The trick is to get as good of a recording as you can to start with. Make sure that you're not distorting and that your tracks are kept at the same general loudness level throughout the mix. After you've got your mix recorded, you can add some compression if you want. The key is to not over do it. Using some light compression will even out the overall volume. The compressor in your DAW should be fine.

Do you guys record your mixes using rca output or xlr? Whats better?

XLR is balanced and can help the sound if the rest of the chain is balanced too. if not theres not much difference so you might just as well use the XLR for good practice.

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Originally posted by plp Do you guys record your mixes using rca output or xlr? Whats better?

XLR. Eliminates unwanted noises which are associated with unbalanced RCA. But as Ken pointed out, your entire chain should be balanced too.

In a dj mix get good levels and try to stay as close to that level as possible. Once done, if there's any majore spikes within the transitions, then a compressor/limiter will help smooth those out a bit.

http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials...ering-a-dj-set/

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Originally posted by ambient_chris http://audio.tutsplus.com/tutorials...ering-a-dj-set/

thank you!