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[djqc]

Ok. So I have booked my instrumentation couse on the inspiration of ts. Sneeza who do you work for? Satan, brooa... No pm. Wait till I quit and then I will bag them. Don't worry, you won't have to wait long till I quit anyways

[HunterM]

Gonna mix some tunes at a 21st next weekend and i really wana play a lot of hip hop on traktor, one thing that stops me from playing heeps of hip hop is not knowing the tempo range. I wana be a bit more organised before so i have an idea of whats at similar tempos rather than trial and error for ages (often ends in the end of the song)

Is there a program that can detect and arrange tracks in BPM for you? I know traktor does it but it often doesnt too

dont know if its what your after but just did a google search

http://www.mmartins.com/mmartins/bpm...mdetection.asp

http://www.beatunes.com/

http://www.filebuzz.com/findsoftware...ize_Bpm/1.html

http://www.bpmdetectorpro.com/screenshot.html

http://www.digitaldjtips.com/2011/01...mp3s-for-free/

[Brown Paper Bag]

cheers ill check them out, was gonna google it but thought id see if anyone has used any first

[Kevin]

Gonna mix some tunes at a 21st next weekend and i really wana play a lot of hip hop on traktor, one thing that stops me from playing heeps of hip hop is not knowing the tempo range. I wana be a bit more organised before so i have an idea of whats at similar tempos rather than trial and error for ages (often ends in the end of the song)

Is there a program that can detect and arrange tracks in BPM for you? I know traktor does it but it often doesnt too

Since when did Djing get so lazy?

[HunterM]

since he has a week to try get used to a new fairly unfamiliar genre in which he has little idea how much bpms range?
from what i gather hes just trying work out which tunes have similar tempos in advance because a week really isnt a long time

[Kevin]

since he has a week to try get used to a new fairly unfamiliar genre in which he has little idea how much bpms range?
from what i gather hes just trying work out which tunes have similar tempos in advance?

Call me old fashioned but isn't that what your ear is for. Know your tunes, mix em accordingly.

[HunterM]

Call me old fashioned but isn't that what your ear is for. Know your tunes, mix em accordingly.

You Old Cunt! its all about syncsyncsync!

no, i agree,
but i think this is a one off where he may not know the tunes well and has a week to cater to the parties needs?
as far as i was aware bpb was all wax so im guessing this is new

correct me if im wrong BPB?

[Corteks]

Gonna mix some tunes at a 21st next weekend and i really wana play a lot of hip hop on traktor, one thing that stops me from playing heeps of hip hop is not knowing the tempo range. I wana be a bit more organised before so i have an idea of whats at similar tempos rather than trial and error for ages (often ends in the end of the song)

Is there a program that can detect and arrange tracks in BPM for you? I know traktor does it but it often doesnt too

Personally when I'm putting new tracks into Traktor I check the beatgridding manually for each new track. A bunch of the time it gets it right, and a bunch it doesn't, like detecting DnB at half its BPM or not being able to understand the beats in Glitch Hop properly. Surely you'd just want to setup your tracks manually (if the auto detection doesn't get it right) in Traktor before the party, then you can trust the BPM is right when you're playing out. I wouldn't completely trust any automatic detection.

[Curare]

But it's really hard to beatmatch when you're too trolleyed to stand. Ask Choice about that.

[Kevin]

But it's really hard to beatmatch when you're too trolleyed to stand. Ask Choice about that.

Ha ha! If only they'd had this shit when I used to play at Gravity. Still would stop me mixing into a tune, then mixing the same tune I'd just taken off back in again. But hey, it might have killed a few trainwrecks.

[Curare]

My oh my, what have we become when we're nostalgic about train wrecks

[dart]

download serato, load everything in, order by BPM, PRESTO!

everything is now listed in BPM order, you can Alt TAB to your heart's content.

[Kevin]

That's it, I'm making a comeback!

[brooa]

Gonna mix some tunes at a 21st next weekend and i really wana play a lot of hip hop on traktor, one thing that stops me from playing heeps of hip hop is not knowing the tempo range. I wana be a bit more organised before so i have an idea of whats at similar tempos rather than trial and error for ages (often ends in the end of the song)

Is there a program that can detect and arrange tracks in BPM for you? I know traktor does it but it often doesnt too

mixed in key? http://www.mixedinkey.com/

[Corteks]

download serato, load everything in, order by BPM, PRESTO!

everything is now listed in BPM order, you can Alt TAB to your heart's content.

Or do the same thing in Traktor? Traktor lists by BPM too as long as you've analysed/manually configured the beat grids of your tracks. Think there's a setting to auto analyse all new tracks you load in too.

[Kevin]

mixed in key? http://www.mixedinkey.com/

*sigh*

The pic on the front page of that link says it all.

For me there is something incredibly romantic about two turntables and a mixer plugged into an amp with a bagful of tunes on vinyl being pulled out at random. So much more organic

[Onijin]

download serato, load everything in, order by BPM, PRESTO! everything is now listed in BPM order, you can Alt TAB to your heart's content.

Cheater!

[brooa]

*sigh*

The pic on the front page of that link says it all.

For me there is something incredibly romantic about two turntables and a mixer plugged into an amp with a bagful of tunes on vinyl being pulled out at random. So much more organic

agree but doing house parties this is impossible.

[Kevin]

agree but doing house parties this is impossible.

For sure. The world is moving on. It's all good. Just being a pesky stick in the mud. I've been meaning to embrace the technology one day

[HunterM]

i like sticks

[Kevin]

Foils are better

[nosaj D:]

50s all the way

[heist]

yeah doilies are a waste of money, my guy totally stuffs his fifties

[dart]

mixed in key? http://www.mixedinkey.com/

"It's mixing one track with the next without a key clash. With harmonic mixing, you can create unusual mash-ups (The Beatles vs. Jay-Z)"

i'm sold!

[dart]

So much more organic

fkn hippy

[Hoser]

(The Beatles vs. Jay-Z)"

i'm sold!

Together at last!

[heist]

Together at last!

together six years ago!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Album

[Hoser]

together six years ago!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grey_Album

Why was I not informed???

[Kevin]

Why was I not informed???

We telegramed u at the time

[Brown Paper Bag]

Let me clear this up (mainly for Kevin)

I play vinyl, can play cds but dont own any cdjs.

I borrow my cousin/housemates traktor for parties because my vinyl is mostly dubstep/garage/house/drum and bass got only a few hip hop records but shitloads of hip hop mp3s and cds i plan to rip to mp3. Ill take a full bag of wax, but my wax tends to get dirty/disorganised ripped sleeves at parties because usually i'm having a jolly time and deal with it in the morning.

I wasn't being lazy, just wanted to make it easier to play hip hop all night and enjoy myself/get shitfaced (free beers all night ffs), as i said it's merely for convenience.

Personally when I'm putting new tracks into Traktor I check the beatgridding manually for each new track. A bunch of the time it gets it right, and a bunch it doesn't, like detecting DnB at half its BPM or not being able to understand the beats in Glitch Hop properly. Surely you'd just want to setup your tracks manually (if the auto detection doesn't get it right) in Traktor before the party, then you can trust the BPM is right when you're playing out. I wouldn't completely trust any automatic detection.

is the beat grid those lines in the waveform? theyre thin as and move to quick for me to try and bother to understand, i really dont know much about traktor and what it can do, in terms of setting up tracks manually, etc

[Kevin]

Let me clear this up (mainly for Kevin)I play vinyl, can play cds but dont own any cdjs.I borrow my cousin/housemates traktor for parties because my vinyl is mostly dubstep/garage/house/drum and bass got only a few hip hop records but shitloads of hip hop mp3s and cds i plan to rip to mp3. I wasn't being lazy, just wanted to make it easier to play hip hop all night and enjoy myself/get shitfaced, as i said, often trial and erroring tracks ends up in one track ending and pause in music OR quick not smooth next track, i dont want to just crossfade all night.

All good dude. Just being a cranky cunt. U do what makes u happy. The problem is mine

[Kirky85]

you know the numbers correspond to the letters right?

so KORKY would be 56759

i wasnt 100% sure, but i thought it would just be like that.
But i thought i saw an advert about a company thats does them....

[nosaj D:]

my vinyl is mostly dubstep

eww

[ravewiththemachine]

bpb - just import the tracks into traktor, select all and right click and analyze. Then leave it to do its thing. Then right click the header bar and make sure bpm is tagged. Then order by bpm.

[Slurm]

Get a dj that knows the genre to play the party?

[Hoser]

Let me clear this up (mainly for Kevin)

I play vinyl, can play cds but dont own any cdjs.

I borrow my cousin/housemates traktor for parties because my vinyl is mostly dubstep/garage/house/drum and bass got only a few hip hop records but shitloads of hip hop mp3s and cds i plan to rip to mp3. Ill take a full bag of wax, but my wax tends to get dirty/disorganised ripped sleeves at parties because usually i'm having a jolly time and deal with it in the morning.

I wasn't being lazy, just wanted to make it easier to play hip hop all night and enjoy myself/get shitfaced (free beers all night ffs), as i said it's merely for convenience.



is the beat grid those lines in the waveform? theyre thin as and move to quick for me to try and bother to understand, i really dont know much about traktor and what it can do, in terms of setting up tracks manually, etc

Take your vinyl and don't be such a fucking mincer (leave the wubstep at home but)

[The Biz]

my vinyl is mostly dubstep

eww

Let's take it skeet shooting, maybe someone can sample the shattering noises and turn it into a sweet drop.

[BLEGH!]

Vinyl is boss

[nosaj D:]

Maybe we can take blegh skeet shooting instead

[Kevin]

Maybe we can take blegh skeet shooting instead

With Satan as the gun dog

[Satan]

Oi

[Mono Lisa]

"Ill take a full bag of wax, but my wax tends to get dirty/disorganised ripped sleeves at parties because usually i'm having a jolly time and deal with it in the morning."


That's what's supposed to happen, don't be do precious ;P

[Kevin]

"Ill take a full bag of wax, but my wax tends to get dirty/disorganised ripped sleeves at parties because usually i'm having a jolly time and deal with it in the morning."That's what's supposed to happen, don't be do precious ;P

Too right!!!

[Curare]

yeah, just let people like me mix and I'll fuck all your acetate in about 20 minutes.

Weeeeeee grrrzzzhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[Brown Paper Bag]

bpb - just import the tracks into traktor, select all and right click and analyze. Then leave it to do its thing. Then right click the header bar and make sure bpm is tagged. Then order by bpm.

awesome man thanks

Get a dj that knows the genre to play the party?

because it's not requested there be specifically hip hop, its requestly merely i play, and i want to play some hip hop!

[ravewiththemachine]

I did the same recently for a party. I can mix and feel I can bring something different to the party. My mate came an helped, well did the majority while I got drunk with mates. He has a vast collection of techno on vinyl, i've got mostly DNB.

I use traktor now.I only play for fun. I love playing a party and just whacking them in order of bpm and just working my way up. Tempo building,genres crossing over at what ever speed the party takes.

At that party we started on hip hop with splashes of funk and worked up from 85 bpm while everyone was arriving. Taking it in turns to mix. Was loads of fun.

My collection is 70 bpm through to 170 or so on traktor, which is what I listen too. While collecting vinyl I would only work on a small bpm range so I had a decent amount of tunes to mix. i'm not spending all my cash on vinyl as much as I'd love to.

Vinyl is boss and I'd love to have vinyl for all my beat port collection, CDs and freebies of the net but I don't.

[The Biz]

Fuck, wrong thread.

[Mono Lisa]

Ive never paid attention to bpm, you limit what you can do with your music. Some tracks sound wicked played slower or faster than what they were written to - use your ears and find different context for the same track. Much fun.

[Corteks]

is the beat grid those lines in the waveform? theyre thin as and move to quick for me to try and bother to understand, i really dont know much about traktor and what it can do, in terms of setting up tracks manually, etc

Yeah the beat grid is those little lines, so you can have the program automatically decide what the BPM is or manually edit it by moving where the lines are and shit. Go googling for beat grid traktor if you wanna fuck with it. The idea is you set it up beforehand then your cue points will stick to the beat and you can tell Traktor to sync tracks to a specific BPM using the master clock.

Ive never paid attention to bpm, you limit what you can do with your music. Some tracks sound wicked played slower or faster than what they were written to - use your ears and find different context for the same track. Much fun.

If you're using Traktor though setting up your beat grids beforehand makes this easy. Some stuff does indeed sound awesome at the "wrong" speed.

[HunterM]

Where is the info about the freeway closure?

anyone know if the graham farmer is closed? between vincent and orrong?