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Record your DJ set even if using streaming services in Ableton Live!
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Record your DJ set even if using streaming services in Ableton Live!
DJSquale
1:15 AM - 13 April, 2025
So this has to have come up before at some point but I wanted to mention this and it works the same for other DAWs as well, it does;t have to be able to but it's quite easy to set up in Ableton Live. Now, I would go into the Serato settings in the audio tab, and tell it to allow other apps to access Serato and also to use the laptop speakers. On Mac, you simply go to your volume icon double click and then just choose the DJ hardware as your out. Then in Abelton, you have to go into preferences and tell it under audio to use Serato virtual as you input with your mixer or controller as the output, but BE SURE TO MUTE THE MASTER track. Please don't forget this step cause if you do it will create a feedback loop and cause the sound grow infinitely and quite fast. With Ableton master channel volume down, and the incoming audio channel set to 1/2 selected you'll see it leaving the sound trail behind it, once you press record it lights up in color and then your good to go! It records whatever you play, and in a right and left channel. Personally I like to use sausaage fattener at like 7 to 13 % and then the dimension expander, and last Izotope Elements 8 or 9 ( that's all I got) to do a little compression, and some EQ touches to boost the bass, smooth the highs and put a dip in around 3500. I like to add a limiter to the end just so if people turn it way up it still sounds clear. With Windows it is not as straight forward. Foirtst you have to get Virtual Audio Cables of Virtual Audio Device, so that it has the drivers needed to capture the serato output as an incoming input. Once you get that though the procedure is basically the same. This lets you record everything you do including SooundCloud GO+ or DJ, Tidal, and even spotify.
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