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| mactheknife |
is there a site or an old thread that lists BPMs on a lot of tracks?
whenever i count my own i mess it up somehow and my first gig is in a month and a half and i'm freakin out... |
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| VIO |
| forget bpm's. they're pretty much unnecessary. just rely upon your beatmatching skills and you'll be fine. i couldn't tell you the bpm of a single track i own. cheers. |
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| raaven |
the only reason i'd ever count the bpm of any of my records is if i was organizing my records in that way.
relying on that stuff will just make ya confused and cause more problems for ya. just trust your ears! :) |
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| Kiragan |
There have always been huge debates about this. I'm personally of the opinion that it's good to know rough approximations of the bpms of songs. I found the following site a while back that has the best list I can find, hope it will help:
http://djdalelee.tripod.com/vinyl.html
Actually, I just noticed how old that site is... I think there is a newer one. I'll look for it.
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| dknylady |
i agree that it's nice to know approximately what bpm your sets are at..not necessarily your songs.
you totally do not need to know ANY of your bpms, seriously. it's all about your ear. unless you have songs that range beyond the +/-8% mark, it doesn't matter. |
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| DJ 2Slow |
| i feel that BPM orginazation of your songs can be usefull. I use it, as well as "key'ing" all my records. That way if I know if I have to drop my pitch down say 5.5%, the mix is alsmot going to be in a differnt key, so it does help people like me, but if your not into harmonic mixing yet, I would suggest let your ear do all the work, the payoff is well worth the time. |
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| mactheknife |
| thanks for the help...wasn't what i was looking for originally but it's still appreciated. i just like knowing going into a track roughly how much i'm going to have to mess with the pitch control as opposed to flying in blind...i'm sure that will change over time. |
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| razzi |
| if you are intent on finding out the BPMs for your records, download winamp, and then download a plugin for it called (leo's dj helper). when you have it installed you can press B on your keyboard (with the beat) while listening to your records, and then get the BPM that way. my friend used to do this all the time because he also labelled his records. i recommend just using your ear, but hope this will help you |
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| Luke |
Armin uses BPMs on his vinyls too:)... on most of his whites there were numbers ranging from "134-140" or so... initially i didnt know what they stood for, but later i clued in..
i guess he just uses them as a guide to help him mix faster... not that he really needs it, its just a little helpfull tool.
but i agree with others, starting to learn to mix based on written BPMs is not the best way to go about it.. trust your ear:) |
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| Dmatrox |
dont bother looking for bpm of tracks. Get to know your tracks. You should be able to tell which tracks are close enough in speed to be mixed. Preferrably you should know your tracks well enough that they fit in the +/- 6% pitch at max.
If you have a gig in a month and dont have beat matching down pat, you better find records that mix well together and practice the set to death. |
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| waXology |
| quote: | Originally posted by Luke
Armin uses BPMs on his vinyls too:)... on most of his whites there were numbers ranging from "134-140" or so... initially i didnt know what they stood for, but later i clued in..
i guess he just uses them as a guide to help him mix faster... not that he really needs it, its just a little helpfull tool.
but i agree with others, starting to learn to mix based on written BPMs is not the best way to go about it.. trust your ear:) |
this pic was taken last night Jan 23rd 04 at HOME nightclub.... Armin playeda 5hour set
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