quoted 3 lines 5. I've only tried mixing this with straight 4/4 techno so I'm not sure how
>5. I've only tried mixing this with straight 4/4 techno so I'm not sure how
>well it would handle BPM's of other genres. The concept remains the same
>however and the pitch bend feature is an *invaluable* tool.
I've made a chilled beats and a breakbeat mix with it successfully, but it's
auto BPM detection really works best with straight 4/4.
quoted 3 lines 6. The "scratch" features are a joke. If you're buying this because you
>6. The "scratch" features are a joke. If you're buying this because you
>think you can scratch with it then turn away right now and buy some
>Technics.
Seems weird to me, they put time in working out how the interface would
work, but the audio just isn't realistic.
quoted 5 lines 8. The tap tempo option crashes the software anytime I try it with a track
>8. The tap tempo option crashes the software anytime I try it with a track
>already playing. If the song is playing and you I and manually set the
>BPM's
>it kills my soundcard leaving it in an endless loop - requiring a full
>computer reboot (Windows 2000 is my OS).
I get this crash too, but I found the crash only occur if you OK the dialog
whilst the tempo is still at zero, which can happen if you haven't tapped
enough.
quoted 5 lines 9. The BPM features are a bit funky and I'm still working out the kinks.
>9. The BPM features are a bit funky and I'm still working out the kinks.
>For
>now, I've found I need to note on a seperate piece of paper what the BPM's
>for each track are. Traktor seems to sometimes save this info and sometimes
>not.
It should always save the tempo with the playlist, but you need to click
'lock bpm' value within the tempo dialog otherwise it can arbitrarily decide
to change the tempo at some other time assuming it's auto-bpm can do a
better job.
You should note that the .nml files are readable XML, so you can actually
edit playlists yourself by hand outside the program. I've kept a master
list of tracks which I can cut and paste into a customised playlist, so that
I need not re-enter the bpm and cues.
quoted 3 lines If you use the 'sync' feature to match the beats of two tracks and
>If you use the 'sync' feature to match the beats of two tracks and
>Traktor has mistakenly recognized the BPM's of a particular track as
>matching the other then they will be horribly mismatched.
Yeah, the sync occasionally works but most of the time gets it's knickers in
a twist and starts ramping the speed to try and lock things together. The
visual synch offset bars are occasionally useful, but I always sync by hand.
[...]
quoted 4 lines I'm finding the software to be really fun,
>I'm finding the software to be really fun,
>intuitive and easy to master. If you've got the money I'd definitely
>recommend it - you'll be hard-pressed to find anything out there that's
>similar and works this well.
I'd heartily second this recommendation, I've had it a while now and it's a
lot of fun. My beat matching skills have always been poor since I don't
have my own decks to play with, but this software has opened the door to
mixing music, which was always too time consuming and depressing for
cack-handed old me. You can concentrate on playlists and with the bpms
locked you can experiment with mix combinations really quickly.
Bye,
Tom.
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