6months before i was fully confident

2 years to get it down

3 years and working perfecting it

hey guyz .. i am stil new to the mixing world ... i was wondering how am i going to know that the mix is fully beatmatched ? .. i was reading earlier post that after 20-30 secs its started to drift a little bit .. what does that mean ? .. pliz anybody can tell me about it .. i would be very happy to learn.

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Originally posted by LeVouS i was reading earlier post that after 20-30 secs its started to drift a little bit .. what does that mean ? .. pliz anybody can tell me about it .. i would be very happy to learn

This essentially means that after a little while the beats of the two tracks would go out of phase, meaning they wouldn't match up anymore. This is usually due to inexperience, after a lot of practice beatmatching you get a feel for when two tracks are matched "just right." A little trick that worked for me: if you're using stereo monitoring while mixing (i.e. you hear both tracks at the same time in your headphones), you will notice a change in the beat when the two beats are matched. They will blend into each other and one single beat will emerge. Yeah this might sound really obvious - "Isn't that the whole point dude?" - but it's really a subtle thing to notice, requiring headphones with good isolation (*cough* Sennheiser HD-280 Pro *cough*). Anyway I personally believe this is the most accurate way to beatmatch. It's certainly more accurate than beatmatching while single-ear monitoring, or split monitoring for that matter. Though split-cue works very well too.

over 1 year to learn beatmatching,
and 1 more to get 99,99999999999999999999999999999999% perfect

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Originally posted by Dragon37 over 1 year to learn beatmatching, and 1 more to get 99,99999999999999999999999999999999% perfect

well you never get 99.9999 % precise I don't think so

once you're precise enough I think it's more about the day you're spinning and you're "luck" or "mood" or whatever you call it ;.... cause even pro djs screw up ... at a higher rate then 0.111%

well at least that's the way I see it

well alot of mixers have BPM counters built in these days, i know it takes away part of the DJ's job, but it gives you more time to que, and more time to enjoy the choon, interact with the crowd etc. what do you guys think?!

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i've never found them precise enough to count on..that and i think it kinda takes the fun out of it. like riding a bike without having to peddle...you get more time to enjoy the scenery n tdon't get as tired but it's part of the bike riding process.. i know shitty analogy but know what i mean?

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Originally posted by MekTek i've never found them precise enough to count on..that and i think it kinda takes the fun out of it. like riding a bike without having to peddle...you get more time to enjoy the scenery n tdon't get as tired but it's part of the bike riding process.. i know shitty analogy but know what i mean?

Analogy perfectly understood, and I agree 110% with you. After I found out about beat counters, I was like "and people STILL trainwreck?" I can understand if it's by ear, b/c no one is perfect, but damn.

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it really bugs me how people keep saying they learned to beatmatch in 2 weeks, just so they can gain some respect on the forums, ugh... you're learning for yourself people, not for others... and if your track goes out of sync after 15 seconds, its certainly not beatmatched

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Originally posted by DJ NEILSON well alot of mixers have BPM counters built in these days, i know it takes away part of the DJ's job, but it gives you more time to que, and more time to enjoy the choon, interact with the crowd etc. what do you guys think?!

i have bpm but it suckz i wanna try 2 learn witout it

Last edited by GT_TraNcE on Jul-24-2002 at 07:51