WHY Using the Beat Jump Could Make the Track Sound Bad or Help You!

0:01 It's the original mix from Karmic Power Records

Alright, in this video first of all I'm using a track entitled Can You Feel That? It's the original mix from Karmic Power Records. We're going to be using the DDJ-1000 and feature what's known as the beat jump. Now the beat jump, if used incorrectly, it's going to sound awful. On the other hand, if used correctly, it will help you to get that mix done as you want it. So, what's going on? Alright, let me explain. Let's imagine, let's put the volume down, let's imagine all of a sudden you're forming some kind of transition and you're just about to bring, and note what I'm saying here now, very important, you are just about to bring the next track in but you feel it's not right, there's something wrong.

So using the beat jump feature, what you can do is it's almost like zipping back in time that will let you then start the mix all over again. Now, if done incorrectly, like I said, it will sound terrible. If done correctly, it's going to sound pretty good. Now with the beat jump icon highlighted we can now see the eight pads coloured. We've got orange and yellow from top left hand corner. We have beat jump back one, forward one. Then the next one, back two, forward two. The next one back four, forward four. This one here, back eight, forward eight. So what does that mean? Basically it means if you press either, any of those pads, you will jump back one beat, forward one beat. Back two beats, forward two beats.

1:44 Back four beats, forward four beats

Back four beats, forward four beats. Back eight beats and forward eight beats. Now you can at any point press those buttons just all over the place and it's going to sound something like this. Have a listen. Okay, pressing them like that you're going to lose complete phrasing. It's going to be out of time and like I said it's just going to sound terrible. But let's imagine, like I said, you've got, you're just about to bring the next track in and you're like no, no, no, doesn't sound good, I don't like this. If using, if you use the beat jump correctly you can jump back in time and start that mix again. But my advice is very, very simple. Try and make sure, not try sorry, make sure that when you use the beat jump

3:31 Let's do that slightly differently

You press one of the buttons in time with a phrase. So for example, press play, listen. What I did there, I pressed the eight which is two bars in time with the phrase so what happened is it actually jumped back two bars. So it didn't sound as though it was out of time or out of phrase. All I was doing, I was just playing that little break again, again and again. So if you imagine you do that in time with the track that you're playing, it's not going to sound out of time. On the other hand, let's just go back a bit. Let's do that slightly differently. See, I'm bringing it in anywhere now. But there of course I brought it two beats in the correct time, I suppose. Sometimes it's very difficult to do it the wrong way

When you're so used to doing it the right way. There, now I'm pressing one bar. Let's have a listen. No, I don't like that. That doesn't work. Let's try two bars again. In phrase, in phrase. Like a loop. Okay, now hope that's been a help. There will be information on this track from Karmic Power Records. Again, it's a tracking title. Can you feel that? So if you're into your good quality house, soulful gospel house, deep house, go and check out Karmic Power Records. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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