What’s Beat-matching?  

It’s the art of mixing 2 musical compositions together neatly by speeding up or slowing down one of the tracks to align their rhythms.  

A good DJ knows the simplest way to beat-match, and I am going to share with you 7 steps to getting started.  

Step 1 : You need to have a technique to hear one track in the headphones while another track is playing on the key sound system.  

Step 2 : Play a track though the sound system.  

Step 3 : Find another track in your headphones you need to beat-match with the one playing.  ( This is done on a DJ mixer by turning on the Cue for the track you need to hear.  )

Step 4 : Find the first beat of the track you’re going to mix in, and hold it right there.  If you are using turntables or CDJs you can just grab on to the top of the record or CDJ to fundamentally pause the track where the beat starts.  

Step 5 : Hear the beat playing through the primary speakers.  Wait for it to get to the first beat of a cycle.  ( Music in 4 / four timing sometimes is all built around cycles of four and 8 counts.  Ie.  4 beats in a bar, and 4 bars segments which can lead to builds and changes in the music.  ) When you feel the music hit on the 1st beat with a crash or whatever, that’s right when you need to play the beat you are mixing in.  ( in your headphones only )

Step 6 : Straight after releasing your hold on the record or CDJ, you must listen closely in your headphones with one ear to detect whether the beat you are mixing in is going slower or quicker than the one already playing.  If it’s actually going slower then adjust the pitch slider, and perhaps even give it a little push to help it catch up to record A faster.  If it’s going faster than record A then turn down the pitch slider on the turntable or CDJ accordingly to make it the same speed.  You may even want to touch the side of the turntable plate or CDJ to slow it down faster.  

Step 7 : Once you have the beats aligned completely ( or close to anyhow ),move the cross fader on the DJ mixer to the center with the bass cut on the beat you are mixing in.  ( you don’t want the basses of both tracks going at the same time ) Then when it feels like the right time switch the basses either slowly or fast and the switch over to the following track on the first beat of first cycle.

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