Have one ear listening to your headphones and ear listening to the moniters. Then try and hear both tracks playing at once as a whole. Which track is faster should be apparent then.

When I'm beatmatching, sometimes I'll start my cue track slightly after the beat of the track that's playing so that I know from the start that the beat of the cue track is behind the one that's playing. If the cue track is faster, it will catch up to the beat and I will adjust the pitch accordingly. If the beat only seems to get more off, I know that the cue track is slower and so I'll speed it up. I use the Vestax 275 and it allows me to hear both tracks through the headphones- this makes it easier for me. I can even hear one track through one ear and the other track through the other. Hope this helps
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Originally posted by KristineClub When I'm beatmatching, sometimes I'll start my cue track slightly after the beat of the track that's playing so that I know from the start that the beat of the cue track is behind the one that's playing. If the cue track is faster, it will catch up to the beat and I will adjust the pitch accordingly. If the beat only seems to get more off, I know that the cue track is slower and so I'll speed it up. I use the Vestax 275 and it allows me to hear both tracks through the headphones- this makes it easier for me. I can even hear one track through one ear and the other track through the other. Hope this helps -Greg

Very well put, michif72 this is something you will pick up in time, KristineClub said it very well and that should help you out quite a bit. How long have you been mixing with tables, if it's only been a couple of days/weeks, don't expect results right away, you will improve, but don't let it bother you, you will get it just keep with it

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Originally posted by KristineClub When I'm beatmatching, sometimes I'll start my cue track slightly after the beat of the track that's playing so that I know from the start that the beat of the cue track is behind the one that's playing. If the cue track is faster, it will catch up to the beat and I will adjust the pitch accordingly. If the beat only seems to get more off, I know that the cue track is slower and so I'll speed it up. I use the Vestax 275 and it allows me to hear both tracks through the headphones- this makes it easier for me. I can even hear one track through one ear and the other track through the other. Hope this helps -Greg

Very well put, michif72 this is something you will pick up in time, KristineClub said it very well and that should help you out quite a bit. How long have you been mixing with tables, if it's only been a couple of days/weeks, don't expect results right away, you will improve, but don't let it bother you, you will get it just keep with it

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Originally posted by KristineClub When I'm beatmatching, sometimes I'll start my cue track slightly after the beat of the track that's playing so that I know from the start that the beat of the cue track is behind the one that's playing. If the cue track is faster, it will catch up to the beat and I will adjust the pitch accordingly. If the beat only seems to get more off, I know that the cue track is slower and so I'll speed it up. I use the Vestax 275 and it allows me to hear both tracks through the headphones- this makes it easier for me. I can even hear one track through one ear and the other track through the other. Hope this helps -Greg

Very well put, michif72 this is something you will pick up in time, KristineClub said it very well and that should help you out quite a bit. How long have you been mixing with tables, if it's only been a couple of days/weeks, don't expect results right away, you will improve, but don't let it bother you, you will get it just keep with it

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That's an interesting way of doing. I would try to throw it in on the beat myself, then if it drifts, slow it down with your finger on the strobe dots. If it catches up, then you know it has to be slowed down. If they get further apart, then it needs to be sped up.

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i suggest going at it differently, don't purposely cue the incoming track behind or ahead and wait for them to catch up to each other, that wastes too much time. now i dunno if u guys are talkin about TT's or computers cuz the first guy said Traktor and i think thats an mp3 mixing program?? well, on the decks, you should try to start the incoming track near 0 and cue it and let it run and right off the bat you should be able to tell whether its too slow or too fast (most cases it will be too slow if u start at 0) and i think that is the best starting spot.

I cue the record on beat, then wait to see if it drifts. If it does, I'll speed it up or slow it down manually, then adjust the pitch. This is the easiest and fastest way to beatmatch that I'v tried. I can also hear the beats better by listening to the cue track in my phones with one ear and the pgm track in the speakers (duh) with the other.

and practice practice practice
it will just come to you one day
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