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Anyone Ever Notice - When Pitching 2 Tracks
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| Jarvmeister |
I often glance to the pitch on one CDJ, and it will, for example read +1.04% and the other one will read +1.04% too.
I only become aware after getting the two locked on, but I see it quite frequently. This must mean the tracks were written, at for example, exactly the same BPM, eg 130.0
Anyone else ever notice this?
Jarv |
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| Atmos |
| Yup...just today I had two tracks at -1.06 % ... some tracks are made at the exact same BPM's. |
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| i got big pants |
| i love those conicidences...esp when grabbing a random track and its already beatmatched from the previous one...enough time to down a beer :happy2: |
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| nefardec |
seems a little obvious - i mean otherwise what is the point of writing bpms on your cds
granted it's not always perfect, especially if i am playing one of my ripped vinyls on cd
all of my digital collection and rips have been set against a grid in ableton so I can get a very precise bpm count |
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| Jarvmeister |
I know - it seems obvious when you consider it. But having come from 1210s, and not being used to numerical readouts.....
It's funny, cos I'll spend about 2 minutes beatmatching, then once I'm confident I've got it locked I'll stand back and look at my 2 CDJs, and notice they're on exactly the same percentage pitch.
Which is always reassuring as you realize that you're obviously beatmatching really well.
Jarv |
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| Atmos |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
I know - it seems obvious when you consider it. But having come from 1210s, and not being used to numerical readouts.....
It's funny, cos I'll spend about 2 minutes beatmatching, then once I'm confident I've got it locked I'll stand back and look at my 2 CDJs, and notice they're on exactly the same percentage pitch.
Which is always reassuring as you realize that you're obviously beatmatching really well.
Jarv |
Lol yea I smile when that happens. |
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| Trance Android |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
I know - it seems obvious when you consider it. But having come from 1210s, and not being used to numerical readouts..... |
A friend had some Techs & I found it really weird not having a numerical readout :p I find it reassuring to know exactly how much I've moved the slider. Whats even stranger is that when I'm cueing up & beatmatching on my CDJ's just from knowing how long it took for the tracks to drift I'll have a fairly accurate idea how many numbers I'll need to move the slider (in 0.05's) :D |
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| Atmos |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Android
A friend had some Techs & I found it really weird not having a numerical readout :p I find it reassuring to know exactly how much I've moved the slider. Whats even stranger is that when I'm cueing up & beatmatching on my CDJ's just from knowing how long it took for the tracks to drift I'll have a fairly accurate idea how many numbers I'll need to move the slider (in 0.05's) :D |
How do you know? Is it by just being used to it or is it mathematical? That can really come in useful. |
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| agentdansmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by Atmos
How do you know? Is it by just being used to it or is it mathematical? That can really come in useful. |
You just get used to it.
For example:
They are beatmatched for about 12 beats and then it starts to slide out of time, so I know to just adjust the pitch by 0.05%. Whereas if the beats start to move out of time after just 5 beats then I'll adjust the pitch by about 0.10%-0.15%.
This is something that you will naturally learn, so dont bother trying to work out mathematical sums or spend time trying to work it out - just carry on with what you're doing and in 6 months time you'll realise that you can pretty much slide the pitch to the right speed almost straight away.
Well... I can anyway :D |
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| Boomer187 |
| after you play for two hours you will notice re-occurring numbers. So you know what pitch to put a song that is slightly fast, slower, way fast...etc. makes beatmatching a lot more simple. :P |
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| nchs09 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jarvmeister
I often glance to the pitch on one CDJ, and it will, for example read +1.04% and the other one will read +1.04% too.
I only become aware after getting the two locked on, but I see it quite frequently. This must mean the tracks were written, at for example, exactly the same BPM, eg 130.0
Anyone else ever notice this?
Jarv |
yes, it happens... i dont see anything wrong with it.
sometimes i love it too when im playing a track say for example..
128bpm..... with the pitch +2.5 and on the other cdj its -3.0 then i take out a cd and put a new one in.... and its matched with the other track... feels wonderful :D |
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| miamitranceman |
| Yeah, I love it when that happens. |
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