SYQEL Live

Tutorials, step by step

Start with the quick start. Then 14 short videos, each under a minute and a half, show you one job at a time: your sound, your visuals, overlays, and streaming to every platform at once.

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SYQEL Live quick start: multistream your DJ set on a virtual stage in 5 steps

SYQEL Live quick start: multistream your DJ set on a virtual stage in 5 steps

Connect your DJ audio and camera, pick a stage, add your platforms and go live on all of them at once.

Step by step

  1. Make your stream visuals move with your DJ software
    01

    Make your stream visuals move with your DJ software

    Pick rekordbox, Serato or your other DJ app as the audio source, and check the meter and BPM.

  2. Preview DJ visuals without changing your stream
    02

    Preview DJ visuals without changing your stream

    Try any visual with your music in a private preview, then add it to a playlist or star it.

  3. Auto: let SYQEL pick visuals to your music
    03

    Auto: let SYQEL pick visuals to your music

    Turn on Auto and SYQEL picks the visuals and changes them on the bar, while you mix.

  4. Build a visual playlist with cut, fade, zoom or glitch transitions
    04

    Build a visual playlist with cut, fade, zoom or glitch transitions

    Line up your visuals, pick a transition and a hold time, and run it in the show.

  5. Stream overlays: Now Playing, DJ name, countdown, logo and sponsor
    05

    Stream overlays: Now Playing, DJ name, countdown, logo and sponsor

    Set up six overlays once, then show and hide each one with a number key mid-set.

  6. Add a countdown timer before your DJ stream starts
    06

    Add a countdown timer before your DJ stream starts

    Put "Starting soon" and a timer over your visuals while viewers arrive.

  7. Add a scrolling ticker with shoutouts to your stream
    07

    Add a scrolling ticker with shoutouts to your stream

    Save messages that loop along the bottom of your show, or send a one-off shoutout.

  8. Control your stream visuals mid-set: next, pin and blackout
    08

    Control your stream visuals mid-set: next, pin and blackout

    Change the visual, hold one on screen, or fade to black for the drop, in one click or one key.

  9. Pick your stream quality and test your connection
    09

    Pick your stream quality and test your connection

    Choose 720p, 1080p or 1080p at 60 fps, and let the connection test recommend what your upload can carry.

  10. Add your mic and system audio to your DJ stream
    10

    Add your mic and system audio to your DJ stream

    Talk to your viewers and mix in other sounds, while the visuals keep following the music.

  11. See how your DJ stream went with Analytics
    11

    See how your DJ stream went with Analytics

    Check your upload over the whole stream, how each platform held up, and every reconnect.

  12. Send your DJ visuals to a projector, OBS or VJ apps with NDI and Spout
    12

    Send your DJ visuals to a projector, OBS or VJ apps with NDI and Spout

    Feed the screens in the room and other apps while you stream.

  13. Run your stream visuals from the keyboard or a MIDI controller
    13

    Run your stream visuals from the keyboard or a MIDI controller

    Change any hotkey with a click, or map your DJ controller's pads to the same actions.

  14. Multistream your DJ set to Twitch, YouTube, Kick and more at once
    14

    Multistream your DJ set to Twitch, YouTube, Kick and more at once

    Add your platforms, paste each stream key and go live on all of them with one stream.

Want the full course, with more lessons? SYQEL Live on learn.syqel.com.

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