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How to Record and Share a Live Techno Set the Moment You Finish Playing
- Authors
- Name
- Nes Croft
- @nescroft
How to Record and Share a Live Techno Set the Moment You Finish Playing
Here's a problem anyone who plays a live techno set knows well: you finish an hour or two hour set, and now you're stuck exporting a massive recording and uploading it somewhere before you can share it with anyone. By the time it's online, the moment's already passed, and whoever wanted to hear it has moved on.
Auwen's wifiRecord command fixes that by uploading your set to the web while you're still playing it, not after.
Watch it in action
How to record and auto-upload a live techno set
Before you start your set, run:
wifiRecord
Then just play. Auwen uploads your set to the web in the background as you perform, instead of waiting until you're done to start dealing with a giant file.
When you're finished, type:
wifiRecord stop
And that's it. Your recording is already on the web. You get a link you can send to anyone right then, no export step, no waiting for an upload bar to finish while everyone's packing up around you.
What you get with the link
- Custom album art. Set the art for the recording before you share it.
- It lands on your artist profile, so it's not just a one-off link floating around, it's part of a page people can come back to.
- You can keep it private if it's just for you or a specific group, or make it public if you want it out in the world.
Common questions about recording and sharing a live set
Can I share my techno set right after I finish playing?
Yes, that's the whole point of wifiRecord. Because the upload happens in the background while you're performing, the recording is already live on the web by the time you stop, so you have a link ready to send before you've even packed up your gear.
Do I need to export or edit the recording first?
No. There's no export step and no separate upload after the fact. Stopping the command is the last step, the file is already hosted.
Where does the recording go?
It lands on your Auwen artist profile as a page you can point people to anytime, not just a one-off file link.
Can I keep a recording private?
Yes. You can keep any recording private, or make it public if you want it shareable.
Why this matters for a live techno set specifically
A studio recording, you can take your time with. A live set is different. The energy of "I just played this twenty minutes ago" is worth something, and it fades fast. Being able to hand someone a link before you've even broken down your gear means the recording reaches people while they still remember being there.
It's also just one less thing to deal with.