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How to:
ORGANISE YOUR SAMPLE LIBRARY FOR MUSIC PRODUCERS
Every set you play is a free promo asset, but most go unrecorded — or end up as a muffled phone clip filmed from the back of the room. A recording taken straight from the mixer is the only version worth putting your name on.
DJM-REC is a free iOS and iPadOS app from Pioneer DJ. If your mixer has digital send/return — the DJM-A9, V10, V5, 750MK2, 450 and a few others — you plug your iPhone or iPad in with a single USB cable and record direct in digital, with no analogue conversion softening the sound. The port sits on top of the mixer, so connecting mid-night is quick. You control the peak limiter from the app to kill any digital clipping, and it auto time-stamps your tracks as you go, so building a tracklist afterwards takes minutes. From there you can upload straight to Mixcloud, SoundCloud or Dropbox, or live-stream the set to Twitch, YouTube or Mixcloud Live.
No compatible mixer? You can still record analogue through the device's own mic when it's not plugged into the mixer — lower quality, but better than nothing while you sort gear. The real point is to use what you capture: tidy the tracklist, upload within a day or two while the set's still warm, and don't let it sit in your camera roll forever.
For more information, check out Pioneer
THE CHECK LIST
Pick one master location for everything — one drive, one root folder
Sort by type and use (drums, bass, loops, one-shots, vocals, FX), not by pack name
Keep a "to sort" inbox for new downloads and clear it once a week
Tag or rename anything where key and BPM genuinely matter to you
Build a small favourites folder for the sounds you reach for most
Delete or archive packs you haven't opened in a year
Back the whole library up so one drive failure doesn't wipe years of digging
DID YOU KNOW?
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