# Recording a DJ set
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/release/set-recording

Record a set straight from your mixer on the desktop app or your phone, lossless and crash-safe, then save it to Aden as a mix with its tracklist filled in from rekordbox, Traktor or Virtual DJ.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Plug your mixer into your computer or phone with USB and record your set. The
recording lands on your device as it happens, so a crash, a closed app or a
flat battery never costs you the set: Aden saves what was recorded and lists
it next time. When you save it to Aden it becomes a private mix, and on the
desktop its tracklist comes with it, read from what rekordbox, Traktor or
Virtual DJ logged while you played.

## Using it [#using-it]

**On the desktop.** Open **DJ** and press **Record set**. Aden picks your
mixer when it can see one; choose another input from the menu beside the
button. While it records you see the time and the level, with **Clipping**
when the signal hits the top. If the cable comes out, the recording keeps
running on silence and carries on in the same file when the mixer is back, so
the tracklist times still line up. Your computer won't sleep while it records.
A slow or frozen screen never stops the recording, and if Aden reloads or
crashes mid-set it picks the recording up again on its own, in the same file,
with silence for the seconds it missed. Press **Stop** when you're done. You
can also type "record" in the command palette.

**Recordings.** Each recording is a lane with its waveform. Press play, or
click the waveform to listen from that point. Click a name to rename it.

**Saving it.** Press **Save to Aden** on a recording. Check the title and the
tracklist (leave out anything that doesn't belong; click a cue time to hear
that moment), then save. It uploads as a private mix in your team, with each
track cued at the moment it started. Your own tracks link to their Aden pages.

**On your phone.** Open **Record mix**, plug the mixer in with USB and press
record. The screen shows which input it is recording from, and warns you if
it is your phone's own microphone. Recordings stay on your phone until you
upload them.

**Where the files are.** On the desktop, in your Music folder under
`Aden/Set recordings`, as WAV files. On iPhone they are WAV too; Android
records AAC.