Dubstep BPM Question

[loverocket]

it matters because it is correct. when I see people dancing to dubstep they are not going 140BPM like a shuffler they are grooving at 70 BPM like a rastafarian.

[mwn11]

But when people are dancing to drum and bass are they dancing to everybeat... The rhythm that people dance is not an accurate measurement if a measurement at all of bpm?

[Patch]

they are grooving at 70 BPM like a rastafarian.

Now THAT is the funniest post I've read in a loooong time.

Jah.

[Cybertrash]

it matters because it is correct. when I see people dancing to dubstep they are not going 140BPM like a shuffler they are grooving at 70 BPM like a rastafarian.

This is, once again, because the drums are in half time, you dance to the beat, no? If you listen to the bass, the leads and the hi-hats you'll notice they're in 140.

Geez, what is this, dubstepforum.com?

[synthet1c]

you have finer pitch resolution at 140bpm and it's probably better for the master tempo algorithm

[Will M.D]

I can mix Hip Hop into Drum & Bass does that mean DnB is 86 bpm?

I knew i'd been going wrong somewhere

Did anyone else notice that pretty much all Dubstep is exactly 140 and not a variation of?
It seems the dubstep producers haven't worked out how to move the BPM function in (insert used daw here)...

[Cybertrash]

I can mix Hip Hop into Drum & Bass does that mean DnB is 86 bpm?

I knew i'd been going wrong somewhere

Did anyone else notice that pretty much all Dubstep is exactly 140 and not a variation of?
It seems the dubstep producers haven't worked out how to move the BPM function in (insert used daw here)...

I dunno, a lot of the tunes I pick up on vinyl are around 138-146, a lot of the old school guys especially are starting to experiment with alternative tempos (I've seen quite a bit of 96bpm stuff out there lately).

[Jester]

Not a big dubstep fan but sneaking in a dubstep tune (or parts of) in the middle of one of my 136-142 sets sounds badass, great way to spice things up

[iprefermusic]

In most songs the drums are half time but the lead lines sound more like 140(or around there). And anyway, who raves at 70 BPM....?

[FILTHZ]

A lot of dubstep is actually played at 3 main BPM's, being 140, 110 and 100. The kick lands on the first beat of every bar, and the snare lands on the third beat of every bar in most cases.