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[AnthonyEhsani]

just wondering what you boys do?

What i do is, if there is a very noticable bpm difference, i ride the pitch till i get really close. From there, i start to do it the "oldschool" way of, stopping the track, cueing it, playing again, then making adjustments..

but usually when its within a bpm difference of like 05-1 .. i just do it the oldschool way.

When i first started it used to take me half the song to beatmatch (riding the pitch), after 2 weeks it took me about 30 seconds (riding the pitch)..now using my preferred method it takes me roughly anywhere between 10-25 seconds, which im happy of now, cause it allows me to concentrate on other things (ie mixing)

i just see what i need to use, for each thing its different. so yeah

[Cheyne]

Yea ,  ill ride the pitch until its close or if not already beat matched  .  then grab the record and "Scratch in a beat"  , drop it back in and fine tune with the pitch again ever so slightly touching the center of the record to tune in  ..

I have been so lazy at times as to just drag my finger along the side of the platter and quick switching the tracks  ala R&B style though ;D

[necromancer]

I ride the platter, because some turntables have different "sensitivity" when it comes to pitch. It's not always +/- 10%, ya know!

My fingers always move the record at the same speed, so I feel like I get a more familiar "feel" when I just use my hands. I modify the pitch if the BPM is off by enough that I need the platter to be spinning at a faster or slower rate on a constant basis.

[Funkedub]

riding the pitch translates better/easier to CDJing