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    So... I love this already. Got my gear 2 weeks ago and it's so much fun.

    I want to start creating my first electro house 10 min mix, but have no recording equipment.

    Does Traktor have internal recording that records what I do for that session or am I going to have to use a shitty webcam with a microphone to record what's coming out of my speakers?

    On a side note, anybody have tips that might make a 10 min mix stand out from the others? Any general rules that most 10 min mix's follow?

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    it's the little tape icon under the right fx units. if you mix internally it will record the master channel, otherwise you need to hook the booth/record out of your mixer to a free input in your soundcard and assign the recorder to that deck's input.
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    Yes and change the file split size to 2048mb in the preferences so you can geta a good 2 1/3 hours of recording without splitting the file
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    Mixing internally will record the master channel meaning that it'll be recording what is coming out of my speakers at home? Or I guess that depends on my settings, but I'm fairly certain that's what it'd be.

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    Turn the recording gain down a bit (i use -2.5) and tweak your master gain a bit as well. the idea is to get both the master and recording gain as loud as possible without either going into the red ... run some tracks together and if they run into the red, make some minor adjustments. You can always boost the volume post recording.
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    when you use traktors record, its not what is coming out of your speakers.

    traktor has its own gain knob and records regardless of the master volume

    for example you can have you master out turned up all the way and your speakers off, hit record and play the recording back and hear the music just fine.
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    Thanks all. Gonna be messing around with this today!
    No work = make a mix?

    Hopefully, I'll have it ready for you guys tonight!
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    looking forward to it.

    also, just some tips. convert the recorded WAV and convert it to mp3 (i use switch sound file converter) and then take that mp3 and open up mp3 gain. set the target normal volume to 96 db and use track gain ( NEVER album gain)

    this way your mix is at a perfect volume level (traktor only gives it a 1db boost) and uploading will be faster than with a WAV
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