Guide
How to record a DJ set on a Mac
The recording that matters is the one with your hardware in it: the EQ cuts, the filter sweeps, the fader work. That signal lives on the mixer's master output, and this is how you get it into a file.
The setup that actually captures your set
- Master or booth out of the mixer into an audio interface. Two line inputs are enough; a spare pair on the interface you already own is perfect.
- Open AirCheck and pick the interface as the source. Then pick the exact channel pair the mixer is plugged into, say inputs 3 and 4 of an 8-in interface. Nothing else on the interface ends up in the take.
- Press record and play your set. Capture is 24-bit lossless. Press stop and the file is in the library, converting to WAV or MP3 as configured, ready to drag into an editor or an upload.
Why not the record button in the DJ software?
Because it taps the signal inside the laptop, before your hardware. A set recorded there has none of the mixer: no hardware EQ, no filters, no effects sends. It is a different, flatter performance than the one the room heard. Recording the master output is the difference between documenting your set and documenting your laptop.
Long sets are the point
- No length limit. A three-hour set is a normal take, bounded only by disk space.
- Dropout recovery. If USB audio hiccups two hours in, AirCheck restarts into the same file. You do not lose the set.
- Channel-pair discipline. Recording only the pair you chose means talkback mics and spare inputs never leak into the mix.
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No interface at hand?
If the set plays through the Mac itself, from DJ software or a stream, AirCheck's System Audio mode records everything the Mac plays with no extra hardware. See recording system audio on a Mac.