{"id":3795,"date":"2024-03-07T22:20:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2024-08-19T21:06:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:06:12","slug":"record-dj-set-rekordbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/record-dj-set-rekordbox","title":{"rendered":"How to record with Rekordbox &#8211; step by step screenshots"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"simpletoc-title\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<style>html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }<\/style><ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#preferences-recording-location\">Preferences: Recording location<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#record-your-set\">Record your set<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#find-your-recording\">Find your recording<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#quality-of-the-recording\">Quality of the recording<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#record-a-dj-mix-with-dj-hardware\">Record a DJ mix with DJ hardware<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Regretfully, Pioneer put the recording feature behind a paywall, but when you have a Pioneer controller connected to your computer, this feature is unlocked for &#8220;free&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"preferences-recording-location\">Preferences: Recording location<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Lets change some settings before recording, like recording location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Make sure you are in the Performance mode, otherwise the preferences screen looks different<br>2. In the application menu: click &#8220;File&#8221;.<br>3. Click &#8220;Preferences&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-menu-preferences.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" style=\"width:187px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-menu-preferences.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-menu-preferences-287x300.webp 287w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-menu-preferences-143x150.webp 143w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The preferences screen shows<br>4. Go to the &#8220;Controller&#8221;-tab<br>5. Go to &#8220;Recordings&#8221;-tab<br>6. Under &#8220;Location of Files&#8221; you can see the location of the recordings. <br>Click &#8220;Browse&#8221;-button if you want to change this location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-preferences-rec-tab-785x960.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3784\" style=\"width:332px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-preferences-rec-tab-785x960.webp 785w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-preferences-rec-tab-245x300.webp 245w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-preferences-rec-tab-123x150.webp 123w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-preferences-rec-tab-768x939.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-preferences-rec-tab.webp 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Under &#8220;Recording starts when&#8221; check the option &#8220;Pressing the Rec button&#8221;.<br>8. Under &#8220;Recording ends when&#8221; check the option &#8220;Pressing the Rec button&#8221;.<br>This way you can start and stop a recording by pressing the record button, otherwise you have to guess if Rekordbox is recording or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">Rekordbox hard?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, I created a step-by-step video training to teach you <strong>all <\/strong>the ins and outs of Rekordbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/course\/rekordbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-300x69.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-960x222.webp 960w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-150x35.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-768x178.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"record-your-set\">Record your set<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>1. Make sure you are in the Performance-mode<br>2. Open the recording panel by clicking on the Record-icon on the top of the screen.<br>If the icon is grey, you will show the panel.<br>If the icon is blue, it will hide the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-button.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3785\" style=\"width:382px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-button.webp 600w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-button-300x178.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-button-150x89.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The recording panel will show in the middle of the screen.<br>It is pretty easy to miss (see the red square)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-showing-960x507.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3786\" style=\"width:640px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-showing-960x507.webp 960w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-showing-300x159.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-showing-150x79.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-showing-768x406.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-panel-showing.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-press-record-button.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-press-record-button.webp 500w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-press-record-button-300x105.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-press-record-button-150x53.webp 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the record panel you will see the following options:<br>A &#8211; select which channel to record. Master Out is the right option to record your mix.<br>B &#8211; a volume control<br>C &#8211; a volume level indicator. Make sure it doesn&#8217;t go into &#8220;the red&#8221;<br>D &#8211; the record button<br>E &#8211; the elapsed time of recording (=white) + remaining time of recording (=grey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. To start recording click on the record button.<br>It will turn red to indicate that it is recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"42\" height=\"38\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-recording-button-red.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3789\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Click on the record button again to stop recording.<br>6. Rekordbox will ask for some details about your recording like DJ name, album and mix title.<br>Fill it out if you like and click on the &#8220;OK&#8221;-button.<br>If you don&#8217;t like your recording you can click on the &#8220;Delete&#8221;-button<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-end-recording.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3792\" style=\"width:361px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-end-recording.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-end-recording-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-end-recording-150x101.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-end-recording-768x516.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">Free DJ tips in your inbox?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a bonus gift I will send you a <strong>FREE <\/strong>E-book on how to kick-off your DJ career!<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- MailerLite Universal -->\n<script>\n(function(m,a,i,l,e,r){ m['MailerLiteObject']=e;function f(){\nvar c={ a:arguments,q:[]};var r=this.push(c);return \"number\"!=typeof r?r:f.bind(c.q);}\nf.q=f.q||[];m[e]=m[e]||f.bind(f.q);m[e].q=m[e].q||f.q;r=a.createElement(i);\nvar _=a.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];r.async=1;r.src=l+'?v'+(~~(new Date().getTime()\/1000000));\n_.parentNode.insertBefore(r,_);})(window, document, 'script', 'https:\/\/static.mailerlite.com\/js\/universal.js', 'ml');\n\nvar ml_account = ml('accounts', '1691580', 't0j5q7h5d7', 'load');\n<\/script>\n<!-- End MailerLite Universal -->\n\n<div class=\"ml-form-embed\"\n  data-account=\"1691580:t0j5q7h5d7\"\n  data-form=\"6052713:y7m2e8\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"find-your-recording\">Find your recording<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>You can find the recording on the location we set in the preferences screen.<br>But Rekordbox also adds the recording to the &#8220;Recordings&#8221;-section on the left side of the screen.<br>For every artist and album (you entered in the previous screen) it will create a folder.<br>In this folder you can find each recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"557\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-find-recording-960x557.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-find-recording-960x557.webp 960w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-find-recording-300x174.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-find-recording-150x87.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-find-recording-768x445.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/record-dj-set-rekordbox-find-recording.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quality-of-the-recording\">Quality of the recording<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Rekordbox recording is save as an uncompressed 44.1Khz 16 bits  .WAV file.<br>The quality is very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve read some reports of DJs claiming their audio quality is bad.<br>I listened to my own recordings, but I can&#8217;t confirm that.<br>My recordings are clean, crisp and in good quality.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"record-a-dj-mix-with-dj-hardware\">Record a DJ mix with DJ hardware<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-deejay-plaza wp-block-embed-deejay-plaza\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W2ak4BisyM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/record-dj-set-mix\">How to record a DJ set &#8211; 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