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Why does it keep drifting when I beatmatch? Help!
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DjSway
Ok so I have the songs beatmatched and after like 16 bars it starts drifting bad!

Does this mean the songs are not beat matched properly? How do I now they are? Should the golden rule be once I start song B I should only have to slightly adjust the pitch? If I have to do a lot of adjusting past the 16 bar it's not beatmatched?

Thank you!
Tony Morello
if they drift, it's not beatmatched, more practice

there's no golden rules to djing except don't suck
Rememberence_
quote:
Originally posted by Tony Morello
if they drift, it's not beatmatched, more practice

there's no golden rules to djing except don't suck


word
DjSway
Thx and thx for the words of encouragement hehe..

Ok so when I bring in song B it should be pretty much perfectly beatmatched and require minimum adjustment?
Tony Morello
that's usually the common goal with beatmatching... you match the beats

;)
Fl@k Monkey
rofl do i sense a major case of sarcasm there Tony? :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX3GVeWIzh4
try this.. I <3 this guy, Puts things in prospective :)
Zild
Learning how to pitch bend until you can lock the beat might help a little. Don't just leave it like that if it starts drifting. Practice will help you hear it start to drift way before anyone else can since you have headphones.
miamitranceman
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Originally posted by DjSway
Thx and thx for the words of encouragement hehe..

Ok so when I bring in song B it should be pretty much perfectly beatmatched and require minimum adjustment?


Basically yeah. Once you bring in the second track, you only want to have to make very slight adjustments so the crowd doesn't hear any major pitch bending or double beats.
DjSway
Thanks fellas for the tips and for the sarcasm :p


Got a gig on Friday wish me good luck! Going to practice now..
Tony Morello
honestly, no sarcasm here

if you're still drifting and having to ask questions on a forum...

do you honestly feel ready to take on a gig? (although granted we're not informed as to what kind of gig this is)

i'm just saying, sometimes djs try to get gigs too early and play out before they're ready, seen this happen way too many times to count

playing a bad gig your first time out can do more damage to your rep than you imagine

just throwing that out there...

if you feel you're ready, make sure you practice and feel confident, cause if you feel confident and portray that across, the crowd can pick up on that

sleepydragon
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Originally posted by DjSway
Thanks fellas for the tips and for the sarcasm :p


Got a gig on Friday wish me good luck! Going to practice now..


are you sure you want to be playing out? its a lot harder to mix when playing out somewhere than it is at home. It sounds like you havent got the moxing sorted out at home yet
elFreak
if you can't beatmatch at home don't play out. Wait till you try and beatmatch with a killer echo ;)
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