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How do you change to songs with different BPMs?
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| bo0ga |
| Thinking about getting into DJing, so this is probably a very noob question. How do DJ's go to the next song if it has a different BPM? Don't you have to play with the pitch to get the BPM the same so that you can transition into the next song smoothly? |
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| Polt |
| quote: | Originally posted by bo0ga
Don't you have to play with the pitch to get the BPM the same so that you can transition into the next song smoothly? |
Yep. You adjust the incoming track's pitch so that it matches the outgoing track. |
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| bo0ga |
| Right but, if I start a song that's 130 bpm, theres only so many songs that are 130 or around there (127-133). What if I want to put a few higher tempo songs that are 138-140 or so? How do I transition to that? I wouldn't want to make those kinds of songs 10 beats slower, it would ruin how the song sounds. |
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| Polt |
| quote: | Originally posted by bo0ga
Right but, if I start a song that's 130 bpm, theres only so many songs that are 130 or around there (127-133). What if I want to put a few higher tempo songs that are 138-140 or so? |
Well, you could always play a track at 130, then 132, then 135, then 138. Or you could do something different then just straight mixing from one track to another to drastically change the tempo. |
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| bo0ga |
| Wouldn't I have to make the next song match the previous one? How would I gradually work my way up? For example, if I start a song that has 130 BPM, I have to make the next song 130 BPM or the beats won't match. How would I mix into the next song if its 132? Does the BPM always have to be exact? |
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| Sadface |
You can gradually move up the tempo of the playing track as well if you need to. You could take a track at 130 and move it up to 131 without it sounding bad, then mix in a 133 track pitched down to 131, move it up to 132, mix in a 132 track, pitch it up a bit to 133/134, etc etc etc.
Going from 130-138 is too big a jump to do all at once whilst keeping it smooth, but smaller nudges over several tracks will sound just fine. |
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| darouge11 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sadface
You can gradually move up the tempo of the playing track as well if you need to. You could take a track at 130 and move it up to 131 without it sounding bad, then mix in a 133 track pitched down to 131, move it up to 132, mix in a 132 track, pitch it up a bit to 133/134, etc etc etc.
Going from 130-138 is too big a jump to do all at once whilst keeping it smooth, but smaller nudges over several tracks will sound just fine. |
simplest explanation...no joke |
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| bo0ga |
| so another words, when a song is playing, you can slowly change the pitch to increase its BPM by 1 or 2? Or you can mix it into the next song thats 1 or 2 beats faster? |
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| Polt |
| quote: | Originally posted by bo0ga
so another words, when a song is playing, you can slowly change the pitch to increase its BPM by 1 or 2? |
Yes.
| quote: | | Originally posted by bo0ga Or you can mix it into the next song thats 1 or 2 beats faster? |
You can adjust track a to match the speed of track b. You still need to have both tracks at the same speed, otherwise it won't work. |
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| discobiscuit |
You can mix songs with drastically different bpms smoothly without beatmatching. It is done during space/breakdowns using eqing, filters, and echo. If done right jumping from 125 to something like 135 you can get an incredible crowd response. Also jumping down after a heavy/fast track to something slower can be a breath of fresh air. Doing these kind of transitions once or twice a night is alright and shouldn't be frowned upon (when spinning edm that is). Mixing hip hop drastic bpm
changes happen all the time but scratching is most commonly used. I can scratch from 125 to 100bpm no problem and it sounds great. I also like to echo out on a vocal clip and scratch into various bpm tracks.
There is no right or wrong way to DJ develop your own style.
Just avoid trainwrecks. People would rather hear a fade in/out than a trainwreck. Fading in/out is pretty lame so trainwrecking is pretty much humiliating (we've all done it tho) |
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| miamitranceman |
| quote: | Originally posted by discobiscuit
You can mix songs with drastically different bpms smoothly without beatmatching. It is done during space/breakdowns using eqing, filters, and echo. If done right jumping from 125 to something like 135 you can get an incredible crowd response. Also jumping down after a heavy/fast track to something slower can be a breath of fresh air. Doing these kind of transitions once or twice a night is alright and shouldn't be frowned upon (when spinning edm that is). Mixing hip hop drastic bpm
changes happen all the time but scratching is most commonly used. I can scratch from 125 to 100bpm no problem and it sounds great. I also like to echo out on a vocal clip and scratch into various bpm tracks.
There is no right or wrong way to DJ develop your own style.
Just avoid trainwrecks. People would rather hear a fade in/out than a trainwreck. Fading in/out is pretty lame so trainwrecking is pretty much humiliating (we've all done it tho) |
Complicated explanation...no joke. :toothless |
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