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Fig. 15-34 — A track's waveform with the Beatmarker (1) and the Beatgrid (indicated by the white vertical segments, 2).
The track’s Beatgrid is not only important when a Track Deck is set as tempo master, but
also when you want this Track Deck to be synchronized with the current tempo master,
whichever it may be.
The included demo tracks used in the tutorials were previously analyzed and have a reliable
Beatgrid. Before you can effectively use the synchronization facilities on your own tracks,
you will have to analyze and beat-grid them as well. By default, this is done automatically
when you load a track for the first time in a Deck, but this may not be good enough for all
tracks, therefore you can adjust the Beatgrid manually.
15.10.4 Other Useful Tools for Synching
Lastly, we would like to quickly mention here three other interesting features related to
synchronization: the Snap and Quantize modes, and the Keylock function.
Snap and Quantize Modes
As you probably remember, we already mentioned Snap and Quantize in the tutorial in
chapter
↑15.4, Mixing In a Second Track. They are other important tools that can help
with synchronizing your tracks:
▪ The Snap mode ensures that any Loop or Cue Point you set in a track will snap to the
closest beat.
▪ The Quantize mode ensures that any jump you make within the track will retain the
phase sync—may you jump to a Loop, a Cue Point, or a beat without worry.
Click on the
S
and
Q
buttons in the Global section to enable/disable Snap and Quantize
modes:
Tutorials
Synchronization
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