Who to trust?
Bpm display on cdj or mixer? Often theses are out on mine (djm400 vs cdj1000 mk1) and more than often the bpm on my cdj is jumping around like no body’s business..
for those who have them, how are yours with accuracy and reliability?
my ears work perfectly 
I knew some jerky would say this. Yes, as do mine, but it’s not the question, and more pertinently it’s not the point
My cdj’s are quicker to determine BPM than my mixer most of the time.
assuming it gets it right.
if youre looking for a perfect 100% accurate bpm counter all the time
well…
there isnt one =/
wish there was though. i hate relying on something only to have to adjust on the fly because i know it effed up bigtime.
i feel you.
Im usally the guy that calls out the a-holes for being smart asses here at DJTT. just search my name ull see what i mean.
Honestly bro, hes right though. and unless ur using abelton, traktor or serento you need to learn to beatmatch by ear and not depend on BPM counters its a complete waste of your time. None of them are acurat. the ones on the pioneers mixers are just hideous.
U could always use a stop watch and count the beats for 15 second and then multiply that by 4 to get the real bpm, thats what the old guard used to do back in the day.
+1 for Awsomeness. Luv me some Mulder & Sculley.
i wasnt trying to be an asshole, but if i saw a cdj’s bpm rate jumping up and down erraticly there would be no way id trust it. if it was close --or exact – on both (ive never been in a situation with both at the same time) i see no harm in using it as a general, but not as an absolute.
thats like driving a car by just looking at the speedometer not the road
+1
hmm I suppose my question was more for people’s thoughts on whether the cdj or the mixer was more accurate, and less about which one to depend on for bpm.. suppose the title was a shade miss leading..
I pretty much agree with what everyone’s said though. And I rarely look at the bpm (even on traktor) to beatmatch, but if I’m in a bind and have to match within a few seconds then it obviously helps for something to be accurate
I would have thought in general the mixer would be more reliable.. not sure why though. I suppose if they’re going to give you a bank of fx whose parameters are bpm dependant then you’d figure they’d make it pretty accurate. But then again why would they skim on bpm detection on $1000+ cdj’s..
think I just get irritated when I know my dubstep track is 140 and it shows 168 or something ridiculous on the screen. maybe pro 2 will have a perfect system!