Tutorials, step by step

Step by step

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   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.

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   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.

   0:54 Read the guide
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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

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   06

   Add a countdown timer before your DJ stream starts

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

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   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.

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   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.

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   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.

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    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.

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    11

    See how your DJ stream went with Analytics

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    15

    Go live on Twitch, Kick, YouTube and Mixcloud at once, with a countdown

    Switch on your destinations, press Go live with countdown, and one stream goes out to all of them together.

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    16

    Record your DJ live stream to MP4 and take snapshots

    Turn on Record too and your whole set is saved while you stream. Snapshot saves what your viewers see.

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    17

    DJ live stream layouts: visuals only, picture in picture, side by side

    Not every stream needs a stage: three simple layouts, one click each in Scenes.

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    18

    Place yourself on the virtual stage: move, size, crop and fade your webcam

    A few sliders put you exactly where you want to be, in front of your visuals.

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    Virtual stage for your DJ live stream: change the room in one click

    A neon club, a rooftop, a festival stage or a space station, with your visuals on its screens.

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    20

    Remove your webcam background for DJ streams: auto cut-out or green screen

    Stand on your virtual stage without your room behind you, with or without a backdrop.

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    21

    Add your webcam: put yourself on the virtual stage

    Turn on Webcam, pick your camera and set Mirror, and you are in front of your visuals.

    0:39 Read the guide

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