Aftermarket gauges prove their accuracy

[paulr33]

Hi Guys,

Whilst not car related it still proves that stocker gauges can be off track a little. After starting out to learn dj mixing as a side hobby I found the stock beat per minute counters on the mixer were inaccurate as all buggery and couldn't make up their mind. One minute 138bpm, 5 seconds later its 148bpm and so on. Makes it very hard to learn and practice with so I managed to find an external aftermarket bpm counter which I got today and gave it a crank. Works awesome and is accurate as can be, also picks up the beat in 2 seconds.

Much better and more accurate than the stockers.

[R32Big_boy]

woo yeah, go the bpm meter!

[NS2500]

How many bpm is the redline?

[R32Big_boy]

Geez greg, open your eye's its +10

[NickR33]

yeah but its kinda uncool for DJ's to use them ... you don't really need one, thats what the headphones are for

here is another car analogy... learning with a bpm counter is like learning to drive on the track with slicks

[Ronin 09]

the pioneer BPM counter on my mixer got smashed in a fit of rage about 8 years ago...

they suck badly

[paulr33]

well i guess im uncool then. i dont see how i could learn without bpm counters, its hard enough as it is even with beat counters

[Ronin 09]

nah didn't mean that you're uncool... just that the pioneer BPM counters suck.

great tool to learn with, but like you said, they're inaccurate unlike your hearing and your brain to mix the beats

you'll quickly find you don't need one anyways

edit - and damn that is an excessively large beat counter!

[paulr33]

yea well i only got it cos the stocker ones were gay

[heartbrkr]

you dont expect the 4 bit chip to sample every second do you? -jk