Dubstep BPM Question

[Shane Says]

Not saying all kids and teens are ignorant. But yeah some of them are.

[ToOntown]

I actually "x2 BPM" every track in my collection 8 times so that my effects sound really wacky and glitchy. So really my Dubstep tracks are set at 1120 BPM.

[elio_xh]

I keep mine at 140. Why? For simplicity. I don't have many tracks around the 60-80 range that I'd be able to mix with if left the dubstep at 70, because at 60 it becomes a little too slow. Since most of my collection is at higher BPM's it's easy to bring the tempo down from 140 and still keep it up beat. Too much work to bring the tempo mid set from 70 to 130, as opposed from 140 to 130

[rdale]

I actually "x2 BPM" every track in my collection 8 times so that my effects sound really wacky and glitchy. So really my Dubstep tracks are set at 1120 BPM.

I'm going to play with this, it never crossed my mind to try this.

[GIRLCHEESE]

im sorry but this statement, and pretty much this whole conversation are arbitrary. the high hats or bass or any instrument are not "in 140". there are only divisions of time. a 32nd note high hat pattern at 70 bpm and a 16th note high hat pattern at 140 bpm sound exactly alike. so basically this whole argument is like asking "is the glass 1/2 full, or 4/8 full or 8/16 full ?"

in the end the BPM is just a reference tool. and since you can halve or double anything to compensate , it just doesnt matter.

Thank you. i chuckled when i saw that someone posted the snare on 2 and 4 for 70 is a lost art and clearly doesn't understand that 3 at 140 is 2 and 4.

[seitz]

false! it slows down from 280bpm to 200bpm!

actually it goes from 8.75 bpm to 6.25

these two posts still have the most relevance to this discussion

[ksandvik]

Now, why did dubstep get stuck in 70/140bpm?

[seitz]

Now, why did dubstep get stuck in 70/140bpm?

same reason e-house is 128?

[ksandvik]

same reason e-house is 128?

House is between 125-130, not necessary 128 all the time.

[seitz]

House is between 125-130, not necessary 128 all the time.

and dubstep can range between 135 (feed me does this) and 145 (skrillex does a couple tracks at 143)...still the concept is the same...most "house" is thought to be 128 and most "dubstep" is thought to be 140...but to humor you ill change what i said

the same reason house is 125-130