Mission 037
Recording Your Set
Capturing your performance — for practice and for release.
If you didn't record it, it didn't happen. Recording is your mirror, your demo, your evidence.
+50 XP
// WHAT IT DOES
Record every practice and gig. The recording is the truthful version — your memory edits.
Sources: rekordbox internal record, mixer record-out into Audacity/Ableton, or a venue recording.
Listen back the next day — mistakes you missed live become obvious.
Think of it like → An athlete watching game tape. The play feels different than it looked from the field.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Practice without recording = no feedback loop.
- • Recordings = demos for promoters and labels.
- • Long-form sets reveal pacing problems invisible in the moment.
// SEE & HEAR IT
No simulator for this mission — read & quiz only.
▸ HOW IT WORKS
▸ Signal flow — watch the dot
▸ SIGNAL FLOW
Glowing dot = your signal travelling through Live.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • (≥0 = digital distortion)
- • Transitions you remember nailing — were they really clean?
- • Pacing — does the energy curve hold up on re-listen?
▸ WALKTHROUGH (5 steps)
- 1. DO: Open rekordbox, hit REC button before starting set.▸ LISTEN: Indicator goes red; file path shown.
- 2. DO: Mid-set, check levels — peaks should hit -3 to -1 dBFS, not 0.▸ LISTEN: Verify no clipping in record file.
- 3. DO: After set, STOP REC; locate WAV file, rename 'YYYY-MM-DD - Venue - 90min - 128BPM'.▸ LISTEN: Searchable archive.
- 4. DO: Listen back next morning at moderate volume.▸ LISTEN: Distance reveals what live adrenaline hid.
- 5. DO: Note 3 wins (keep doing) and 3 fixes (work on next).▸ LISTEN: Concrete actionable feedback per gig.
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Not recording — kills the feedback loop.
- ✗ Recording at clipping levels — ruins the file.
- ✗ Never listening back — recording without review is pointless.
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 40 correct
Recording your DJ sets is important because