This guide is about planning: how many clips to aim for, which moments to pick and how often to post. Last checked 9 November 2026.
What other DJ guides say
There is no official number, and we do not have data on what posting rate works best. Here is what two DJ-content guides suggest, so you can judge for yourself.
- Crossfader's guide to making DJ content says a mix may hold around 20 transitions you can break down into 30 to 60 second clips, and treats one mix as enough material for a month.
- A social-media playbook from EDM Ghost Production recommends posting a few times a week, and says it need not be daily but should be at least two or three times a week. It also says the first one to three seconds decide whether someone keeps watching, so lead with the most striking moment. It mentions a DJ who reviews footage after each gig and keeps about twenty usable clips.
These are opinions from DJ-content writers, not measured results. Use them as a starting point.
Which moments to pull
You do not need twenty of the same thing. A set gives you different kinds of clip:
- The drop and the reaction. The obvious one, and the one DJ guides call most shareable.
- The mix. Two tracks overlapping, with you doing something on screen.
- The build. The tension before the drop, short enough to carry a clip alone.
- The moment you remember. If you know the time, such as 41:30, you already have your best pick.
Spread your picks across these rather than posting four drops in a row.
A plan you can follow
Treat this as a suggestion, not a rule:
- Pick six to nine moments from the set. More than that and the later ones are usually weaker.
- Post two or three a week. Keep a steady rhythm rather than a burst followed by silence.
- Hold some back. Keep two or three clips for a quiet week, or for the next gig.
- Keep the full set file. Once you have cropped to vertical you cannot get the sides back.
That is roughly two to three weeks of posts from one night.
Where the time goes
By hand, each clip means scrubbing through the recording, cutting it, then reframing a landscape shot to 9:16. If the footage cuts between cameras, a fixed crop can lose you the moment the shot changes. That is why many DJs stop at one or two clips.
CueCut does the finding and the filming. It listens to the set, finds the drops, build-ups and mixes, and checks someone is in shot. It then films each clip again as a 9:16 frame that follows the DJ through camera cuts, keeps the set's own sound, trims burned-in channel logos and adds natural motion blur.
You choose how many clips you want: up to 3 on Free, and 3, 6 or 9 on Premium, each 10 to 90 seconds. If you already know a moment, type it in (41:30, say) and CueCut fills in the rest. You can leave it running while you get on with your day. A set is ready within the hour, and you get an email or phone notification.
Limits to know about
- CueCut needs video with sound. Audio-only mixes and silent recordings are refused, and the credit is returned.
- If nobody is visible in a clip, such as artwork or a visualiser, that clip uses a steady, centred crop. Watch each clip before you post it.
- CueCut does not post to social media for you. You decide what goes where and when.
- Clips keep your set's sound, so a platform may treat them like any other DJ recording. See posting DJ set clips without getting muted.
Only clip footage you have the right to use. For the footage itself, see how to film a DJ set for vertical video. For cutting by hand, see how to clip a DJ set.