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Posted by dj jasonF on Oct-23-2004 11:38:

tough dj question

when i play at home with my not-so-good sound system i beatmatch 2 songs and in my headphones there is a double beat... i mean instead of:
beat
beat
,
beat
.beat
a really small difference but i can hear it in my headphones. then the crossfader is up the 2 tracks sound 100% beatmatched.
i was wondering if this would happen in a good sound system in a club or something.
opinions?

Posted by Matty V on Oct-23-2004 12:07:

Probably, but when i used to record my sets (on cassette) and the beats were very slight off you couldnt really notice

Posted by sleepydragon on Oct-23-2004 12:17:

tracks dont really need to be perfectly beat matched as long as u have mixed it well u probably wont notice

Posted by dj jasonF on Oct-23-2004 12:30:

but if they are not perf youll still be able to hear it in your headphones and not live. right?

Posted by |cEbLu3 on Oct-23-2004 13:10:

it depends on the beat, when beat matching 2 songs, if one has a more booming longer bass beat, and the other has a shorter one, the beats might be in sync, but it sounds a lil off, and u have to move the shorter beat to back or forward a lil.

Posted by dj_lane on Oct-23-2004 15:00:

Re: tough dj question

quote:
Originally posted by dj jasonF
when i play at home with my not-so-good sound system i beatmatch 2 songs and in my headphones there is a double beat... i mean instead of:
beat
beat
,
beat
.beat
a really small difference but i can hear it in my headphones. then the crossfader is up the 2 tracks sound 100% beatmatched.
i was wondering if this would happen in a good sound system in a club or something.
opinions?

try cutting your bass, on the incoming track

Posted by tomfoord on Oct-23-2004 15:35:

i reckon that when 2 tracks are very slightly out its not the beats that you notice, its the higher frequency percussion sounds which sound wrong.

Posted by dj jasonF on Oct-24-2004 20:57:

quote:
Originally posted by tomfoord
i reckon that when 2 tracks are very slightly out its not the beats that you notice, its the higher frequency percussion sounds which sound wrong.

true... but im talking about the beats