillborn_Juicy noted

i have an iriver E100 and

i have an iriver E100 and use line-in recording straight out of my mixer. iriver is the only ipod-like mp3 player that has line in recording (as far as i know)

and thats the only reason to buy an iriver because besides recording the new ones are functionally shite

Mon, 12/10/2009 - 10:20pm

Luke Lawrence uttered

Line in to my laptop (RCA

Line in to my laptop (RCA from mixer to stereo-in on PC), and use Acid Music Studio to record.

Fri, 06/11/2009 - 11:11am

xitation mentioned

Adobe Auditon + M-Audio

Adobe Auditon + M-Audio Fasttrack Pro sound card.

Audobe bought what used to be called Cool Edit 2000, and re-branded it as "Audition".

Lets you record into .wav or any other format for that matter. But as i like to make as high quality as possible mp3s I always record as a .wav file.

Then I use EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and Lame (Mp3 Encoder) to turn the .wav into an .mp3.

I usually use encode as 320vbr new with highest quality encoding possible, makes the file a little bit bigger but everyone is on broadband these days. And I'd rather have you listen to a good copy of my demo Smiling

Wed, 18/11/2009 - 1:05pm

Eddie K remarked

I hit record in Traktor.

I hit record in Traktor. Direct stream dump with zero signal loss for the win!
Then encode the WAV to MP3 with LAME, usually --preset extreme %1 though lately i find 175kbit VBR makes the files more "managable" online Sticking out tongue

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Wed, 20/01/2010 - 9:44am

DJ lukey added

xitation wrote: Adobe

xitation wrote:

Adobe Auditon + M-Audio Fasttrack Pro sound card.

Audobe bought what used to be called Cool Edit 2000, and re-branded it as "Audition".

Lets you record into .wav or any other format for that matter. But as i like to make as high quality as possible mp3s I always record as a .wav file.

Then I use EAC (Exact Audio Copy) and Lame (Mp3 Encoder) to turn the .wav into an .mp3.

I usually use encode as 320vbr new with highest quality encoding possible, makes the file a little bit bigger but everyone is on broadband these days. And I'd rather have you listen to a good copy of my demo

+ 1 , Adobe auditon is a great all round program for recording,mixing and even mashups.

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Wed, 18/11/2009 - 6:19pm

Matt Ingle uttered

Line-in into MacBook Pro,

Line-in into MacBook Pro, Recording with Audacity.

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Tue, 01/12/2009 - 8:27pm

LukeDavis uttered

Abelton Live via maudio

Abelton Live via maudio 1010Lt soundcard

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Thu, 03/12/2009 - 5:18pm

dj kemikal konj... noted

acipro4 old as program

acipro4 Laughing out loud old as program works perfect never had a problem !!

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Tue, 19/01/2010 - 10:49am

lurker uttered

Soundforge works pretty

Soundforge works pretty well...

Tue, 19/01/2010 - 11:27am

Jean-Christophe added

External CD Recorder - Old

External CD Recorder - Old Skool I know!

Means that I have to get the mixing right everytime I record (cause it costs me a disc everytime I do!) However, another plus is indexing the disc when I've finished...

In my library I have my:
1. Masters File (with my best ever planned recorded mixes)
2. Beta File (which typically contain ad-lib mixes created on the fly - sometimes my best work has come from these sets, as I have challenged myself to try new things/directions as I'm going, and I haven't worried about the recording aspect of them either)

Have never spent money on recording (apart from buying CDs in bulk), and I reckon my recorded sound has retained an above average quality to it. And for this all my respect has to go to the technicians that built my mixer - Can't recommend Vestax enough!

Mind you nothing beats a good club sound, or mixing in a studio booth!

Wed, 20/01/2010 - 5:52am

stu-con announced

Used to use Alesis

Used to use Alesis Masterlink (a CD recorder with a hard drive so a bad mix didn't mean losing a CD), recently Ive been using Ableton Live with an Emu sound card. Using software allows a bit of editting and more precise limiting than the old masterlink, sad that its now just gathering dust, still looks good and can record up to 50 hours of audio in one go so not getting rid of it yet Smiling

stu

Wed, 20/01/2010 - 12:49pm

dj kemikal konj... noted

the only think i don like

the only think i don like about ppl recording thru abelton ect. is editing it Sad i appreciate i live mix alot more than a "perfect mix" just me..