![]() A setting that lets you tell you computer to stop playing its audio out of your built-in speakers, and instead “feed” it into a “virtual cable”. ![]() We’re going to create a “virtual cable” that does this for us, using free audio drivers. What if you could plug a cable from the headphones output on your computer to the microphone input on your computer – then you could record the audio, because you’ve taken it out of the computer and plugged it in the other end – right? And yes, indeed you could – this actually works, by the way, assuming your computer has those sockets!Īctually, there’s a way of doing precisely that, but “virtually”. It’s infuriating! Whether it’s a studio acapella on YouTube or a cool line from a movie, use the steps outlined below to capture whatever sound you need. There’s no option for “record computer audio”. If you were to plug an audio interface into your computer (for instance connected to a synth or drum machine), your laptop would let you record that, no problem – but what you can’t do is record what’s actually playing on your computer. ![]() What you’re about to learn gets around the fact that usually when you go into the “input” settings on any recording app on your computer (eg the free editor Audacity, which by the way we totally recommend – it’s another secret DJ tool you really should have in your “toolkit”), you only get “Microphone” as an input option for what to record. So in this free tutorial, I’ll tell you how to do it on both Windows and Mac. It’s one of the “toolkit” features all digital DJs should have and be able to use, and as it’s “set and forget” (no need to launch any special apps when you want to use it – it’s “always there” once you’ve installed it), it’s well worth knowing. This technique is also useful for recording dialogue, soundtrack clips, vocals etc from movies/TV shows, via Netflix etc, that can then be used as DJ drops, or in your re-edits, mashups etc for your DJ sets. Read this next: 7 Easy Ways To Record Your DJ Sets Also, this type of high-quality acapella content is often available on Apple Music, Spotify and so on, but there’s no easy way to download or record it without resorting to (probably illegal) dodgy-feeling paid-for ripping apps. We use the trick I’m about to share with you a LOT for capturing and recording studio acapellas we’ve found – say, on YouTube – of songs we already own but want an acapella of, for instance. It is often useful as a DJ to be able to “capture” and record audio playing on your laptop, for use in your DJ sets or productions – think music or samples from YouTube videos, Netflix content, things playing in your browser, Spotify and so on.
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