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Recording a Long Set with Serato

DJ Benny B NYC 10:02 PM - 2 February, 2012
Hey this is somewhat technical guys...

I was considering recording my 4 hour set Saturday night with Serato via a Rane 57.

I recorded a mix at home last night that was 45 minutes long and it produced an AIFF file that was about 500 MB. So in 4 hours that would make a file that's like what? 2 1/2 gigs?

I have like a 3 year old white macbook. In the past when I recorded a one hour set, when im done recording, I press enter or whatever to end the recording session and my whole laptop freezes up and the sound stops for like 1 second.

Any advice here (besides just not doing it)? I feel like if I try to generate a 2 1/2 gig file my laptop is going to explode and leave a hole in the wall.
toasted 9:02 PM - 4 February, 2012
i think serato records 2 hour parts, so once you hit 2 hours itl save and start another recording
smokeyjoe 9:03 PM - 4 February, 2012
Have tried the help forum ???
dj_soo 9:26 PM - 4 February, 2012
It's actually 3 hour chunks
Panotaker 11:18 PM - 4 February, 2012
I use an external portable digital recorder which will solve all your problems. It records until your memory card gets filled up.
reggae delgado 12:59 AM - 5 February, 2012
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I use an external portable digital recorder which will solve all your problems. It records until your memory card gets filled up.


That's what I do as well. Not that serato & my computer CAN'T, but recording externally means I'm guaranteed to avoid computer freezes or crashes. Also means I can record the other DJs or record myself doing a vinyl set or using somebody else's stuff.
spirez 1:44 AM - 5 February, 2012
Mine doesn't like recording long sets at all! Around the 2.5-3 hour mark I get dropouts all over the shop
DJ Benny B NYC 2:35 PM - 7 February, 2012
well i did the gig and didnt record it...next time i guess
the_black_one 4:24 PM - 7 February, 2012
The recording time changed for me depending in the version I was using.
bicedidit 5:13 PM - 7 February, 2012
im running mbp 8gb (less than 1 yr old/been online less than 10 times) & ttm57 and every time i press record or stop recording the mbp freezes and sound stops for a second also.
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CMOS 5:34 PM - 7 February, 2012
An SSD may help. The machine is freezing because it is dumping a giant file from memory onto the disk. RAM wont help here, a faster hard drive might.


My 2 Cents.
bicedidit 5:44 PM - 7 February, 2012
my mbp is completely maxed out. my 750gb hd is @ 7900 rpm or some ish.
Panotaker 8:36 PM - 7 February, 2012
All those problems are solved by using a pocket digital recorder.
bicedidit 9:31 PM - 7 February, 2012
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All those problems are solved by using a pocket digital recorder.


its lookin better and better....