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Originally Posted by Paulie_p

The bpm is a help, but done relie on it! the cdj's can give you the wrong read out, but this is mostly for dnb and some breakbeat house is usually spot on.

Even if you have both cds at the same bpm, it doesnt mean they are matched perfectly because its to the nearest bpm, if it told you the tune bpm down to a decimal place (like 127.4) you could relie on it to be pretty much perfectly matched.

A good little trick for smooth blends on the cdjs is to have the master tempo switched on, when you go to slightly speed up or slow down the tune on the jog wheel. If you do this you dont get the pitch change when you speed up/slow down the , which can make a mix sound awful, especially if the tune has a constant synth or string on it!

your tunes cant be to different in bpm tho, if you go over +/- 3% the tune starts to get that double beat effect, which is naff

hope you understand

it is possible to work it out exactly, but i struggle to explain how in words