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Stream a Set

How do I go live without the audio sounding terrible?

Streaming is an audio-routing problem first, a camera problem second, and a copyright problem you should decide about before you start.

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The path

  1. DJ audio
  2. Virtual device
  3. OBS
  4. Scene
  5. Platform

Step by step

How to run it

  1. Choose the platform for the rights, not the reach

    Licensed platforms will not mute your archive.

  2. Route audio through a virtual device

    Keep DJ output separate from system sound and mic.

  3. Build two scenes

    One wide, one on the hands. Switch occasionally — it is enough.

  4. Test-record before going live

    Five minutes to disk, played back on headphones, catches every routing mistake.

  5. Light the booth

    One soft key light beats any overlay you can add later.

Toolkit

Everything this workflow uses

Free broadcaster: scenes, cameras, overlays and per-source audio routing.

FreebroadcastscenesFeatured

macOS virtual audio routing; send DJ software output into OBS cleanly.

Paidaudio routingvirtual device

Windows virtual mixer and cables for routing DJ audio into a stream.

Freemiumaudio routingwindows

Live platform with real-time chat; music rights are on you, VODs get muted.

Freelivechat

Licensed live streaming — the safest option for copyrighted club music.

FreemiumlicensedliveFeatured

OBS fork with themes, alerts and easier onboarding for first streams.

Freemiumbroadcastalerts

Keep going

Where this leads