Is there a safe BPM Range to use?

[the_bastet]

I kinda get the question you are trying to ask.

It depends on your looping and fx habits.

Personally I use the lower bpm range. However, my open format sets can go from 80's to top 40, to metal, to ragga.

Honestly, bpm should not be your focus in mixing. Yes you need to know how to beat match, but you also should know how to play multiple genres smoothly and know how to mix creatively. Theres nothing more boring than a set that holds the same exact bpm for the entire set.

[Jester]

+/- 6% if you don't use keylock.

[keithace]

+/- 4%

[Jester]

zac efron said 128 is the magic number

lol that bpm helps us psy freaks fall asleep

[Ed Paris]

I thought 3 was the magic number. (No More, no Less)

Nope. Actually the answer is 42.

[A Man From Siberia]

Is it a good idea to sort your library by BPM at all?)

[ZxZDeViLZxZ]

English isn't this guys strong point.... There are tracks classified as certain genres based on their general composition that will be way outside of the accent bpm range.....

House tracks it's not uncommon to find them in the 100bpm range technically is not pitch this track beyond 107-108 at most the key change will be drastic and if it has vocals you'll notice hard... Secondly you can run key lock which will sometimes work and sometimes not depending on track format and bit rate ... This short coming of keylock can be overcome by doing a straight low swap mixing in your mids and highs first then swapping low maybe when phrase of a bassline starts... If track is sub bass heaven forget it shit will sound out...

One thing to remember these days genres have kinda changed.... Techno now days is more in the 124-128 range but is called minimal techno sometimes... However when I think techno I think along the 138-142 style tech.:.. But again times have changed...

[Stazbumpa]

But it's only a case of clicking the *2 or /2 button in Traktor to correct a beatgrid that is set at double or half the actual tempo after analysing.

I learned something today.

I thought 3 was the magic number. (No More, no Less)

Also, this^

[Deejaesnafu]

id wager it depends on your musical leanings, if you are more prone to half dubstep to mix with hip hop, default to the lower range(making your dubstep 70 bpm). if you are more prone to mixing dubstep to electro house..default to the higher range(making your hip hop 140 bpm). in the end it does not matter...its simple math and a button press away if you want to go the other direction.

[overcast]

zac efron said 128 is the magic number

We laugh but I have what seems like ten times more things at 128 than 122 soooooo

But for real, I always set my range from 70-139, and generally speaking it works out. You can tell what Dubstep songs analyzed at 70 BPM or Drum & Bass analyzed at 80bpm are supposed to be doubled that.