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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Links 3 Acknowledgements 4 Todo 5 Todos

Introduction

Serato ScratchLIVE does not have an option to record your set/mix (unless you have the TTM-57SL mixer). It would be possible if the SL1 soundcard had a third input, but alas, it does not. So in order to record your set, you can do it two ways.

• 1) Use another soundcard and program to record your set.
• 2) Use an external recording device.

If you're going to do method 1, as said you will need to use an additional soundcard, either your internal built in soundcard or an external soundcard. Preferably an external, as most internal soundcards are not good quality. You will want to run one of the main outputs of your mixer (master, booth, record) into the line input of the soundcard (DO NOT USE THE MIC INPUT!) with an RCA to 1/8 inch (3.5mm) Y cable (available at Radio Shack and most general electronic stores). Then use a third party recording program to record your set. Keep in mind that running SSL and another program at the same time will increase the load on the computer and could possibly cause undesired behavior in SSL and/or the recording program, such as drop-outs, skips and pops. You might even have to increase the buffer/latency setting in SSL. Therefore, it is recommended NOT to use heavy resource consuming recording programs like Sony Soundforge, Adobe Audition (formerly known as Cool Edit Pro), Pro Tools, Logic, Cubase, etc. Consider using a simple, non waveform editing type of recording program (see below for some low CPU consuming recording programs). You can always open the mix later in one of those advanced programs if you want to do any post-editing.

If you must or want to use a more advanced recording program, it's better then to use a second computer to record your sets. Then you are free to use whatever recording program you wish. This may be fine when at home, however, if you are playing a gig/event then it is probably not feasible to bring two computers, especially a desktop. In that case you should consider method 2, and purchasing an external recording device, like a MiniDisc, DAT, iKey, CD recorder, mp3 player (some iPods can record), etc.

Links

(Compiled from here)

1. OggRecorder
   • OS: Windows
   • Price: free
   • Formats supported: MP3, OGG, WAV
   • Pros/Cons/Features:
     • easy to use
     • it doesnt eat too much cpu when recording in wav format
     • it allows you to record straight to mp3 or ogg
     • you can test the input before recording
     • you can create several consecutive files while recording just pressing a button...
   • Comments:
     • You'll want to record to WAV anyway since you'll probably be editing the file. Recording in Ogg takes the biggest performance hit taking my CPU up to 95-100%; then comes MP3 running in the 75-80% range; and the best being WAV.

1. Audio Recorder
   • OS: Mac OSX
   • Price: free
   • Formats supported: AIFF, Apple Lossless (M4A and MOV), MP3, MP4 (M4A and MOV), and WAV
   • Pros/Cons/Features:
     • very neat small simple app
     • uses very little power

	OggRecorder	Audio Recorder
OS	Windows	MAC OSX
Price	free	free
Formats supported	MP3 OGG WAV	AIFF Apple Lossless (M4A and MOV) MP3 MP4 (M4A and MOV) WAV
Pros/Cons/Features	easy to use it doesnt eat too much cpu when recording in wav format it allows you to record straight to mp3 or ogg you can test the input before recording you can create several consecutive files while recording just pressing a button...	easy to use uses very little power when recording to wav format

Acknowledgements

Credits for this article go out to:

• Nik and Konix.

Todo

Todos