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-- Thoughts on keeping in count? Correct BPM/Beatmatching/Not getting lost
my only advice or tip i can give is learn how to map things out and try to think ahead unless your are trying to be the next timo mass that is
nowadays most cdjs will give you a bpm number, latest firmware even with decimals but you don't need to know the bpms nor even count them. Just move the pitch + the platter:
1.- Cue a song on beat, most likely will start to unmatch
2.- Move the platter clockwise, matched again? This song has a slower bpm than the one is playing, keep moving the platter + the pitch till it doesn't unmatch again, with a 0.01% pitch precission even in long transitions you aren't likely to touch anything but if you start feeling things are going to screw up soon just move the pitch a tiny bit again. 3.- Move the platter anticlockwise and repeat the inverse process if by moving the platter you didn't match the beats.
There are several methods, this one is for me the easiest/most accurate but it takes some time, if you need to switch between records quickly there are faster methods, but again, most likely you'll know the bpm so it's more a visual thing nowadays.
About counting bars it ends being something intuitive, it's highly advisable to know your collection very well, i often put my new tunes on the ipod and listen to them a few times every day.
Most songs will have an arrangement change every 8 bars and there's usually an FX at the end of the 8 bar segment. You don't even really need to count, but if you do do it like this:
1234 2234 3234 4234 5234 6234 7234 8234
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| Originally posted by Rodri Santos 2.- Move the platter clockwise, |
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