Pitch bending on the S4... from 130BPM to 160BPM

[Quenepas]

I mostly play electro and electrohouse with some minimal etc mostly around 120-130BPM but there are a couple songs I would really really like to play but they are on the 170-180BPMs. I tried to match up using the pitch bends but every try came up sounding like garbage. Even trying to "cover up" with another track came up to chipmunk voice and dammit I threw the S4 over the fence.

So I would like to know how to do this technically on the S4 since I cant quite apply what the manual say to what I try to accomplish. Also how to do this artistically to make it sound good and less patched up, in other words, how you personally do this yourselve.

Bonus points for youtube videos.

Thanks!!

[tekki]

Effect fills might do the trick, though you'd get a hiphop-like transition.

[Quenepas]

Yeah Im experimenting with that now. I have watched Eans S4 tutorial several times and after practicing some more I'll "get it". Any Q's I'll be right back

[Yep.]

Or you could use the Keylock feature on the S4. You can trigger it from the controller by holding shift and pressing play, or you can see it in the software by clicking the musical note symbol at the bottom right of each deck's waveform. You can see it here at the bottom right of the decks right above the loop length selector:
I think you have to choose the viewing method as S4 Extended or Mixer instead of Basic or Essentials.

[iamscenic]

I agree with previous post, keylock works very well. It will maintain the song's pitch while changing the tempo only.

I would also suggest making a personal edit of the song in Live or another DAW. Live has killer algorithms for time stretching and you can make the song roughly 128-130bpm, mix it down as is, and will never have to worry about weird chipmunks again.

[padi_04]

Live will keep the key intact but will destroy the song if you stretch it that much, things will get relly muddy. No EQ or post processing will fix this. Trust me, I ear my living adapting songs for fitness. Traktor uses the same algorithm so you won't get good results with such drastic changes.