How to set a BPM of greater then 300 ?

Ralf_muc
Ralf_muc Member Posts: 9 Member
in Traktor Software & Hardware

Hey everybody!

Traktor Pro 4.1.0 146

Recently, I play more and more tracks that have a BPM of over 300.

Now I experience the problem, that Traktor is limited to 300 BPM.

Does anyone know how I can overcome this limit?

I have alredy tracks that have 500 BPM and I guess even that isn't the final limit.

So it would be very helpful if I can manually set a three-digit-BPM up to 999.

That would be a great releave.

The analyzer does not have to be altered. It would be enough if I could set a three digit BPM up to 999.

I hope anyone can help me with this issue.

Best,

Ralf

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  • Martiniix_NI
    Martiniix_NI Customer Care Posts: 362 mod
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    Heyo!

    Unfortunately I believe this is not possible, even if you try it with the grid, 300 is the limit.

    You can always use grids in half tempos.

    I'll be sharing this with our devs for future feedback.

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  • Martiniix_NI
    Martiniix_NI Customer Care Posts: 362 mod
    Answer ✓

    Heyo!

    Unfortunately I believe this is not possible, even if you try it with the grid, 300 is the limit.

    You can always use grids in half tempos.

    I'll be sharing this with our devs for future feedback.

  • macsoft
    macsoft Member Posts: 119 Member

    half the tempo on the grid.

    Just curious: what music has 500 bpm.. i can't even imagine..

  • Ralf_muc
    Ralf_muc Member Posts: 9 Member

    Yes, I use an integer divisor for tracks that have more then 300 BPM. But that's a bit a pain in the …. :-)
    I note the real BPM in the comment colum, but that's not a very practicle way to organise those tracks.
    And to sync the tempo is sometimes driving me nuts ;-D

    I'm pretty sure that it shouldn't be a bigger problem on the programing-side to allow a manually set 4-digit BPM to allign the tempo while playing those tracks. I would be happy to alpha/beta test such a feature :-)
    The Analyzer dosen't have to be altered for that. Mostly it detects the correct BPM for tracks up to about 265 BPM, with an integer divisor. That's fine for me.

    Tracks with a higher BPM (about 300+) can be classified as Speedcore and/or one of it's subcategorys.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedcore

    The sub-genre of Extratone opens the space of 1.000 BPM+ and Hypertone even 1.000.000 BPM+ :-)
    I'm aware of the problem that this implies, regarding the frequency of the sound.

    Music is an art and therefore every single person has it's own taste :-)

    Tracks that contains a BPM of 500+:
    Warning: some people may find that kind of sound disturbing :-D

    500: Hellseeker, Doctor Terror - Cult of St. Anger (Original Mix)
    https://www.beatport.com/track/cult-of-st-anger/6282718

    540: Lysergide - Bad Place (Original Mix)
    https://www.beatport.com/track/bad-place/17128186

    580: Noisekick - Ik Schop U Dood (Hellseeker & Doctor Terror Remix)
    https://www.beatport.com/track/ik-schop-u-dood/5841021

    600: James T, Lysergide - Return To Nature (Original Mix)
    https://www.beatport.com/track/return-to-nature/17549813

    692/1384: Sunhiausa - Extratone Is Your Destiny (Aekhloria Remix)
    https://www.beatport.com/track/extratone-is-your-destiny-aekhloria-remix/15626616
    Btw, very beautiful lyrics :-)

  • Ralf_muc
    Ralf_muc Member Posts: 9 Member
    edited November 2024

    A thought to implement that:

    The use of an integer multiplier in the code to create 'extra ticks' in the beatgrid.

    So the visualization of the Track is still following the main-grid (not altered, still limited to 300 BPM) and is still usable. But the tempo alignment is using the extra ticks, if present, and the tempo can be aligned correctly.

    I don't know the code of Trakor, so it's just a humble thought :-)

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