Never Rely on the Beat Grid Make Sure Its in the Correct Time Signature First

0:01 Another couple of fantastic tracks from Hospital Records

Alright, ladies and gentlemen, another couple of fantastic tracks from Hospital Records. On the left-hand side, we have a track entitled Come Alive, the Garfix remix. On the right-hand side, dedicated to Comrade. Okay, so this video is about your beatgrid and how you should not rely on the beatgrid all the time. So let's imagine you're a new DJ, you've just analysed the tracks, you've put them through some kind of DJ software, you've uploaded them, or sorry, you put them on a thumb drive, stick drive, plug them into your controller and you're good to go. I've used rekordbox, perfect example, and this isn't the software, it's DJs. Just how the track is made, because the Come Alive track does not start with a beat. Have a listen right at the beginning. I've set two cue points there.

1:26 At the same time at the red markers

Now, the first cue point I've set is the actual beginning of the track. The second one there, you can see, is where the red marker is. So what the software's done, it's gone, ah, this is the beginning of the track. This is the first beat. We're going to set that as the beginning, let's say of a bar. Now, if, let's say I was to start off here, so I'm just going to cue it up there ready. So what I'm going to do now, let's have a listen to the dedicated track starts with a definite beat and also that point is exactly where the first red marker is. So, so what I'm going to do is I'm just going to start them off. At the same time at the red markers. So a lot of new DJs may do this. They think, well, there you go.

There's the beat grid. It shows me red marker at the beginning, red marker. It must be the right top, right place. So let's press play. You, I may have to move the jog wheel very slightly just to get them aligned, but it's not about that. It's about listening to how it sounds. So both are the same key. I've got the levels set at the same. So press play at the same time off we go.

2:28 Just moving the jog wheel slightly

Just moving the jog wheel slightly. I don't know about you, but that sounds awful. It's definitely off. Absolutely. Definitely off. Now what I'm going to do, I'm going to hit the cue point A, which is this one here and press play on the right hand side. So key point A on the left and press play on the right hand side. Now let's have a listen. Press them together. There you go. Now you'll notice the red markers seem to be off. They're not aligned correctly. Now this is proof, absolute categorical proof that you must not always rely on the beat grid. There is of course a way of sorting this out and that is in the software. So really this is a demonstration. It's sort of DJ beware. I'll just let you listen to these two tracks.

If you're into your DMV go and check them out. I'll put the link in the description. Also though there will be yeah, there'll be a link to the hospital. Records website. This is come alive. Thank you for watching practice and enjoy.

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