what’s the problem with beatmixing?
hey, i’m a digital dj .. and i know if I want to start playing in clubs the chances are very high I have to play on CDJ’s so my biggest worry is beatmatching .. but what I dont fully understand is the problem of beatmatching.. beacuse isn’t it true you can see the BPM of the tracks playing on the CDJ’s so the only thing you have to do is get the BPM as close as possible and then just synce them? or am I missing something 
Have you tried beatmatching before?
In most cases, yes. Especially with dance music where it’s really easy for the CDJ to detect the BPM.
Songs/genres with less pronounced beats/rhythms make it harder for the software to detect the BPM, though. And this is where, if the CDJ does get it wrong, it’s useful to know how to manually beatmatch.
only in traktor, thats the problem.. where the BPM is exactly the same.. so the only thing left is get the two songs sync and I dont find that very hard 
so what makes the difference on CD players?
In CDJ world of beatmatching you need to train your ears and give less attention to displays.
the bpm is the same? have you tried djing in traktor without using the sync-function? try beatmatching by ear without watching the screen. you´ll soon found out what the fuzz is all about.
turn sync off, don’t look at the screen, pick 2 songs you don’t know the bpm of, erase your cue points, turn off auto-cue and then go and beatmatch and keep them syncd for at least a minute or so. rinse and repeat
What gets really interesting once you are comfortable beatmatching is knowing your tracks enough so that you phrase match properly 
are things like the BPM of a song not shown on a CDJ? or what BPM it’s playing?
Phrasing should come before beat matching because you need to know when to drop the record.
try and rely on your ears and not your eyes. 
CDJs aren’t always accurate and neither is Traktor actually.
Also, phrasing should really come natural to people, I was phrasing my mixes correctly before I’d even heard of it and I doubt I’m special in any way.
I’m getting the idea that’s the whole idea of Dj’ing gonna try to do less with my screen!
LOL at these butthurt people angered by you coming in and saying this about beatmatching.
Yes, on higher model CDJs they do show the BPM to .00…but I think a true DJ should learn to mix the ways people have listed above, its becoming more and more of a forgotten art.
TBH, its more about the way you match tracks and you’re set progression coupled with the ability to read a crowd, some of the best DJs in the history of DJing couldn’t beatmatch very well.
I hate manually beat matching on Traktor.
The pitch faders are crappy small, and the sound card latency makes it shit when using one ear on, one ear off.
It’s a pooh fest all round
have a go on some cdjs or tt maybe your a natural…
for most people it takes practice to perfect your beat matching skills.
theres alot of people that enjoy djing because of the beat matching and other who prefer to put there efforts in other stuff.
personally i think you can learn alot by trying to beat match.. even if it is a train wreck
You’re kidding right? It’s easier to beatmatch with Traktor than it is with most CDJs and turntables. If your latency is that bad I’d suspect your laptop is the culprit.
Can we not have a Beatmatching vs sync debate every week?
Op if you feel you should learn to do it by ear, do it, it’s only going to make you a better dj. At the very least, you will learn your tracks far better than you think you already do. But if you want to use sync, nobody is going to stop you.
I’m not going to get sucked into another beatmatching vs sync debate because I know EXACTLY how it’ll go, but I will say this:
Some people put far too much emphasis on beatmatching. Back when I was using vinyl, it was the mark of a good DJ to be able to blend two tracks seamlessly by ear, but nowadays it is - in my opinion - one of the LEAST important skills a DJ can have. If you’ve taken the time to grid your tracks properly, then being able to beatmatch them all manually is not only pointless, it’s an utter, utter waste of time. Time that could be better spent working on things like phrasing, EQing, effects, correct use of HPF/LPF filters, etc.
Also, you’ll never “have” to play on CDJs. If you want to use controllers, use controllers. And just in case someone says, "yeah but sometimes Traktor gets the grids wrong, or “sometimes sync doesn’t work”, you’ve still got your waveforms. If you’re going to practice beatmatching at all, use the waveforms. That’s what they’re there for.
And to answer your original question, yes; most DJs just match the BPMs on the display, press play and then nudge the jogwheels when using CDJs. It’s not like it was in the vinyl days where people had to do everything by ear.
This statement applies to last generation CDJs… Simply matching same BPM counts on CDJ 100, 400, 800 display won’t do the job and you still need to get that little offset matched by ears. I believe this was one of reasons for recordbox to come out.