User's Guide

VirtualDJ 8 - User’s Guide
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The BPM value is correct but the CBG is not.
Drag and move the Beatgrid anchor (First detected beat) - red vertical line to a part (beat)
of the track that will probably help you to be more precise. The BPM value will not change in
this case.
Or use the buttons to shift the CBG of the song by 1 beat backwards or forward
The BPM value and the CBG are incorrect and the BPM value is unknown
-.Zoom In to a part of the track that has clear beat information.
- Drag and move the Beatgrid anchor (red vertical line) to the beginning of the first beat.
- Place your mouse on the background of the waveform between the 1st and the 2nd beat
until the double-sided arrow appears.
- Click and move this point to the beginning of the 2nd beat. The BPM will be re-calculated,
based on your adjustments.
Before
After
To make sure that you have correctly set the width of the Beatgrid (on which the BPM value
is based on), zoom-out and zoom-in to various parts of your tracks, and make minor
adjustments using the same method as described above.
You can also use the buttons to increase/decrease the Beat Grid in small steps.
Tip. Use the button to enable a Metronome. Play a part of the track and prelisten to see if the
beat of your track follows the Metronome and verify that your adjustments are correct and precise.
The volume of the Metronome can be adjusted from the Advanced Options.
Variable BPM values
Several tracks may have parts with different tempo (BPM). VirtualDJ is calculating the BPM
value by default based on the largest part of the song that provides a constant value.
However, this can be manually changed and several parts of the track may have their own
BPM value along with CBG phase.
How to :
- Click on the button. 2 new buttons will replace this button.
- Move the Play (green) marker to the position of the track where from the BPM of the track
is getting a different value (or the CBG is shifted)