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Pro Tips: Halving or Doubling the BPM of your track

9:35 AM, 7 May 2014
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Dj Hi Def 10:53 PM - 11 May, 2014
Same in Scratch Live?
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Samuel S 11:33 PM - 11 May, 2014
Yep!
KayPlaya 11:38 PM - 11 May, 2014
Good to know.. I recently moved my library and had to re-analyze my files. Pretty much doubled every bpm from 50-75 bpms. Talk about a time killer having to fix them all
bBreach 11:41 PM - 11 May, 2014
I've been finding that the program crashes occasionally when I do this is Itch.
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Samuel S 11:45 PM - 11 May, 2014
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I've been finding that the program crashes occasionally when I do this is Itch.


Does that happen in Serato DJ? Also, have you hit up the support team to look into what's going wrong?

sam.
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Samuel S 11:46 PM - 11 May, 2014
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Good to know.. I recently moved my library and had to re-analyze my files. Pretty much doubled every bpm from 50-75 bpms. Talk about a time killer having to fix them all


You can also set the BPM range so this doesn't happen when you analyse your files.
KayPlaya 11:50 PM - 11 May, 2014
Just tried it, must be dong something wrong because its not working for me..
DJ Andre Marchezini 11:52 PM - 11 May, 2014
Perfect!!!
KayPlaya 11:53 PM - 11 May, 2014
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You can also set the BPM range so this doesn't happen when you analyse your files.


Problem with that is I'm often analyzing files in the low 60 bpm range and 120+ range at the same time. Figured because of that it was best to just set the range to none
Craig was god once 12:06 AM - 12 May, 2014
I will be trying this in the morning. This will stop me trying to work it out in my head. Fingers crossed!
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Samuel S 12:14 AM - 12 May, 2014
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You can also set the BPM range so this doesn't happen when you analyse your files.


Problem with that is I'm often analyzing files in the low 60 bpm range and 120+ range at the same time. Figured because of that it was best to just set the range to none


Yeah, there is a fine line there where it can be difficult to separate them out unless you analyse in batches.
Dj Hi Def 2:55 AM - 12 May, 2014
(Alt) + (Up Arrow) or (Alt) + (Down Arrow) works for me
KayPlaya 7:40 AM - 12 May, 2014
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(Alt) + (Up Arrow) or (Alt) + (Down Arrow) works for me


Works for me as well.. Good looking Hi Def
DJjiezai 3:51 PM - 12 May, 2014
Alt) + (Up Arrow) or (Alt) + (Down Arrow) works for me Heye
DJjiezai 3:52 PM - 12 May, 2014
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Alt) + (Up Arrow) or (Alt) + (Down Arrow) works for me Heye
DJ Mavrick 4:10 AM - 13 May, 2014
I noticed that some of my tracks show a 98 bpm as they should be 128 bpm..Any suggestions on this?
DM MOON 10:32 PM - 13 May, 2014
then the people dance a little faster or slower. . .
but good working, thank you
now I have no longer count. . .
AlexX from Paris*** 12:01 AM - 14 May, 2014
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(Alt) + (Up Arrow) or (Alt) + (Down Arrow) works for me


Thanks Hi Def!
Why Serato don't tell that for PC users !?
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Matt P 12:12 AM - 14 May, 2014
Hi AlexX from Paris***,

Should be the same for PC users :)

Matt P
laurent69340 10:48 AM - 30 May, 2014
sous serato dj le mode logo BPM n'apparait pas.
laurent69340 11:17 AM - 30 May, 2014
yes trouver ;)
DJHessler 12:44 PM - 29 September, 2014
Why not have buttons in the software for this as other software has??
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Samuel S 10:03 PM - 25 June, 2015
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Why not have buttons in the software for this as other software has??


It isn't that hard to use the keyboard shortcut is it?
oldskool71 4:58 AM - 10 October, 2015
good tip - thanks
Dj Sexicardo 4:35 PM - 10 November, 2015
is not working on mine... Mac
Box of Positives 6:04 PM - 5 March, 2016
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I noticed that some of my tracks show a 98 bpm as they should be 128 bpm..Any suggestions on this?


This problem is murdering me. When mid-set a 128 becomes a 94 or whatever. Easy enough to doctor up in the bright lights of a sober new day, but on the fly, it's garbage.
Nodex 11:35 AM - 14 April, 2017
How do you do it for multiple files on a mac?
Jason (Dj K-oZ) 1:37 AM - 27 April, 2017
Is there a way to manually type in the bpm instead of pressing spacebar? Scratch Live.

Also I know you can type it in manually where the track listing is, for example the comments area but I mean when the tracks are loaded in the decks. If so what about the key same area?
My5t3ry 9:08 AM - 26 June, 2018
Silly Question time but how do i double or halve the BPM multiple times? I am new to Serato (Traktor convert) and in my old software, it was one click whilst the track was loaded. The short-cut is good but multiple doubling would be advantageous as Serato doesn't like my Old Skool tracks. Too much going on in them!
TY
Berlin31 1:27 PM - 15 November, 2018
Hi, does this procedure work as well if there is no equipment connected (Serato DJ Pro) ?
Berlin31 6:57 PM - 15 November, 2018
Just tried it and it worked
Mischmaschine 4:53 PM - 10 December, 2018
@Berlin31, can you confirm this to be working with SDJ pro?
i'm having trouble getting this to work on 2.0.5
Berlin31 2:29 PM - 12 December, 2018
Hi Mischmaschine, i can confirm that it works with Serato DJ Pro 2.0.5. I loaded a track into deck A. IMPORTANT: Then i double-clicked on the bpm field of that song in the bpm column of the library. NOT in the player-section next to the key lock symbol. Then i did
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(Alt) + (Up Arrow) or (Alt) + (Down Arrow) works for me

and the bpm was halved ((Alt) + (Down Arrow)). The amount of beatgrid markers stayed the same. So i clicked on Edit Grid and moved the grid one notch back. As soon as i did that the beatgrid adjusted itself and halved the amount of markers. Then i moved the beatgrid back one notch and everthing looked like it should.
Did this in standalone mode without any gear connected on a hackintosh.
Mischmaschine 10:10 AM - 13 December, 2018
that's what i did wrong, i tried the double click on the bpm field in the player section, not the library. confirming this is still working to this day, thanks for replying