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    Hi everyone!

    Decided to beat grid all my track (at last got the courage to do it) in Taktor...

    I am find some track that are made in for ex. 124.113 and it looks fine but when i adjust to 124 everything gets messed up.. i starts with grids on the beats and goes out of the beat after the first break.. and so on.
    When i adjust the beat grid into position, the start falls apart.

    Is it like that some tracks are just ment to be 124.113 and it cannot be adjusted?


    And the other thing is, a few tracks that is 126 BPM gets detected as 186, is there anyway to fix that? ofc i cant BM yet so no comments on that..

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    Quote Originally Posted by TechDozer View Post
    Hi everyone!

    Decided to beat grid all my track (at last got the courage to do it) in Taktor...

    I am find some track that are made in for ex. 124.113 and it looks fine but when i adjust to 124 everything gets messed up.. i starts with grids on the beats and goes out of the beat after the first break.. and so on.
    When i adjust the beat grid into position, the start falls apart.

    Is it like that some tracks are just ment to be 124.113 and it cannot be adjusted?


    And the other thing is, a few tracks that is 126 BPM gets detected as 186, is there anyway to fix that? ofc i cant BM yet so no comments on that..
    Some tracks have strange BPMs so it is not impossible that a track is exacly 124.113.

    Something that can happen is a track having an unstable BPM, so it changes the BPM on one or more points. To correct that you can use softwares like Ableton to edit the tracks and make the BPM stable from the beginning to the end, do some youtube searching about warping tracks.

    If the detection is clearly wrong you can change the BPM on the "grid" section below the decks.

    The right BPM is the one that beats in perfect sync with the metronome from the beginning to the end. Don't trust the software, neither your eyes, simply use them to make your ear's job easier.
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    I've seen this a few times as well and I don't really understand how electronic music that is made digitally can have anything other than a whole number for its BPM.

    The only time I can understand it is when I've ripped a vinyl to my harddrive on a shitty turntable so the BPM wasn't stable. Other than that though I don't get it.
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    its strange I bought a load of late 90's early 00's trance last week from juno and not a single one had a perfect beat structure, all of them moved around off grid close enough to still sound ok or need a little nudge here and there but i find it difficult to believe that all of them were like this, 50 odd tracks. I am wondering if they are a vinyl rip or something.

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    How does tapping work? Should you:

    1) Delete existing Grid
    2) Tap the tempo
    3) Set first Beat marker?
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    Quote Originally Posted by TechDozer View Post
    Is it like that some tracks are just ment to be 124.113 and it cannot be adjusted?
    Tracks with a live drummer can be all sorts of bpm's.

    It is possible that even if the track was created with a drum machine, that in the final mastering the tempo was adjusted "by ear" or to bump something into key or for some other reason.

    This is why it is important to check the grid.
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    Most likely the older tracks were ripped from vinyl which is the most likely culprit for them not being a whole BPM number.
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    Thanks for the responses, will try to warp it up and see how that goes
    mostly older tracks that has these differences but they are like couple years old and bought on BP.. all tracks from 2014 looks fine just a few with 001 difference.

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