Once I have the track beatmatched, I usually keep it going for at least another minute or so to make sure it doesn't wander. If it does, I'll generally adjust accordingly until I'm confident with how well it's matched.

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Originally posted by nchs09 to cue a track? like to push the cue button on the beat you want to start out with? that takes like 2 seconds... to beatmatch it... i dunno to get around the vicinity (sp) of the correct bpm about 8 seconds... to get it good.. maybe 15 or 20 more seconds... maybe 2 minutes..... depends on the track really. im shure poeple who use turntables it takes more.

my sets are generally 95-98% vinyl...and it certainly doesn't take more than 10-20 seconds to beatmatch on the fly for me.

not that i'm great or anything...and i hope to get better...but technic turntables are easier for me than cdj's, and that's due to the practice, i suppose.

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Originally posted by chubbs Once I have the track beatmatched, I usually keep it going for at least another minute or so to make sure it doesn't wander. If it does, I'll generally adjust accordingly until I'm confident with how well it's matched.

Same here. Obvious when you think about it but one bit of advice that might help - you only need to keep the beats lined up for as long as the transition will be when you mix the tracks live ...so when cueing up don't worry if they start to step outta line after the point where you'll have ditched the first track

Try listening to a lot of mixsets, I had no one to teach me anything & I found it a great help to hear how the pros do things. I still do it now

Oh yeah, to answer your question: between 10 & 30 seconds, sometimes more for them horrible fuzzy noisy tracks. With a bit of fine tuning after that

Keep practicing m8 soon you'll be cueing up tracks during breakdowns when there's no actual beats to line up with.

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i think a set get rather boring if you keep the same mixing style throughout...case in point with hip hop...its boring if the dj just keeps on mixing tracks by simple blending...but when the dj throws in scratches, backspins, phasing, and doubling...then things get interesting and fun...

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To Cue up a Track it takes about 10 seconds in General, sometimes less, and sometimes more time, but That's what it takes in general for me.

if You have CDJ's, you need to knwo where do you want to cue it up.

if you mix in the range of 125 BPM and 140 BPM,
128 beats will be around 53 to 62 seconds.
64 beats will be around 26 to 31 seconds.
32 beats will be around 13 to 16 seconds.

if you know your track, you can just fast forward aprroximately this times were you want to mix your track, and you will get it quickly.

If I cue on the first beat, that takes no time in general, beacuse the CDJ's have auto cue.


Hope this helps

Mario

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I agree with different transitions for different tracks. And Trance Android brings up a good point. Every time I listen to a liveset I try to listen to the transitions to pick up pointers.

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Originally posted by miamitranceman I agree with different transitions for different tracks. And Trance Android brings up a good point. Every time I listen to a liveset I try to listen to the transitions to pick up pointers.

Though it's getting harder & harder thanks to Ableton

Seriously

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Originally posted by Pinokio if you mix in the range of 125 BPM and 140 BPM, 128 beats will be around 53 to 62 seconds. 64 beats will be around 26 to 31 seconds. 32 beats will be around 13 to 16 seconds. if you know your track, you can just fast forward aprroximately this times were you want to mix your track, and you will get it quickly. If I cue on the first beat, that takes no time in general, beacuse the CDJ's have auto cue. Hope this helps Mario

quite an interesting theory, though it really is down to how the track is structured

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