One question: how do you find out how many milliseconds the grids are off? I don't see those details, and when I'm beatgridding I just run the metronome and correct if I can hear a mismatch between metronome and beats of the track. I don't want to defend rekordbox, it's the worst piece of software installed on my computer LOL but I just want to inject some optimism here :) I agree, beatgridding with rb is very poor compared with traktor, so I was thinking to do all my beatgridding in Traktor and move it to rb with rekordbuddy, but yesterday I discovered this article that shows that rekordbox is quite good at key detection and traktor is the worst at key detection: Leading to issue 4:Ĥ) if an existing track's BPM tag gets clobbered during XML bridge import, you either have to set it manually, or re-analyze the track (thus messing up the set beatgrid) It seems only analysis will fix that, and then the beatgrid is screwed up by the shoddy analysis. Even a tag reload does not reset the tag's BPM. However, for some unexplained reason, the BPM tags in the library are all wiped to zero, even though the beatgrid still knows the track BPM. BRAVO!!! This is exactly the way it should work! The XML I'm importing does not have tags present, so when the import is complete, the playlist tracks have no tags, leading me to issue 3:ģ) Rekordbox should not erase library tags if they are already present and there is no replacement in the XML.Īnd the next observation: With tag overwrite set, XML cues, loop points, and hotcues are overwritten in the library as expected, the beatgrid of the existing library remains unchanged. Normally I do this, because my goal is to import new cues and hotcue points specific for this playlist. Let's say you externally edit a playlist XML, If you import and the tracks are already in the library, you are prompted if you want to use overwrite the library tags with the ones in the playlist tracks. Here's another weird thing with 2.1.1: (will try these issues with 2.2.0 later today) This will cover 95% of tracks produced.Ģ) Fix the bridge XML import function to use the Inizio attribute in the imported XML to guide beat grid analysis rather than kill it. What happens? You guessed it: you recover your library and your grid is gone! Hey, no big deal, just re-analyze your tracks.well, now you're back to the messed up grid.ġ) Fix the analysis algorithm to scrub the track looking for the first cue and set that point as the Inizio. This is particularly amusing if you've corrected the beat grid and set the Inizio points and exported the library with the setting Bridge->Rekordbox XML->Export Grid Information->BPM Change Points. If you set up an xml where you import a track that sets the Inizio, the track comes in with a single red beat marker and the rest of the grid is missing. So, 2.1.1 has supposedly fixed the bug in XML import where you can import the beat grid info. Instead, if the grid is on, it doesn't make that the Inizio If the grid is off, it usually starts a half note off, with the Inizio being some random beat. Find out more about Rekord Buddy at the Next Audio website.I'm running 2.1.1 (and this is true for every version I've tried) and noticed the default analysis beat grid usually does not pick up the first beat.When the public beta is deemed good enough to ship, the app will be made available for purchase and released.”Īctually, it appears Rekord Buddy is going to support Rekordbox, Traktor, Serato, Mixed in Key and The One, so users of any of these programs would potentially be able to use it to transfer data between them – but we haven’t seen it, so we’re not saying when it’ll appear or how good it’ll be. If this goes well, a public beta program will be started and will be opened to Rekord Buddy 1.x users. “The last 2.0 private beta is about to be shipped out to testers. This is the latest from Next Audio, the home of Rekord Buddy: The trouble is that it is no longer available pending the arrival of Rekord Buddy 2.0 – but we don’t know when that will be. It’s called Rekord Buddy and is designed to do just this. The slightly longer answer is that actually, yes, there is a product out there that’ll help you. (That’s why we generally advise: Choose your software first, and stick with your choice.) Is there a way of transferring cue points and tags from Traktor to Rekordbox to save me having to do it all manually?” Digital DJ Tips says: Reader Ryan Graham asks: “I have been using Traktor for the last couple of years and I have just bought a new XDJ-RX controller to use with Rekordbox. Rekord Buddy used to offer a way to do what our reader is asking, but it’s currently unavailable.
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