Very confused with CDJ-100's
Very confused with CDJ-100's Posted on: 01.09.2012 by Glennie Mestaz I played a show not too long ago on cdj-1000's for the first time and I trainwrecked. The bpm's were matched up but they were still off beat. I have a show tomorrow evening
that's on cdj-1000's I'm kinda scared tbh. Idk what was the problem or how to fix it. So if you guys could help me with that, i would greatly appreciate it.What I'm asking for: -Why do tracks not beatmatch if they are at same BPM. for an example. I have one track at 140, another at 140 -2% Pitch bend and the track with 140 -2% is going slower or faster. | |
Laurence Calisto 04.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by oliosky
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Ossie Pooley 03.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Nicky H
You need to learn to control drift before you can say that you can beatmatch by ear. It's not just something you do at the beginning of a song, it goes throughout the whole set. |
Janyce Henningson 03.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Genoveva Bopp 02.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Laurence Calisto 02.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
you need to keep your ears focused even when you're well into the mix and adjust and re-sync the tracks. |
Danae Dumler 01.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Danae Dumler 01.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Laurence Calisto 01.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
i forget what the range on the 1000s is like but i know that on like 6%/10% range there's about two to four ticks percentage-wise that qualify as any particular bpm on my 2000s, you have to find the right one. |
Glennie Mestaz 01.09.2012 | I played a show not too long ago on cdj-1000's for the first time and I trainwrecked. The bpm's were matched up but they were still off beat. I have a show tomorrow evening
that's on cdj-1000's I'm kinda scared tbh. Idk what was the problem or how to fix it. So if you guys could help me with that, i would greatly appreciate it. What I'm asking for: -Why do tracks not beatmatch if they are at same BPM. for an example. I have one track at 140, another at 140 -2% Pitch bend and the track with 140 -2% is going slower or faster. |
Teresia Janusch 10.09.2012 | the bpm reading on a cdj isnt accurate enough for mixing, you need to fine tune by ear. i know that when playing stuff between 126-130bpm, .80% is 1bpm |
Alice Kanning 10.09.2012 | "I know how to beatmatch by ear, but i just can't match the beats" , Say what!? |
Tesha Freudenstein 06.09.2012 | why exactly do you accept a gig when you can't even handle the gear you are playing on? |
Laurence Calisto 04.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by oliosky
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Johnetta Olewine 03.09.2012 | I'm not angry at this thread. Just disappointed. |
Ossie Pooley 03.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Nicky H
You need to learn to control drift before you can say that you can beatmatch by ear. It's not just something you do at the beginning of a song, it goes throughout the whole set. |
Bunny Sockel 03.09.2012 | This thread confuses me |
Janyce Henningson 03.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Genoveva Bopp 02.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Laurence Calisto 02.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
you need to keep your ears focused even when you're well into the mix and adjust and re-sync the tracks. |
Nancey Inderlied 01.09.2012 | If you learn to read the pitch increments, rather than the actual BPM display, you'll have a much easier time without listening too much. Eg: 128 + 1.6-1.58% is 130. |
Danae Dumler 01.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Danae Dumler 01.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
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Glennie Mestaz 01.09.2012 | okay after watching some tutorials it seems the best way to make sure its on beat is: -set cue to first beat of song (do that always anyways) -set pitch bend faster than the other song. -hold down cue and than beat match. is this correct |
Glennie Mestaz 01.09.2012 | I'll be playing dubstep mostly. trap and moombah a few tracks. I friend told me an easy way to find where to match is to once you transition start next song on the 32 beat. than mess with the pitch to find where it should be. is this correct? |
Laurence Calisto 01.09.2012 | there's a way to do that (use ableton) but I'm 110,000% sure that unless there was something tragically wrong and broken with the CDJs that you were playing on that they were not speeding up or slowing down on their own. you'd be surprised how quickly a very small inaccuracy can drift when you're beatmatching. likely you're not hearing them speed up or slow down on their own, you're hearing the natural drift of a very subtle tempo difference. also: the standard increments are tool but not a rule. the percentage is based on the original speed of the track. 1% of a drum and bass track's tempo is not 1% of a house track's tempo. average percent difference for 1bpm for d&b would be around .57%, .8%ish for house. what i meant was with practice, you'll start to recognize 'magic numbers' that start showing up for you when you're mixing between different speeds. |
Glennie Mestaz 01.09.2012 | my friend is telling me .7% is a BPM. is there anyway to make all the bpm's the same on my computer than burn them. I know how to beatmatch by ear, as I use traktor/serato, but it's the track slowing down or speeding up that messes with me. |
Laurence Calisto 01.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Cthulhu
i forget what the range on the 1000s is like but i know that on like 6%/10% range there's about two to four ticks percentage-wise that qualify as any particular bpm on my 2000s, you have to find the right one. |
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