Not sure about rekordbox but in Serato you can just edit your beatgrids on your files before you move them to your external device. Just depends how much prep you decide to do as a DJ.
Been djing since 1991 learnt on vinyl on technics 1200s mk 2. Make your ears priority when Djing on any format. I have a ddj rev 5 that I use and my technics 1200s. It's nice to have a screen using the Rev 5, but your ears and pitch control is still the standard of Djing.
Well I've been using Traktor for 20+ years and never had a problem with a beat grid. I guess with CDJs you can't trust them to do anything right. They're just a minor step up from turntables.
Ellaskins, this is really important for the new guard, thank you for bringing this up. But I'm going to go a step further. Dear beginners: If you CANNOT string together a mix beatmatching ENTIRELY BY EAR using the pitch faders and jogs without looking at the screens, you are bound to get to a point where the inability to do so corners you into a trainwreck situation eventually. Tempo detection and beatgrid alignment -- the technologies the sync button relies upon in order to get you on-tempo and in-time -- are not capable of deriving effective beatgrids for all your music all the time, and even if you do take the time and effort to edit your beatgrids in the software, you will still one day rock up to a CDJ setup with no Pro DJ link integration. That means no sync -- period. Learn to beatmatch by ear before your failure to do so clears the floor. When the moment of terror strikes, all you will have to do is cue up and use the controls you trained yourself on. But if you didn't, you'll look more like a Marx Brother in a Banana suit than a DJ. Fifteen minutes a day is enough usually, and you're insuring your epicness as a performer by doing so. Just my $0.02.
man, 18 years since your first youtube tutorial and you still sharing the knowledge. blessings my man, you are the OG djing youtuber.
Don't rely on anything you haven't checked and you should align the grid on every track if you use grids
Not sure about rekordbox but in Serato you can just edit your beatgrids on your files before you move them to your external device. Just depends how much prep you decide to do as a DJ.
Been djing since 1991 learnt on vinyl on technics 1200s mk 2.
Make your ears priority when Djing on any format. I have a ddj rev 5 that I use and my technics 1200s.
It's nice to have a screen using the Rev 5, but your ears and pitch control is still the standard of Djing.
I learnt on vinyl so I only trust my ears.
Yup! That's what I've been focussing on. Any advice on how to practice that? Not matching the bpm but just getting the songs to align properly by ear
great advice for beginers.
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Fighting with the cue- pong was more precise-
Well I've been using Traktor for 20+ years and never had a problem with a beat grid. I guess with CDJs you can't trust them to do anything right. They're just a minor step up from turntables.
I fix all my beatgrids by hand in rekordbox and lock the tracks after. I guess it is just poor preparation if you get in a situation like this
well said
🤬 Always use your ears first! Please! 🙏
Ellaskins, this is really important for the new guard, thank you for bringing this up. But I'm going to go a step further.
Dear beginners: If you CANNOT string together a mix beatmatching ENTIRELY BY EAR using the pitch faders and jogs without looking at the screens, you are bound to get to a point where the inability to do so corners you into a trainwreck situation eventually. Tempo detection and beatgrid alignment -- the technologies the sync button relies upon in order to get you on-tempo and in-time -- are not capable of deriving effective beatgrids for all your music all the time, and even if you do take the time and effort to edit your beatgrids in the software, you will still one day rock up to a CDJ setup with no Pro DJ link integration. That means no sync -- period.
Learn to beatmatch by ear before your failure to do so clears the floor. When the moment of terror strikes, all you will have to do is cue up and use the controls you trained yourself on. But if you didn't, you'll look more like a Marx Brother in a Banana suit than a DJ. Fifteen minutes a day is enough usually, and you're insuring your epicness as a performer by doing so.
Just my $0.02.