Hi,
I am not pro or anything in this but I would like to point out that beatmatching guides found overall in net are copied from each other and basically missing important information about transition phase. In the guides I've read so far people talk about how to count BPM and cueing, but little about transition phase. Basically they say once the BPM matches you start the transition and everything should work fine. On contrary, I believe thats when the situation gets tricky. I would like to give the following example:
Two tracks A and B. A is 135 BPM and live, B(cued) is in loop and you matched with A. Now when I start the transition they both go fine and sometimes I make small speed up/down modifications by my hand. No problem here, however when I remove the loop from B and song in B really starts to shape then it becomes harder to maintain synchronization. Can you guys please explain and share your thoughts about this? What shall be done in this case?
Jun-29-2007 16:29
Jarvmeister
Building a fire......
Registered: May 2001
Location: Trancentral
This is due to your loop having, for example, a BPM of 128.34, but when you bring it out of loop it has a BPM of 128.45.
I never use loops on the CDJs because even though they sound like they're right on, when you take them out of loop it's evident that they're not.
Jun-29-2007 17:46
xtrecoolx
tranceaddict in training
Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Ankara
You might be right but this does not mean that without looping they will perfectly match. I think there is still a lot of correction needed. On A or B...and i don't really know where to look at
Jun-29-2007 17:59
Jarvmeister
Building a fire......
Registered: May 2001
Location: Trancentral
I am right. You can prove it by having a copy of the exact same track in both players and that'll explain the science of it all.....
Jun-29-2007 18:17
DiscoStew
Nees more cowbell
Registered: Mar 2007
Location: Dirty South
One thing that you can do that works out well for me on my CDJ-800s is have the loop you're using have an end point that is immediately before the track punches in with a heavy bass line or synth or something. When you you want to come out of the loop, cut track A quickly and completely and punch the lows in B.
Try it out and let me know how it goes.
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Jun-29-2007 18:45
sleepydragon
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: doncaster, england
why do people loop to beatmatch anyway? i never do it whats wrong with pressing cue and going back to the cue point.
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: San Antonio, US : TXTA #156
I was wondering the same thing myself. The only time I loop is if I'm running out of time, and that never happens.
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