![]() This will work for iPads too, as they’re basically the same device, just in different sizes. I dunno why, I just like the physicality of it. I prefer this setup for queuing up music as it gives me a dedicated device to manage the music, rather than juggling Twitter, Mixx, and Spotify all on the desktop. This gives me a direct audio feed from my iPhone, meaning I can broadcast any audio source I want from my phone. To to this I connect my iPhone to my Mac via a lightning cable and enable the iPhone as an input source using the Mac’s built-in Audio MIDI setup utility. I use Spotify for my audio, which means I need a way to input this into Mixxx. Join the DS106 studio on Discord Enable your iPhone or iPad as an input source I’ll write a blog post about the DS106 Discord server in more detail, unless Lauren is planning to, in which case I’ll paste a link here once it’s up. ![]() It also allows us to have private text chats for the hosts for sharing links, communicating off air, and stuff like that. We’ve set it up like a virtual radio station, with different ‘lobbies’ and ‘studios’, allowing listeners to message along with a show, and drop in and out of the voice channels. You don’t have to use Discord, any other voice chat app will work, but we recommend it for its super smooth voice and text channel features. Install Discord and join the amazing DS106radio server (generously set up by Lauren Heywood). Soundflower is a little Mac OS utility that enables you to pipe audio around the various apps on your mac through custom audio channels. Install the most up-to-date Soundflower version available. If you’re running Big Sur you’ll need to use their beta software, but I would recommend this anyway as it has a much better user interface. Install the latest version of Mixxx for your Mac. First things first, get your software installed Mixxx’s master output is then streamed to the web using the built-in broadcast feature, whilst recording a hard copy to my Mac. I then pipe the audio from Discord back into Mixxx in order to capture the conversation. I use Soundflower (also free) to pipe music and vocals from Mixxx into Discord so I can include guest speakers through voice chat. The main bulk of the setup uses Mixxx a free and open source DJ app that handles mixing, broadcasting, and recording duties for the radio session. Hardware: USB Condensor Mic, MacBook Pro, iPhone, Headphones.Software: Mixxx, Soundflower, Discord, Your music app of choice.Ok, let’s get started with the list of tools. I’m sure there are ways to do the same kind of setup on Windows if that’s your bag, but for this tutorial you’re going to need a Mac. Originally, I was tinkering with a whole host of hardware bits and bobs that I have for music production, but I ended up with a much simpler setup that uses an iPhone, MacBook, and USB microphone. Shout out to Tim C for his DS106 streaming tutorial, which inspired my take on a streaming setup. We grace the airways on Fridays with a regular slot, but I thought it was about time I tried a setup of my own for the odd impromptu radio session. I’ve been broadcasting on DS106radio for a few months now with my good friend Lauren Heywood.
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