Riotto
04-16-2012, 02:43 PM
Hello everyone,
So I've been DJ'ing for about 2.5 years now, and I'll admit i was always a sync button DJ. I'm starting to see the necessity of beatmatching, at the very least being able to beatmatch into a previous dj's last song so these past 2 weeks ive been working to try to teach myself how to do it. I feel like although im making alot of progress, i still need alot more practice. Most of all I want to learn to do this the right way; so some questions. First off the controller I'm using is a novation twitch ( picture http://www.djtechtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Novation-Twitch.jpg ). Theres alot of things I love about this controller, but its not the easiest to beatmatch on. Instead of a pitch slider it has a knob that seems to be acceleration sensitive ( the faster you spin the higher increments it adjusts, the slower you spin the finer the adjustment ) and theres also no percentage range. So when I try to beatmatch blindly ( turn away my laptop screen and rely just on my ears ) it can become frustrating and time consuming since an inadvertent faster turn of the knob can bring me from being close to beatmatched to far away.
Would it be a disservice to myself to hide the waveforms but look at the pitch/bpm reading in Serato, since I dont have the reference points of a pitch slider?
Also how close is close enough? Generally after I feel I have beatmatched I look at my screen to see the BPM readings, see how close I am. Usually I can get it anywhere from perfectly matched to .2 BPM off ( Id say my average is .1-.15 BPM off ). I would like to become more accurate, and im working hard to get more precise but I was wondering whats the general range to be considered beatmatched
So I've been DJ'ing for about 2.5 years now, and I'll admit i was always a sync button DJ. I'm starting to see the necessity of beatmatching, at the very least being able to beatmatch into a previous dj's last song so these past 2 weeks ive been working to try to teach myself how to do it. I feel like although im making alot of progress, i still need alot more practice. Most of all I want to learn to do this the right way; so some questions. First off the controller I'm using is a novation twitch ( picture http://www.djtechtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Novation-Twitch.jpg ). Theres alot of things I love about this controller, but its not the easiest to beatmatch on. Instead of a pitch slider it has a knob that seems to be acceleration sensitive ( the faster you spin the higher increments it adjusts, the slower you spin the finer the adjustment ) and theres also no percentage range. So when I try to beatmatch blindly ( turn away my laptop screen and rely just on my ears ) it can become frustrating and time consuming since an inadvertent faster turn of the knob can bring me from being close to beatmatched to far away.
Would it be a disservice to myself to hide the waveforms but look at the pitch/bpm reading in Serato, since I dont have the reference points of a pitch slider?
Also how close is close enough? Generally after I feel I have beatmatched I look at my screen to see the BPM readings, see how close I am. Usually I can get it anywhere from perfectly matched to .2 BPM off ( Id say my average is .1-.15 BPM off ). I would like to become more accurate, and im working hard to get more precise but I was wondering whats the general range to be considered beatmatched