CDJ-1000 BPM HELP (matching acapella to beat)
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Hi, Does anyone know how to set the BPM on the CDJ-1000, I have an acapella (95bpm) I want to match to a beat (97bpm), and was wondering if it was possible to set it inside the CDJ?I've read the manual, and checked online for help, and asked my friends, and one of them jokingly said "you should ask Paul Nice?" (coz of his black album remix's) And I'm so interested in finding out, that I am taking his advice.So Paul... lace me one time?ThanksLuke
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The beat is a pulse man...fluctuating in tempo...just my advice in becoming a "real" DJ...
you're also talking about doing a mash up (acapella to another beat). Try matching the instrumentals first and then flip to the acapella and slide that shit in where it sounds good...again...a good ear and live manipulation can never be replaced by a BPM machine...unless of course you are a robot. I think you might be...I'm actually a little scared of you...but take my advice and you will no longer be a BORG...
BPM machines are a crutch in my opinion.
I learned to mix & beatmatch without headphones. I can match beats up in a matter of seconds. Also if you have the track in pro-tools you can match things up in there also.
Definitely. I use Numark Axis9's for my bhangra gigs, and though the BPM counter is helpful, it's only really accurate about half the time. Sometimes I've got two CD beats matched perfectly but one reads 100 while the other reads 120. REAL EARZ KNOW THE DEAL.
Cosign. Though some might say he's not talking about a "mash-up," he's talking about a blend.
aka "DJing"
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Seriously, is there a difference? What's the definitional difference between a blend and a mash up?
I believe it's a cultural distinction instead of a technical one:
blend: something dj's having been doing since way back
mashup : hipster shit
He was the only character I liked in the fast show......
A blend is the same shit but done live.. and its been done since way back in the days. Since way back when jackson was an itch in his dads nutsack.
Correct me if I'm talkin shit, but I think that was pretty damn accurate... apart from the Jackson bit.
Big cosign on the BPM counting is not the way thing... its all about doing it by ear... a bit of natural rhythm and a bit of practice and you'll be the shit, yo.
I'm sorry man, but to each his own. But dissing on someone for bpming their records is sorta :weaksuace. BPMing is a great way to really know your records.
There were proto "mashups" pressed onto wax in the 70s (like Began wassisname), and textbook mashups in the early 90s (Easygroove pressed a straight mix of Please Don't Stand In My Way + The Prodigy's first XL release in 1991)
And no one's ever really mashed it up like Bambaata
I thought this was about CDDJing... If you're too lazy to lug wax, you can at least do a bit of beatmatching yerself.
BPMing records for knowledge sake = personal style. The records I have where somebody has previously written the BPM on the cover, I don't pay much attention to it. However, I have a bunch of records that used to belong to an NY DJ who graded all his tunes out of 5. So "Med/Rock 4+" is guaranteed shite.
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The best way to know any track is to listen to it. Thats what its there for.
Otherwise, you could get a set in a club where they have no BPM counter and you'd be screwed.
Labeling your BPMs is fine...anyone can count for 60 seconds...
...which dude has obiously done...he just doesn't seem to know the fundamentals of beatmatching since he can't make 95 hit on time with 97...
chances are if you can beatmatch on wax you can beatmatch on a CJD without looking at the BPM display...the display has become a crutch for him because he's looking at his two CDJs and saying to himself..."they both say 95...but I don't sound like Paul Nice...how come?" He needs to put work in...period...labelling is fine...its something I'm beginning to stray away from now that I can do it by ear most of the time, but like dyde said, it's a great way to get to know your wax...
your man's login name is 'baseball.' that is all you have to know.
Okay, so maybe bpm counting is one way of doing things, but if thats the ONLY way someone knows how to do it then they will find it more of a limitation in the long run.
Knowing the fundamentals is the bottom line tho.
Baseball is the thinking man's game.