Beat Gridding: Am I doing it right?
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    Default Beat Gridding: Am I doing it right?

    Hey guys,

    So I've been having around a 50% success rate when beatgridding my tracks. I'm beginning to wonder if I am doing it slightly wrong. I am using Traktor Scratch Duo 2 with 2 Gemini PT-1000s (not the best, I know, but they work). What I do is zoom in on the first bass kick and line up the orange line with the bass kick. I hit the trash can icon, then put a grid marker down and lock the grid. However, this is also creating a hot cue point. Is this the right way to do it, or am I missing something?
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    I believe it depends on what type of music you are trying to grid: if it is any sort of EDM, it would have a consistent bass pattern, so those are easier to grid than say, hip-hop and R&B. I was once told by a friend that most of the time, you line up either the snares or the claps/hi-hats on that. I'm not exactly sure, I don't do hip-hop often, so I could be wrong.

    As for the process, it seems fine to me. There is an option in the preferences that allows you to store the first beat marker as a hotcue, so disable that if it bothers you. Sometimes, rely on your own sense of rhythm and use tap.

    Hope that helps.
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    Most of it is electro and house music. I dunno what it is, but it seems that my preferences section is severely limited as opposed to everyone else's I see in youtube videos and whatnot. There's no mouse preferences or anything like that. I also didn't see the cue option you're speaking of.
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    Not used duo but the grid marker lines are white not orange.
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    I find that 95% of my EDM is gridded perfectly by Traktor. The cue marker preference is in the file management section under BPM detection. Not sure if it's there in DUO.
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    I have no experience using Duo either so hopefully someone who has can chime in. Good luck Sunshine
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    I actually don't think there is a 'right' way of beat gridding. It's all down to personal preference.
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