Interesting beatlock story - Help required

[anditz]

So I was at a gig watching one of my friends play. He was playing hip hop so I was paying particular attention seeing as I've just started playing it. He mixed like 100 songs into an hour set it was ridiculous to see him mixing that fast. And it sounded cool - very much like girltalk mashup style except it was all live. He turned and empty dancefloor into a full one by the end. The thing that enabled him to mix so quickly is that he has like 20 hip hop/rnb cds that are all beatlocked to 100bpm. I say this is a great idea if it enables you to mix so well - like he isn't just using beat lock because he is noob but because it's allowing him to open up another avenue within his mixing.

Opinions?

Also - does anyone know of software I can use to lock in tempos to a set bpm other than virtual dj which makes you re record the song (have to listen to the whole song before it finishes)

[anditz]

beatlock = synchronised for those who didnt know

[lloydc]

what software was he using?

use ableton or something to re-warp the song, otherwise traktor can sync bpm to the trak it's currently playing.

[anditz]

yeah he told me and i forgot, thought you guys would know.

[MelodyIlliterate]

sounds sick... was it just :

Chorus - verse - next song - chorus - verse- next song?

[anditz]

yeah pretty much melody with a bit of scratch in between

[MelodyIlliterate]

record any? would be interesting to get some tips from it

[eggssell]

man would be hard to get your groove on, you'll be doing running man then 30 seconds later "switch"

anyways sorrry man wouldnt have a clue.

reminds me though of that holy grail mixtape that was only distributed around cali of dr dre mixing 50(?) songs in an hour, but that was straight vinyl and turntables.

[anditz]

i guess i could quickly record 4-5 song mix to give you guys an example

tomorrow though

[lloydc]

now would be good

[MelodyIlliterate]

now would be good

X2

[anditz]

i had a gig on sunday my decks are still packed in the roadcase

[anditz]

Ok found out the program is called Mixmeister

[andyman]

Ok found out the program is called Mixmeister

I make my shit in that cause I'm currently deckless.

Good fun.

[MelodyIlliterate]

nicer version of VDJ?

[SourceRaver]

Re-recording tracks at a set BPM sounds like a pain. Traktor will calculate the BPM and if its slightly off you can beatgrid a track to nail the BPM exactly. If all your tracks are analysed correctly, then its just a matter of hitting the sync button and away you go. Probably one of the few ways to play so many tracks in such a short time. No need to worry about beatmatching, just focussing on what part of the track you want to play. Of course you can just set up a cue point on each track to make this a lot easier.

[fackedd]

I make my bootlegs and mashups with mixmeister. It's a good program for noobs, real easy to use.

[Mitch]

I think platinum notes has some sort of ability to alter bpm when analyzing. Not 100% sure though, I'll have to check when I'm on the computer

[MelodyIlliterate]

@facked

good for learning basics to go onto using a more complex program or a dead end?

[CapFive]

this program is totally different to the normal mixing programs like VDJ or traktor, its purely for what we call sequence mixing, or premixing, this program allows you do it on the fly, you can cue, you can ajust on the fly, its all done before the song is played (thus the sequence part in the name)

weather or not it can actually re-record the songs in the desired BPM, im not sure, it would be awesome if it could, this is a really good idea for a feature can someone confirm this?

[ill_spector]

end of the day, who cares,

if it sounds good, fills dancefloor > vinyl elitist

[MelodyIlliterate]

How does it set you back...

sorry would check it out but im at work

[anditz]

I'm going to try this out today, I'll make a post later when I'm done

[anditz]

OK so it didn't go too well, i figured out how to remap the bpms but it was consistent from one song to the next. Perhaps i'm using a different version to my friend. I'll keep ya'll posted.

[GREMM1S]

Just changing the bpm in ableton, cubase or even acid etc and them exporting would be fairly quickt