Get a stopwatch and start counting to the beat of the track. Whatever number you get to in a minute is the BPM.

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right, yes, but time consuming...just load all your tracks in traktor, have it calculate for you, using the analyse feature of course, and then just keep your comp and monitor, or laptop if you have that luxury right next to your desk/setup...it gives you a BPM Count to the decimal...only thing is, maybe 1/10 times its inaccurate, for some progressive house tunes i get wierd BPM's like 65-68...when really they sound like they're in the 138-140's range

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Originally posted by chubbs Get a stopwatch and start counting to the beat of the track. Whatever number you get to in a minute is the BPM.

i've tried that..i get all into the song and then fuck up on the number i was on haha

Having used both Traktor and CDJs, I'd say use them as gudelines, though I used to lay down beat grids and fine-tune to get BPM markers exact in Traktor. I could beatgrid a song in about 45 seconds, fast enough to grid new tracks on the fly.

Of course, I don't have that luxury with CDJs. I don't really bother with knowing exact BPM, just read the display to get a general idea of what it is (or read them off of the CDs [I write the keys of tracks; I should do BPM as well]) and then fine-tune the beatmatch.

The counting method takes a little bit of practice, and with experience, you can 'feel' the rough bpm of a particular track.

to count BPM somewhat easy....just get a stop watch, count the beats for 6 seconds. Whatever number you get.....multiply by 10...

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or download the mixmeister bpm counter.

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Originally posted by Dj Ricky H to count BPM somewhat easy....just get a stop watch, count the beats for 6 seconds. Whatever number you get.....multiply by 10...

I prefer counting for 15secs then X4.. Just becuase i can't get it right every time when i only count for 6 seconds

But that's a good method. You might be out by a beat or two sometimes but it's no biggy..

nelly

i just look @ my cdj

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Originally posted by nchs09 i just look @ my cdj

i think the next improvement to CDJ's that will be made is a firmware update with more accurate BPM Counters, that will also tell you BPPM to a decimal place...or even to two places

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"Especially you" I said.
"You are virtually the ring leader, the way I see it."
Then, I blew out the candle.

Mixmeister BPM Analyzer is freaking awesome, and it's FREE.

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I reckon I've tried all the BPM counters. I don't trust the automatic ones, too many were too far out. I prefer the key tap counters, WinBPM being my favourite and the one I've been using for months now.
Overall they're a bad habit though. When I started I would sit for fifteen minutes trying to beatmatch two songs by ear. Now it only takes me about five and sometimes I get lucky and do it in under two. Still too long to play live but to get any good at anything, you gotta practice and have the drive right?
I use the BPM counter when I don't have the patience, when I want to do a good home set or just play around trying different ways of mixing two tracks but when I have the patience, I put black tape over the BPM counters on my mixer and try to do it by ear.