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RECORD YOUR LIVE DJ SET WITH PIONEER DJ app

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 track list, upload within a day or two while the set's still warm, and don't let it sit in your camera roll forever.

THE CHECK LIST

Download DJM-REC free from the App Store and start the 30-day trial of the paid features
Check your mixer has digital send/return and update its firmware before the gig
Connect your iPhone or iPad to the mixer with a single USB cable
Set your recording level and switch on the peak limiter to stop digital clipping
Hit record at the start of your set, not three tracks in
Tidy the auto time-stamps into a clean tracklist once you've finished
Upload to Mixcloud or SoundCloud within a day or two while the set's still fresh

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