Move Grid

I work professionally as an event DJ. I have a lot of tracks that have a strict tempo but whose beatgrid is in the wrong place. Here is an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XexRiMjXOwI
In this song, the tempo and the individual beats are correct, but the downbeat is set to beat three. How can I move the grid (in this case by exactly two beats) so that the grid sits on the downbeat?
With songs in 3/4 time (e.g. waltzes), I first have to correct the analyzed tempo and then the grid sits completely wrong. Here is another example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxYw0XPEoKE
(Tempo must first be corrected to 50.96 BPM). Does anyone know how to do this?

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lord-carlos

Currently the first gridmarker sets the downbeat. If you just add another one where needed and then remove the previous one that should do the trick.

But currently Traktor Pro 4 can't do different downbeats in a single track. This worked with tp3, and the devs are working on adding it to tp4.

I don't think there is any DJ software that can do anything except 4/4

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lord-carlos

Currently the first gridmarker sets the downbeat. If you just add another one where needed and then remove the previous one that should do the trick.

But currently Traktor Pro 4 can't do different downbeats in a single track. This worked with tp3, and the devs are working on adding it to tp4.

I don't think there is any DJ software that can do anything except 4/4

Inschrift

Dear lord-carlos,
Thank you very much for this tip!
I really tried in vain for a long time, but your tip finally showed me the solution!
As it is, it's quite enough for me, because in the event business you need tracks with changing time signatures so rarely that you can live with it if this is not taken into account in the grid. I perform about 40 times a year. On average, I play 30 tracks per gig that I've never played before. Of these 30 titles, I only find out about 25 of them during the gig that I should play them that evening. And I will never need 25 of these 30 titles again in my life.

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