Digital Recording With The Djm 2000

I would recommend you invest in an inexpensive external soundcard which offers a digital input.  M-Audio makes some decent, entry-level cards which won't break the piggybank.  Then you could continue to use Audacity if you like, or you could invest in a more professional audio suite like Bias Peak (for Mac) or SoundForge (for PC).  Since the soundcard would have a digital input, you could run a digital out from your mixer directly into the card and record digitally with no extra D/A or A/D conversions.  This should help preserve your sound quality as best as possible.

Another option for recording is to purchase a handheld audio recorder like this:  http://tascam.com/product/dr-100mkii/

It is a digital recorder which has a SP/DIF input.  It will allow you to run a digital connection directly from the mixer.  The nice thing about purchasing a handheld recorder is you can take it to your gigs and record the live sets  (either with a direct connection from mixer, or with the built-in microphones).  Many of the live recordings you hear from DJs like John Digweed these days are done with handheld recorders like these.  I have a Tascam recorder myself, and have found it VERY useful and easy to use.  If you can afford the $200-350 pricetag, I think this is your best solution.

Thankyou Fuse thats very helpful. Ill look into the sound cards and recorder options.. Do you know anything about recording with the usb out on the Djm 2000? Would this not be digital? I just want to cover all the options before forking out again to buy more even more equipment..

Thanks

Good point about the DJM-2000 having USB.  You should definitely explore that topic more before taking any action.  I have to claim ignorance on that topic because I don't use Pioneer mixers.

Some mixers today are soundcards in themselves.  If this is the case, then you should be able to route the audio from the mixer directly into Audacity or another audio recording software program.  Typically, you should be able to find the mixer as a device inside the Audio Settings of the recording software.  Example, when I use Peak Pro on my Mac..... I can go to the Audio Settings and select the CoreAudio driver for my soundcard as the recording device instead of the built-in microphone.  My guess is there should be something similar for the mixer if it indeed has a sound card.

Ive just done exactly that.. I chose the Djm 2000 as the recording input device in Audacity. It works really well except it has to be in 44100hz as 48000hz causes the recording to be fuzzy and distorted.. Not sure why. This is obviously better than a standard line in as far as sound quality goes.. Ill give it a go for a while and go from there..

Cheers again

i dont have any problems like u since i use a denon dn-x1700 digital mixer (usb sound output)  with my cdj-2000 s . signal stays digital from hdd to macbook air. recording  quality is  as good as it gets(lossless wave format)

The djm 2000 has a digital output via usb as i stated in the earlier post. Thanks for your positive input about the problem..

rekord via usb to your laptop.  There is a video on how to setup of  the djm2000 utility so the asio is set for 3 outputs and 1 input.  Videos are available to show this.