I'm using a traktor kontrol s2 and I never got any formal training in beatmatching or anything like that so I've been trying to teach myself how to but I'm not sure if the way I'm going about it is correct. What I've done first of all is disable the BPM indicators in the Deck displays so I can't tell the exact bpm of a song and I've also disabled the phase meters. Then after I have two songs picked out I'll start the first song playing and let it get a minute or two in, just so I can get a feel for the song. Once I've got an idea of its BPM I'll cue up the other song on the first kick and try to play it on the kick of the first song so that the kicks can be aligned. Then I'll play it out for 2 or 3 bars and listen to the kicks and see if they stay aligned. If not I stop the second track, slide the pitch slider to slow it down or speed it up (I normally have some trouble figuring out which one is faster so advice on figuring that out more easily would be great) and then cue it up at the same kick and try to play it again aligned for a couple of bars and then repeat. Is this a reasonable way of beatmatching or am I doing it in an odd way?
Also, generally when I get them matched up on the same bpm and I think they're lined up and playing when I listen to my mix afterwards they're always off by a little bit, is this just because I'm not that good at beatmatching yet or is there some fatal flaw that I might be making? Thanks for your time!
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