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Originally posted by Kid Lax no no no i mean okay say the track you are beatmatching has to be at 7.5% to be beatmatched with the live record if you don't touch the record at all after you let it go, it will take forever for the beat to catch up because you can only go 0.5% faster than the live record...and when you initially let the record go...you rapidly move the pitch slider up and down until you find the general area that it needs to be in to be beatmatched bah i can't explain it it has nothing to do with the tables (i have 1210 m3d's) bah nevermind hahaha

you mean the elevator method?

it is very effective

I touch the record, I think its easier to because alot of times I throw the record off to fast or to slow and it just needs a little push or touch to get it right. why spend time playing with the pitch? tiesto and ferry do it all the time!.. but whatever its all personal I guess. I mean if it sounds good thats all that matters, right??

We aren't talking about locking the beats, we are talking about beatmatching. If you let it go and it'f a tad off but you know they are the right speeds, then you can push or hold the record a tad to line it up.

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Originally posted by mikefasssy It is the same either way, if you have always touched the record, then you get used to it. I touch the records and I don't worry about anything because I know the exact feel of basically all my records. I know how much a little push will affect the tune. I think its just personal preference. You can't really say there is a certain way to utilize your dj skills, thats like saying there is only one proper way to paint a picture. Everybody has their own style.

i agree with you
im used to touch to disc cuz my tables are not very good (belt drive)
so i only have to touch the recor a bit to slow down the tune
but i also ajust with pitch only sometimes but it has a less good felling

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Originally posted by DJ Chrono I touch the record only. no pitch for me just joking you, but i try to use the pitch as little as possible. well right now Im on stantons so the pitch isnt so accurate anyways. I just set up a nice 45 min set that requires almost no adjustment to the pitch... I mean, the records lined up all seem to have the same bpm, which makes them great for nice extended mixs.

too easy

I beatmatch with the fader, but the last small corrections i do with the finger (for example, if i need to shift the pitch 1 milimeter down, i brake with my finger and shift it down a milimeter)

Ok im kinda confused because i always toch the rec, but i wanna try this method becasue i find myself playing with the pitch too much. I have numark ttx's. Ok so wat ure sayin is if the rec in ure headset is too fast then drastically slow it down using pitch to line it up and vice versa recs too fast. Then wont it eventually go to slow or o fast. So i dont understand the part in which u balance it out. Im lost can neone help ive reat every post in this thread.

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You shouldn't have to touch the record but if u have to touch the record just do it. Its all about having fun.

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Originally posted by VaNFeCto Ok im kinda confused because i always toch the rec, but i wanna try this method becasue i find myself playing with the pitch too much. I have numark ttx's. Ok so wat ure sayin is if the rec in ure headset is too fast then drastically slow it down using pitch to line it up and vice versa recs too fast. Then wont it eventually go to slow or o fast. So i dont understand the part in which u balance it out. Im lost can neone help ive reat every post in this thread.

YOu dont' put it down and leave it. If you only need to slow it down like 1%, then you throw it down like 3% and then back up fast to where you want it. The smaller the adjustments the less distance you have to warp it. I guess someone should make a video of this to help people get started.

Just start moving the fader around when you spin, and you'll just learn it.

You start the cued record, and you hear it's too slow, you move the pitch up, but then it's too fast, you move it down again, but faster than the speed were you began, it's still to slow, you move it up again, but slower than the speed you did before, etc. the area you cover will get smaller and smaller, till you (almost) have it pitched 100% correct (although you will never be able to pitched that well)

i`m learning this also now, @ 1st i corrected the record with my fingers.. but now i`m doin it with the fader

for example: i have this record playing and its a bit 2 slow in comparisation 2 the other 1.. i put the fader a lot up.. and then back 2 where it was.. only a bit higher.. coz i need 2 speed it up a little bit.. and tadaahh.. its the same as the other record again

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