any dj's that can help?

It's taking me around 5 mins just to get them beatmatched using the platter and tempo stick. Atleast I've done it without the help of the BPM counter and phase meter and got it within 0.02bpm.

How much practice is it going to take for me to be able to beatmatch in 10 seconds?:p
 
I've also found that the sync doesn't always match the beats properly, a few times it seems to have matched with the offbeat and sounds terrible.
 
I need a bit of help on Traktor. When I load a track into the deck, no matter what the tempo stick is set to, the original song bpm is loaded unless I move the tempo stick slightly, then it goes to what it should be. How do I get it so when I load a track, the bpm automatically goes to whatever the tempo stick is set to rather than the track original bpm? The reason I am asking is because say the track I load is at 170bpm, I start to beatmatch and adjust the tempo stick, it suddenly jumps to 175bpm because that is what the speed of the last track that was just playing on that deck, meaning beatmatching takes longer.

A simple solution would be to always remember to flick the tempo stick slightly every time I load a track, but sometimes you could forget..
 
I guess it depends on the situation. I have ended up playing in a few clubs where there are no monitors or very bad monitors at best in the booth. In situations like that you will need to have both tunes in your headphones so you can reference your incoming tune with whats playing rather than what you hear playing slapping back at you from the far end of the room.

With a decent monitor setup though i am much happier with just the incoming tune in my headphones.

Also, what part of the tune do you use as reference for your mix? When i started out playing house / techno i used to listen to the kick drum, but i went on to play d'n'b for several years i that pushed me over to referencing off the hi-hat.

All in all i find that to be a much better point of reference as a kick drum can be quite a long sound compared to a hi hat, resulting in a less precise bpm match.
 
mufc802 said:
I need a bit of help on Traktor. When I load a track into the deck, no matter what the tempo stick is set to, the original song bpm is loaded unless I move the tempo stick slightly, then it goes to what it should be. How do I get it so when I load a track, the bpm automatically goes to whatever the tempo stick is set to rather than the track original bpm? The reason I am asking is because say the track I load is at 170bpm, I start to beatmatch and adjust the tempo stick, it suddenly jumps to 175bpm because that is what the speed of the last track that was just playing on that deck, meaning beatmatching takes longer.

A simple solution would be to always remember to flick the tempo stick slightly every time I load a track, but sometimes you could forget..
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by tempo stick do you mean the pitch fader ? which is in percentage like on turntables... its not setting BPMs its setting a percentage of the tracks original BPM
 
I also prefer to beatmatch through both cups on the headphones (cue and master), I find it's much easier to hear when the beats are clashing or matched.

Once I know the beat is matched, headphones come off and I listen through the monitors, occasionly a few adjustments might be needed through pitch bending.

You will find some music harder than others to beatmatch. Happy Hardcore is really easy to mix and quite fun as its 4/4...very easy to hear any clashes and great for cutting in and out.
 
Gonzo0 said:
You will find some music harder than others to beatmatch. Happy Hardcore is really easy to mix and quite fun as its 4/4...very easy to hear any clashes and great for cutting in and out.
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I've just had another go on the mixer and my beat matching seems to be improving. I do mix Happy Hardcore or UK Hardcore whatever the correct way of saying it is, I just match the kick drum. When I mix tracks by the same artist I find it easier as the drums are similar if not the same drum sample used so they are easy to match up. Some tracks are difficult to match though as the drums sound so different, occasionally I end up with one track a whole beat behind the other.:p

I still don't know how to use samples yet I'm just working on beat matching and using the FX which I have to say are excellent.

"andy" said:
by tempo stick do you mean the pitch fader ? which is in percentage like on turntables... its not setting BPMs its setting a percentage of the tracks original BPM
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Yes I mean the pitch fader. I think I put it to 6% as this gives me 10bpm each way which my tracks all fall within. It's just wherever the pitch fader is positioned, when I load the next track it will always be at original bpm unless I nudge it slightly and it will jump to the bpm it should be according to the pitch faders position.
 
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