If the track starts to drift then just adjust which ever track is the quietest so its less noticeable. You should never really adjust the pitch of the dominant track. On my techs I would let my finger drag on the platter to slow the track down a smidge for a millisecond. If it took a while to drift out then a single adjustment should be all thats needed. If its drifting out quite quickly then you need to pitch adjust.

Im at the stage now where I want to learn how to properly master riding on the pitch. Thats where u adjust the track speed faster/slower by like 4% for a second and put it back to its original setting. With a digital display id guess it would be easier. Some decks (Vestax PDX?) have a function called pitch bend which is doing the same as riding the pitch but as accurate as possible.

I already knew how to beatmatch when I got my techs. I had over 3 years practice with traktor

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Last edited by trancecadet on Sep-22-2005 at 17:42

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Originally posted by trancecadet Im at the stage now where I want to learn how to properly master riding on the pitch. Thats where u adjust the track speed faster/slower by like 4% for a second and put it back to its original setting.

If you're mid mix you don't want to slam the pitch back and forth like that, but you should beatmatch that way. If you're in the mix to ride the pitch just make little adjustments in the direction you want to correct then make a little adjustment in the other correction to bring it back in line.

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naaah.. Wannabe DJ's are those mixing in soundediting-programs. The fact that you only have gear is enough to say that you're not one of them.

True, everybody wants to be a DJ, but my guess is that'll change soon. Seeing that it takes to much practice and effort to become one.

Anybody can beatmatch, but not anybody can DJ.

Now, practice and you will get beatmatching down. In the beginning you should have the BPM for each of you tracks (it's rather easy to calculate), so you don't spend 5 minutes syncing the tracks each time. There are more important things to get down. The feeling it takes to sync comes with time, so you probably will learn that too in the process. I know I did.

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i got beatmatching down within a month. thank god. i was starting to doubt myself and was fixing to just quit.

now that beatmatching is behind me. its track selection and mixing im worried about.

it should all come together in time using hard daily practice.

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Originally posted by Mark it took me roughly 10 days of practising about an hour each day to get it. its funny too because on the 9th day, i was still heavily frustrated and i was going to sell my gear. then i woke up on the 10th day and suddenly, my ears just picked it up. from then on, its all about perfecting your skills and learning how to mix cleaner using your lines and EQ's. just keep at it.

It took me a good 3 or 4 months to really get beatmatching. But like you said, "Suddenly, my ears just picked it up." One day of practicing at a friends house, and I just happened to get the mix right on. I tried to duplicate it the next day, and kept adding more tracks in. Now a year and a half later, I'm starting to play some local shows and pretty confident in my ability although I know that its definitely not perfect yet.

Keep at it, as long as your in it for the music and not the money/fame/women. Then you're a step ahead of most...