DJFocus
What exactly is pitch bending?
How does it relate to Virtual Dj?
How does it improve ur mix?
How does it relate to Virtual Dj?
How does it improve ur mix?
Posted Sat 17 Dec 05 @ 2:09 pm
djbambi
let's say you have track A exactly at the same tempo as track B, e.g 125bpm, and they are playing together but are slightly out of sync (e.g. the first beat of each mesure of track A hits .5s before the first beat of each measure of track B). What you want to do is have track B catch up with track A so that the beats are exactly in synch.
The easiest way to do that is by doing some pitch bending. You can apply either some negative pitch bending to track A or some positive pitch bending to track B. This will temporarily alter ("bend") the tempo of the track while you press the pitch bend button (for example, you can have track A temporarily go down to 123-124 bpms, so that track B can catch up). Then, when you hear the beats are sync'ed up, you release the pitch bend button so track A will immediately go back to 125bpm and stay in sync with track B. Ideally you'll do that in your headphones so that everything is in sync before you send the mix to the main out, but sometimes live pitch bending can be necessary...
This is the VDJ equivalent of "pinching the spindle" on a vinyl turntable (even with TCVs).
If you don't want to do any pitch bending, you could just "ride the pitch slider" up and down. Soundwise this method is much more subtle and elegant, but it takes a certain amount of training and a good ear to master it correctly.
Nicolas
The easiest way to do that is by doing some pitch bending. You can apply either some negative pitch bending to track A or some positive pitch bending to track B. This will temporarily alter ("bend") the tempo of the track while you press the pitch bend button (for example, you can have track A temporarily go down to 123-124 bpms, so that track B can catch up). Then, when you hear the beats are sync'ed up, you release the pitch bend button so track A will immediately go back to 125bpm and stay in sync with track B. Ideally you'll do that in your headphones so that everything is in sync before you send the mix to the main out, but sometimes live pitch bending can be necessary...
This is the VDJ equivalent of "pinching the spindle" on a vinyl turntable (even with TCVs).
If you don't want to do any pitch bending, you could just "ride the pitch slider" up and down. Soundwise this method is much more subtle and elegant, but it takes a certain amount of training and a good ear to master it correctly.
Nicolas
Posted Sat 17 Dec 05 @ 2:36 pm
Dj Xeo
quality answer mate. well explained
Posted Sat 17 Dec 05 @ 8:26 pm
acw_dj
DJFocus,
As a DJ we want to find the best transition in two songs. Some cuts the songs, some do a backspin... we have some resources to do the trasitions between songs, but one of the best is to mix with matching beats and armonics also. For the first step we do it listening to the songs and moving their pitch to match the beats. Once you do this, you pause the song you try to mix waiting to the right time. When the right time comes maybe you were late and the song is off beat a little (as DJbambi explains) and that's when you don't want to change the pitch (because you already matched) so you will use the pitch bend to increase or slow down a little bit your song to match with the other. Ince is matched, you stop using the pitch bend and continue your mix.
This improves your posibility to correct this delays in the beat matching after you have done the moves to match your songs (in cue) with the pitch.
In VirtualDJ we use beatmatching to do this pitch bend, it's fast and accurate or we also could use the pitch sliders to catch the beat.
As a DJ we want to find the best transition in two songs. Some cuts the songs, some do a backspin... we have some resources to do the trasitions between songs, but one of the best is to mix with matching beats and armonics also. For the first step we do it listening to the songs and moving their pitch to match the beats. Once you do this, you pause the song you try to mix waiting to the right time. When the right time comes maybe you were late and the song is off beat a little (as DJbambi explains) and that's when you don't want to change the pitch (because you already matched) so you will use the pitch bend to increase or slow down a little bit your song to match with the other. Ince is matched, you stop using the pitch bend and continue your mix.
This improves your posibility to correct this delays in the beat matching after you have done the moves to match your songs (in cue) with the pitch.
In VirtualDJ we use beatmatching to do this pitch bend, it's fast and accurate or we also could use the pitch sliders to catch the beat.
Posted Mon 19 Dec 05 @ 4:17 pm