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I can almost beatmatch by ear, but I'm not feeling great about it. I need a few tips.

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  • September 14, 2011 at 11:32 am #7422
    D-Jam
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    It just takes practice. In the beginning I totally trainwrecked everything, then finally could hold 32 beats together. Then it became 64, 128, and so on up to several minutes.

    I use sync now, simply because it makes life easier. I don’t see why I should say no to innovationswhen they do the task I need them to do. Nowadays, knowing how to beatmatch by ear it more for fixing a bad blend when sync fails, or when you have a moment where you can’t use sync.

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    September 14, 2011 at 1:45 pm #7428
    Michael M. Hughes
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    DJ Hessler, post: 7411 wrote: ?? When is it not optimal to beatmatch manually??:confused:

    Answer: Whenever it’s easier to hit sync with properly gridded tunes that you know very well. I manually beatmatch when, like D-Jam indicated, there’s a bad blend or I screw something up. I do it when I need to.

    Hessler, you’re right on when you point out that simply beatmatching all night can be boredom inducing—for the DJ and crowd. I like to throw in some dramatic shifts, with major changes in BPM, and you can’t beatmatch from 130 to 100, or at least you can’t do it without sounding like crap.

    Which reminds me, I’ve been thinking about starting a thread on transitions, since beatmatching is something that can be somewhat automated (via sync) but you can’t go from psytrance to dubstep by pressing a button. I think a lot of peeps, including myself, would enjoy hearing tips and tricks.

    September 14, 2011 at 2:56 pm #7435
    Benny Mackney
    Member

    DJ Hessler, post: 7411 wrote: ?? When is it not optimal to beatmatch manually??:confused:

    When happens and you have about 4 and a half seconds to get your next tune up and going. When you want to change the tempo of multiple decks and keep them in time as you speed up or slow down quickly. There’s all sorts of little situations that would have me using sync. Beatmatching manually would be fine in normal playing situations though.

    September 15, 2011 at 12:33 am #7462
    jezalenko
    Member

    4.5 seconds to go? I wouldnt even bother beatmatching, I’d just cut from one song to the other. Done well, it sounds good too!

    September 15, 2011 at 3:42 am #7465
    Peps Lavina
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    jezalenko, post: 7457 wrote: 4.5 seconds to go? I wouldnt even bother beatmatching, I’d just cut from one song to the other. Done well, it sounds good too!

    Once you’ve got beatmatching mastered manually, and know your tracks by heart, you’ll be surprised at how fast you can beatmatch 2 songs. All you need is just constant practice and patience.

    September 15, 2011 at 5:38 am #7467
    Ryan Leo
    Member

    Why don’t you try nudging the track either way until your 100% its out and then speed it up until its going to fast. Do this back and forth.

    I find this works well.

    Dont worry about software being accurate to 0.00. Just let it ride.

    September 15, 2011 at 8:07 am #7477
    Anonymous
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    September 15, 2011 at 8:11 am #7483
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    September 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm #7496
    mr_john
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    Ryan Leo, post: 7462 wrote: Dont worry about software being accurate to 0.00. Just let it ride.

    I agree with this. I’m sure it stems from my controller’s/software’s limitations, but I’ve given up trying to get it “perfect” manually. If I match manually as close as i can get it, then sliding over to the next song shouldn’t really pose a problem. But it becomes a problem when I want to do a mashup, falling out of synch 30 seconds later is maddening so I use the synch button after I get it as close as possible.

    September 15, 2011 at 2:04 pm #7510
    Benny Mackney
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    Ryan Leo, post: 7462 wrote: Why don’t you try nudging the track either way until your 100% its out and then speed it up until its going to fast. Do this back and forth.

    You mean moving it forward and backwards past the point of being in phase so you can hear what happens clearly?

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