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D-Jam, post: 21084, member: 3 wrote:
Why is it cheating? You have the tools, use them.

sorry I mean looking at phase meter, not beatgridding. now I’ve removed the phase meter and now practice feels more satisfying.

Had a longer practice session today and it all make more sense now! Finally able to beatmatch tracks with discernable beats (thump thump thump) in a minute. After only 2 days, that’s not too bad, huh? Problem comes with tracks with subtle or complex beats. They still frustrate me. There’s no “guiding thump” if you know what I mean. Any particular tips or tricks to conquer this?

Terry_42, post: 21047, member: 1843 wrote: Sounds like the tracks are slightly out of phase. The key is then to nudge it slightly to bring them into phase.

Also if I am really lazy and do a shorter transition, I sometimes do not BPM match 100%, near to 100% is enough. You can simply keep nudging it slightly during the transition to cover the tiny bpm mismatch and you’re fine.

The problem is, how would I know whether I have to nudge it forward or backward? The track is already live so I can’t just take a guess just like I usually do with headphones.

OK, so this occured to me. I was mixing a song in, and then I cheat and look at the monitor. The bpm matched, the beat is gridded, but alas the mix gallops. What’s the cause of this and how to fix it?

I just had a practice session and I think I’m starting to get the hang of it. My problem now is, how can I make sure the new track will stay in sync forever and won’t run off at some point? This is important if I wanna do a long transition.