I picked up an Allen and Heath mixer with a USB out, pre-pandemic, never thinking I would really need that option. I'm sure glad I did, because I use it on the regular!
yo man this is forreal one of the most thorough and useful videos ive seen on this subject. getting ready for my first stream in about a week, and this video was super helpful. thank you!
Thank you for this video. I've been using my iPhone to stream and have been needing to do some upgrading with everything. It's been on the extremely simple aspect so this definitely helps point me in the right direction.
Yesss to the Ecamm Live crew! I love the software, we use the superb Interview feature for my interviews on twitch, its great to see DJs using it too. great video!
Great video dude! I’ve slowly put together a very similar setup and I’m so stoked. It’s worth every penny! I use an interface instead of a mixer. But either way the possibilities are endless!
Really love the video and the tips! I just got started doing Twitch streaming and VR Chat djing as well. I just want to say be careful of leaving your mixer by the window with the direct sunlight. I had a space for my setup when I DJ back at my old spot, where I used a one way tint on that window so the light can get in but not the heat. They sell them online or hardware stores. They're normally made for privacy windows but are super great at keeping the heat out. Edit: I didn't see how old this video was, lol. Nevermind.
Great advice and tips. I could add a lot of commentary, but my setup is very similar. I don't have a mixer but I use a preSonus studio 24c. Unfortunately it's only a 2 channel which means my mic must be either direct to my PC or through my controller. I couldn't afford 6 channels at the time and the four channel was out of stock, but what the PreSonus gives me is LED level meters and 24-bit encoding. My DJ-808 has since died, but can still serve as an audio Mixer. It has excellent Mic features, so I'm very likely to pass my DDJ-SSX3 output through a channel on it. But one of your best tips was putting $100 upgrades into perspective. A person needs to enjoy DJ streaming as a hobby first, and then they can invest in it to a level that can make it successful and potentially profitable second. It's worth doing right, and anytime $100 can save recurrent hassles, struggles, and fails during streams, it's a bargain. It's one thing to make do with what you have because you have to. It's another to lose the ability to recognize value going forward. Some money just isn't worth saving and almost always that is true for the corners people cut in streaming and gaming setups. If a person is hoping to make money without spending money then streaming is not for them. On the other hand, if a person thinks throwing money at all of the most expensive accessories will guarantee success they are likely going to fail as well because while setup is important, content is crucial. It's about getting quality content reliably to viewers in a sustainable way. The sustainable part is why it doesn't pay to be cheap, and I see that missed time and again.
Nick I use the same mixer thanks to the video you made a while ago. Initially I bought it to use as a microphones source on my a SX2. It is perfect now that I am streaming on my MIXCLOUD account. I use obs on my hp laptop and use my mac to MIX. Fyi after 2 weeks of sounding like I was in garbage can I finally figured it the settings. Live and learn lol. Good video
Haha bro it's such a struggle in the beginning. I waited this whole year to make this video because I wanted to make sure my shit was set up right before I told you guys about it. Shit was tough haha keep crushing Nestor!
Man ! I need mad moneys to upgrade my set-up for that kinda thing ! Great info my friend ! I would have loved to Live Stream this past 5 de Mayo... Gotta work on that ! Salud from Spartanburg SC ! 👍🍺✌
Great video thanks bud, FYI I believe you don't need to use the HDMI out of the capture card this is just a pass-through port, the video is sent from the HDMI in through the USB to your computer.
Brilliant video, I’m really struggling to wrap my head around setting up a stream. I’ve started collecting vinyl again and dusted off my st150’s 😅. Thanks
Thanks for sharing! I think before having two MacBook pros and also an iPad Pro just for twitch interactions ….. you can just get a touchscreen monitor and use that as a display with one of your MacBooks. You’d have the same ability to see twitch chat. But, instead of costing $800-$1100 it would cost about $300 and also be about 50% larger. An 11 inch screen has about 51 inches squared surface area. A 15 inch tiny screen has 96 in squared. A 20 inch screen has 171 in squared. I see an asus made 21.5 inch screen for $235 on amazon right now. That’s 197 inches squared of surface area. It’s literally four times larger than an 11 inch iPad and it’s about 60% cheaper.
Love the video but a pro tip, never go from RCA to XLR, you end up squeezing your audio frequency and will bottleneck your output. Stick with XLR to XLR, and XLR to TRS is you have too.. RCA should never be a component in a professional audio rig.
Good info but im going to disagree. RCA from a controller into a mixer is fine as long as its under 6 feet and using a very high quality RCA cable. The only problem with RCA is that it is a very low level line signal output - but with a quality mixer you can set your gain and volume to tweak it just right. (thats why a gain knob exists) Now going from rca directly to a PA speaker i would discourage unless you are connecting directly to computer speakers.
While you are right about XLR being better in most cases, in this case what he’s using is completely fine. For dj gear, rca is very common. There is no degrade in audio quality for short run cables (from dj mixer to mixer in this case). In some cases, rca can pick up noise in longer runs, making XLR the winner in most live/professional settings where a long run of cable is needed. I sell professional audio gear for a living and have set up many live shows. RCA is fine here.
awesom evideo bro. Sucks i had to learn everything on my own and now i have it mastered down. But its good for those just starting. Im really interested in your tip about using external mixer to seperate mic from lives to upload to services later without voices.
look into that Atem mini and maybe skip that card reader. Something to think about to help with minimizing some back end editing too. Thanks for the tips!! Awesome!!
You don't need to have a HDMI cable coming out of the HD60s+. That USB cable powers the unit and also send the video feed to the computer. That output is only for when you need to also send your video to a tv or something for gaming if your capturing video from a gaming console for example
Hey Nick good video man .. I was live streaming on Facebook live for a while but getting hit with a ton of copyright claims .. does Twitch allow you free roam or does it operate similarly ?
I am looking to add a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to my setup soon. I may do a test mix on Twitch to see how it does. Ultimately, I want to be able to stream on Zoom.
I have a powerful gaming machine that can handle whatever you throw at it, as well as two displays: one for Serato and the other for my streaming software. When I click on Serato, everything is ready in about 0 seconds.
Nick, luv you bro!! I was wondering what your thoughts are on TribeXR, the VR DJ space. I was thinking of starting my DJ journey that way before investing in physical hardware so that I can learn how the DJ controller works and so on.
Hi Nick, I watched your video awhile back and bought myself a mg10xu mixer. I also bought a shure beta 58a and I am finding I will have crank the gain to maximum in order to get enough sound level on the laptop. What has been your experience with your shure 58M to the RCF mixer? Did you had to run a mic activator like the cloudlifter to your gear or do you simply adjust the sound level from the software while cranking the gain to maximum? Thanks.
Great video! I have been trying to get my streaming setup working. Was looking to use my other cell phone camera and 9mm adapter to plug into my booth output of my external mixer. Challenge is getting the audio and video to be in sync and better quality.for youtube and then streaming on twitch. any advice?
Nick’s channel is great! Does anybody know how copyrights work in these cases? Do they know whether you bought the music or not? If so, is that enough to not get blocked? I’ve heard many DJs have that problem uploading sets to TH-cam, and the only way around is finding copyright free material, according to them.
Hi! Thanks for all the advice I like all your videos!! but I was wandering here were you said to use 2 computers, one for djing and the other for streaming songs/vids, if using a second computer for downloading how do you use/take the downloaded files from one computer to the other? how do the 2 computers communicate? thanks again!
@Nickspinelli.. I just saw this reply due to being new in using gmail which shows emails from social media in a separate tab which I just discovered! ( and I was wandering why I never get any feedback on my comments) anyway is the gift still on? if not no prob, keep up the good vibes!!!
So, I’m using a Pioneer DDJ-FLX6, Mackie Mix8, an Shure SM7B Mic, and a IK Multimedia Stream device. Everything works but I cannot hear my voice through the stream. Any suggestions?
Hey bro, what a good team you have, congratulations, you need to place the brand of the lights that you place on the floor, which are white and have 12 lights each, one says "15" and the other "13" could you tell me what brand and model they are? thanks, regards bro!
Exactly the best way with a seperate streaming laptop and 2nd mixer, but I wouldn't have my monitors from the external mixer but straight from my dj mixer less delay that way, just my preference 👍
@@NickSpinelli if your going from a mixer to speakers there's a natural amount of latency, if you go through another mixer there'll be more latency... Chances are youre in tune with it tho 👍
@@davidwalker179 I mean if so, we’re talking milliseconds. There’s tons of benefits of running speakers out from an external mixer, have you seen my vid on this?
Drop your twitch links below so everyone can follow!!
Mine is:
twitch.tv/mikebeatsofficial 😎👍
twitch.tv/djfreshvince
Djyeoo
Twitch.tv/djmikevilla
My ID
Twitch.tv/xBIGERNx
This alone is worth you deserving 1k on twitch thanks for the full tour.
I appreciate that!
The best dj twitch, how to that I ever watched. Thank you for putting this together.
Wow, thanks!
I picked up an Allen and Heath mixer with a USB out, pre-pandemic, never thinking I would really need that option. I'm sure glad I did, because I use it on the regular!
Deff comes in clutch! I love your channel btw bro you're crushing it
@@NickSpinelli Our growth has been one of the bright spots of the pandemic. I'm gonna DM you on a collab idea.
yo man this is forreal one of the most thorough and useful videos ive seen on this subject. getting ready for my first stream in about a week, and this video was super helpful. thank you!
Thank you so much for watching!!
Love the personality bruh. It makes the information so much easier to get into. Working on getting my area setup as well. Keep the info coming!
Appreciate it!
Dude you my guy from this point on! Very dope vid!! Keep it up!!
Thanks! Will do!
I watched many videos on youtube about this topic and I can say for sure that your video is the most helpful and straightforward. Big thanks!!!
Thank you for this video. I've been using my iPhone to stream and have been needing to do some upgrading with everything. It's been on the extremely simple aspect so this definitely helps point me in the right direction.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Nick. Awesome vid. Love the engaging personality.
I appreciate that!
Yesss to the Ecamm Live crew! I love the software, we use the superb Interview feature for my interviews on twitch, its great to see DJs using it too. great video!
Great video dude! I’ve slowly put together a very similar setup and I’m so stoked. It’s worth every penny! I use an interface instead of a mixer. But either way the possibilities are endless!
Pumped to see you stream!
What an excellent video!!! Thank you SO MUCH, Nick, for sharing all your knowledge. You cleared up everything I’ve been wondering about!
Really love the video and the tips! I just got started doing Twitch streaming and VR Chat djing as well. I just want to say be careful of leaving your mixer by the window with the direct sunlight. I had a space for my setup when I DJ back at my old spot, where I used a one way tint on that window so the light can get in but not the heat. They sell them online or hardware stores. They're normally made for privacy windows but are super great at keeping the heat out.
Edit: I didn't see how old this video was, lol. Nevermind.
Great advice and tips. I could add a lot of commentary, but my setup is very similar. I don't have a mixer but I use a preSonus studio 24c. Unfortunately it's only a 2 channel which means my mic must be either direct to my PC or through my controller. I couldn't afford 6 channels at the time and the four channel was out of stock, but what the PreSonus gives me is LED level meters and 24-bit encoding. My DJ-808 has since died, but can still serve as an audio Mixer. It has excellent Mic features, so I'm very likely to pass my DDJ-SSX3 output through a channel on it.
But one of your best tips was putting $100 upgrades into perspective. A person needs to enjoy DJ streaming as a hobby first, and then they can invest in it to a level that can make it successful and potentially profitable second. It's worth doing right, and anytime $100 can save recurrent hassles, struggles, and fails during streams, it's a bargain.
It's one thing to make do with what you have because you have to. It's another to lose the ability to recognize value going forward. Some money just isn't worth saving and almost always that is true for the corners people cut in streaming and gaming setups. If a person is hoping to make money without spending money then streaming is not for them. On the other hand, if a person thinks throwing money at all of the most expensive accessories will guarantee success they are likely going to fail as well because while setup is important, content is crucial. It's about getting quality content reliably to viewers in a sustainable way. The sustainable part is why it doesn't pay to be cheap, and I see that missed time and again.
Nick I use the same mixer thanks to the video you made a while ago. Initially I bought it to use as a microphones source on my a SX2. It is perfect now that I am streaming on my MIXCLOUD account. I use obs on my hp laptop and use my mac to MIX. Fyi after 2 weeks of sounding like I was in garbage can I finally figured it the settings. Live and learn lol. Good video
Haha bro it's such a struggle in the beginning. I waited this whole year to make this video because I wanted to make sure my shit was set up right before I told you guys about it. Shit was tough haha keep crushing Nestor!
Literally the best setup vid on TH-cam for streaming music
Badass! All I need is to check for the equipment and buy it. Can't wait to stream LIVE!!!
Absolutely great video, Nick!... really helpful!
Thanks for this video Nick! Really helpful
Great Video! Got to stop shooting with MJ in the background. Spooky !
Lolll.
lol!
thanks for getting straight into the video and not having the usual cliche channel intro =]
Thanks for the insight. Salute.
Thanks Nick, about to start a beast of a DJ platform on Twitch and this was a clear and decisive tutorial to launch off into the atmosphere .
Took your advice and purchased the RCF external Mixer. Thank you for suggesting this!
Thanks so much for sharing Nick! Been following you for a little while
Awesome video dude! Can't wait to finally start to stream. I have an analog mixer, was gonna get a USB audio interface for hook up
Good point about the bass and shakes!
I've never considered an external mixer before but this video makes a lot of sense
Ive been slow on getting proper streaming set up.. but why not. Thanks for the info
Get on it homie!! You'll love it!
Best content I could find on yt!! Thank you very much for sharing
This is a great video and something I’m definitely going to look in to doing
A big thank you from Seattle 👍!!!
fantastic video Nick, very useful tips
Glad you think so!
thanks so so so much as a new dj this helps
Man ! I need mad moneys to upgrade my set-up for that kinda thing ! Great info my friend ! I would have loved to Live Stream this past 5 de Mayo... Gotta work on that ! Salud from Spartanburg SC ! 👍🍺✌
Thank you Nick you just earned a new subscriber!!
Yes thsnk you!!!
Great video, and thanks for listing the gear used.
Well done and very informative. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video thanks bud, FYI I believe you don't need to use the HDMI out of the capture card this is just a pass-through port, the video is sent from the HDMI in through the USB to your computer.
Brilliant video, I’m really struggling to wrap my head around setting up a stream. I’ve started collecting vinyl again and dusted off my st150’s 😅. Thanks
Great video man, thanks! Quick question- when you talk into the mic, doesn't the music from your monitors find it's way into the mic as well?
thanks for the data, great video
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for sharing! I think before having two MacBook pros and also an iPad Pro just for twitch interactions ….. you can just get a touchscreen monitor and use that as a display with one of your MacBooks. You’d have the same ability to see twitch chat. But, instead of costing $800-$1100 it would cost about $300 and also be about 50% larger.
An 11 inch screen has about 51 inches squared surface area.
A 15 inch tiny screen has 96 in squared.
A 20 inch screen has 171 in squared.
I see an asus made 21.5 inch screen for $235 on amazon right now. That’s 197 inches squared of surface area. It’s literally four times larger than an 11 inch iPad and it’s about 60% cheaper.
I like how you got that kaytranada album on the wall❤️
Great walkthrough! Ifanyone asks me about my setup I will send them here. Yours is 99.9% identical to mine. Thanks!
Very helpful! Thank you for sharing!
Hey Nick, this video was on and poppin my friend! You've earned my sub bro! Keep up the good work.
Much appreciated!
Hey Nick. As usual, great video. I'm curious to know on what platforms do you broadcast a private DJ streaming event? Thanks.
Thanks! I use twitch and zoom
How is the sound quality on zoom? I mean is it stereo, compressed, frequency response limitations etc.?
I love that you have a link for the plant in the corner! Lol!!
lmao
Love the video but a pro tip, never go from RCA to XLR, you end up squeezing your audio frequency and will bottleneck your output. Stick with XLR to XLR, and XLR to TRS is you have too.. RCA should never be a component in a professional audio rig.
Good info but im going to disagree. RCA from a controller into a mixer is fine as long as its under 6 feet and using a very high quality RCA cable. The only problem with RCA is that it is a very low level line signal output - but with a quality mixer you can set your gain and volume to tweak it just right. (thats why a gain knob exists) Now going from rca directly to a PA speaker i would discourage unless you are connecting directly to computer speakers.
While you are right about XLR being better in most cases, in this case what he’s using is completely fine. For dj gear, rca is very common. There is no degrade in audio quality for short run cables (from dj mixer to mixer in this case). In some cases, rca can pick up noise in longer runs, making XLR the winner in most live/professional settings where a long run of cable is needed. I sell professional audio gear for a living and have set up many live shows. RCA is fine here.
awesom evideo bro. Sucks i had to learn everything on my own and now i have it mastered down. But its good for those just starting. Im really interested in your tip about using external mixer to seperate mic from lives to upload to services later without voices.
look into that Atem mini and maybe skip that card reader. Something to think about to help with minimizing some back end editing too.
Thanks for the tips!! Awesome!!
I’m deff gonna look at that, thanks bro!
NICE! 👍🏾
I have one random question! Does the S9 allow you to cue music / audition in your headphones before sending it out to the main monitors??
Great video Nick! do u use "virtual audio cable" with serato?
You don't need to have a HDMI cable coming out of the HD60s+. That USB cable powers the unit and also send the video feed to the computer. That output is only for when you need to also send your video to a tv or something for gaming if your capturing video from a gaming console for example
You need more subs you are FREAKN' dope AF. Made this so easy.
For the mic, you could also remove mic from going to the Serato recording from the settings
Respect you so much with all of the knowledge u brought in this yt channel. ❤
You Really did not hide anything… 🙏🏻
From Vietnam with love ❤️🔥
Thanks so much!
Bro I appreciate your video!
Excellent Advice- Thanks Bro
My pleasure!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing and breaking down your set up! I subbed. Thanks!
Thanks for the sub!
Very useful...great tips 👍🏼
Thank you!!
I Really Enjoy your Videos. And subscribed to them. To think I came across your video accidentally..Keep up the good work
Thank you so much!!
Hey Nick good video man .. I was live streaming on Facebook live for a while but getting hit with a ton of copyright claims .. does Twitch allow you free roam or does it operate similarly ?
great video thank u Nick!
Hey thanks for your Tips and tricks. I just started a new Dj gear store and twitch acct
Thanks Nick!!!
What settings would you recommend on the streaming software for the gopro hero 9 ?
Everything should work automatically, but if you wanna color correct it you can totally do so within ECAMM
I am looking to add a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 to my setup soon. I may do a test mix on Twitch to see how it does. Ultimately, I want to be able to stream on Zoom.
Hey nick great video does twitch copy right any of the music your playing during your stream
Thanks! You won't get any strikes while playing but if you leave the recording of your live stream up on your Twitch page it may get a strike.
cool vid. just getting into twitch after doing just about everything else.. thanks for the info
Top Notch tutorials Dj Nick like always Dj El Nene de chocolate 👍
Great video, thanks. Any latency between your audio vs video?
I have a powerful gaming machine that can handle whatever you throw at it, as well as two displays: one for Serato and the other for my streaming software. When I click on Serato, everything is ready in about 0 seconds.
I'm hypnotized by MJ, he keeps looking at me.
Nick, luv you bro!! I was wondering what your thoughts are on TribeXR, the VR DJ space. I was thinking of starting my DJ journey that way before investing in physical hardware so that I can learn how the DJ controller works and so on.
Great vid thanks for the share.
I KNOW I’M LATE BUT.. Awesome Video!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank You!
Very cool video! Thanks!
Nick. I think the last thing I wanted to ask you is , do you have your computer connected wired or wireless for streaming?
wireless, verizon fios is FAST
Please excuse my noob question: What if you’d want to use multiple cam angles, how to connect them all into video capture? Switch views?
Hi Nick, I watched your video awhile back and bought myself a mg10xu mixer. I also bought a shure beta 58a and I am finding I will have crank the gain to maximum in order to get enough sound level on the laptop. What has been your experience with your shure 58M to the RCF mixer? Did you had to run a mic activator like the cloudlifter to your gear or do you simply adjust the sound level from the software while cranking the gain to maximum? Thanks.
Great video! I have been trying to get my streaming setup working. Was looking to use my other cell phone camera and 9mm adapter to plug into my booth output of my external mixer. Challenge is getting the audio and video to be in sync and better quality.for youtube and then streaming on twitch. any advice?
Nick’s channel is great!
Does anybody know how copyrights work in these cases? Do they know whether you bought the music or not? If so, is that enough to not get blocked? I’ve heard many DJs have that problem uploading sets to TH-cam, and the only way around is finding copyright free material, according to them.
Hey Nick. I love the content! I'm a new Dj and am struggling, to find a sturdy table, for my setup, as I like to scratch. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Can I mix videos live on twitch
Hi! Thanks for all the advice I like all your videos!! but I was wandering here were you said to use 2 computers, one for djing and the other for streaming songs/vids, if using a second computer for downloading how do you use/take the downloaded files from one computer to the other? how do the 2 computers communicate? thanks again!
@Nickspinelli.. I just saw this reply due to being new in using gmail which shows emails from social media in a separate tab which I just discovered! ( and I was wandering why I never get any feedback on my comments) anyway is the gift still on? if not no prob, keep up the good vibes!!!
So, I’m using a Pioneer DDJ-FLX6, Mackie Mix8, an Shure SM7B Mic, and a IK Multimedia Stream device. Everything works but I cannot hear my voice through the stream. Any suggestions?
Do you think my Mac would do both? 2014 i7, 16gbs ram, 1tb ssd
Nick.. you are my favorite to watch on here. I think you are in Jersey.. would love to meet you man.
Hey bro, what a good team you have, congratulations, you need to place the brand of the lights that you place on the floor, which are white and have 12 lights each, one says "15" and the other "13" could you tell me what brand and model they are? thanks, regards bro!
Nick, I DJ on a Mac, but want to stream on my new gaming Acer PC. Should I choose the program I use based on my Mac or my PC? Thanks!
PC for sure! I’d run OBS
Great video thanks! 🙏🖤
Exactly the best way with a seperate streaming laptop and 2nd mixer, but I wouldn't have my monitors from the external mixer but straight from my dj mixer less delay that way, just my preference 👍
Delay? There's no delay at all??
@@NickSpinelli if your going from a mixer to speakers there's a natural amount of latency, if you go through another mixer there'll be more latency... Chances are youre in tune with it tho 👍
@@davidwalker179 I mean if so, we’re talking milliseconds. There’s tons of benefits of running speakers out from an external mixer, have you seen my vid on this?
I'm just saying I like my speakers straight off main mixer for minimum latency, no problems mate 👍
Great vid… what are those “uplights”?
Hey Nick, how did you got those vinyl records on the wall?
recordsonwalls.com
EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGG
Thanks for this
For the most part I took notes but it was still challenging for me 😆
Hey Nick, how do you gain stage with the RCF mixer without PFL? Do you set the output just into the orange on the master out before you live stream?