Routing Serato DJ’s Audio to SYQEL

On SYQEL Desktop, pick the App Audio: entry for Serato in the audio source list. No virtual cable is needed. In the web app, or on a system too old for App Audio, send Serato DJ’s output through a virtual audio device instead.

SYQEL Desktop: pick Serato DJ directly

1. Play something in Serato DJ.
2. In SYQEL, open the audio source list at the left of the top bar. If Serato DJ isn’t listed, click the refresh button (↻) next to it.
3. Pick the App Audio: entry for Serato. The entry uses the name your system gives the app, so it may include a version or edition.
4. On a Mac, the first time you pick an App Audio source, macOS asks for permission. Allow it.

You keep hearing Serato DJ as usual. App Audio needs macOS 14.4 or later, or Windows 10 build 19041 or later. On an older Windows build, pick your speakers or headphones instead to capture everything the computer plays.

On Windows, a DJ controller usually plays through its own ASIO driver, and SYQEL can’t hear that with App Audio. If nothing comes through, use the mixer tip below.

The web app, or an older system: use a virtual audio device

The web app can only hear a microphone or an audio input, not other apps. Send Serato DJ’s sound into a virtual audio device, then pick that device in SYQEL.

1. Mac: Serato can make its own virtual device. Open Setup, go to the Audio tab and turn on Make audio available to other applications, then follow the prompt to install Serato Virtual Audio. Windows: set up VB-Cable, or use the mixer tip below.
2. Play a track in Serato. On Windows, this route works when Serato plays through your computer rather than a controller: set CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable) as your Windows sound output.
3. In SYQEL, pick the virtual device in the audio source list, which is Serato Virtual Audio on a Mac or CABLE Output (VB-Audio Virtual Cable) on Windows. The web app adds ”— system audio” to the name.

Tip: take the sound from your mixer or controller

If you play through a DJ controller or mixer, you can also connect its booth or record output to an audio input on your computer or audio interface, and pick that input in SYQEL. This works in the web app and SYQEL Desktop, and the visuals follow exactly what the room hears.

If the Input meter at the right of the stage doesn’t move, see Troubleshooting audio detection.