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Topic: discussion about VirtualDJ 2026 Part 2 - Page: 2
groovindj wrote :
I made a thing!

Rather than having the tiny little squiggle (for variable tracks) with the lock above it, I put the word VARIABLE below the BPM, and clicking it locks the tempo & changes the text to LOCKED.


Yeah.. I updated my skin as well

Normal track:


Variable BPM track:


Stabilized track:
 
It was seeing your skin this morning and looking at how you did it, that made me think to add the text. 👍

I think maybe some people will find the tilde a bit too small. I did try making it larger, and also making it bright green so it's more visible. The best thing with VDJ is being able to "Frank Sinatra" (do it our way).
 
PhantomDeejay wrote :
jeromeip wrote :
Is there a way to identify tracks with multiple BPMs? When loaded on a deck and/or when displayed in browser?

There's a new browser column. Variable BPM
It shows "yes" and "multi" depending on what BPM analysis has been made on the track


The BPM variable isn't showing anything for me !
neither yes
and no multi
 
Werner, that info should show up, once you have analysed a track using the BPM editor only
 
Are you sure ?

This is with variable bpm set:


And this is with stable:
 
RobRoy wrote :
Werner, that info should show up, once you have analyzed a track using the BPM editor only

Yes, as explained on the [NEWS] thread, the new BPM Engine does NOT set a track automatically to variable BPM.
You have to use the BPM Editor (when stable BPM won't cut it) to switch to variable manually.

In the future it will suggest and/or switch to variable BPM automatically based on how much variation exists on a track's BPM, but not for now!
 
@PHANTOMDEEJAY and ROBROY
thanks
 
All good on my end, Just waiting to be able to batch run my 50s, 60s & 70s folders ;-p
 
Is there a way to assign a shortcut key to activate variable ?
 
set_variable_bpm
toggles between stable and variable
 
groovindj wrote :
I made a thing!

Rather than having the tiny little squiggle (for variable tracks) with the lock above it, I put the word VARIABLE below the BPM, and clicking it locks the tempo & changes the text to LOCKED.


Love your mod. Very intuitive !
(I may use your idea, again love it)

And agree, that the tilde is a bit too 'unnoticeable'.


My first iteration, (now seeing how I like it), was to just modify the default pro's skin a bit.


Variable track indicator:




Beat stabilized indicator:




Love Virtual DJ, it allows the flexibility to, as you say... "To have it your way"

Also Love the new Variable Beat gridding, it's Amazing !
 
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
Whoa… what amazing news to wake up to.

I’m really looking forward to the official release, but I do have one question.
Will this feature address the long-standing issue with cue point and loop inaccuracies on Rekordbox-imported tracks?

For those unfamiliar, this is a very frustrating problem that occurs when VDJ reads cue points and loops from Rekordbox. In about 99% of cases, they end up slightly misaligned by a few milliseconds compared to the original Rekordbox data.
With large Rekordbox libraries, it’s simply not realistic to manually correct every imported cue point and loop inside VDJ, which makes this issue even more critical.

Thanks VDJ FAM!


This went unanswered. I'm certain that the features being discussed here have nothing to do with/no effect on the CDJ export alignment issues with mp3 files - that is an encoder/decoder based issue, and VirtualDJ is not the only software to have that issue (DJay has the problem too). Some software like DJCU have a better time at addressing the issue - I largely believe what was done there was a study of popular encoders/decoders, considering source and destination software and what happens when doing an the export import, resulting in some sort of a database of "this is the shift to apply because it's this situation" during the export process.
 
Am I doing this wrong? Or misunderstanding the feature?

I analyzed a track with variable. Gives me a correctly varying grid. I click the lock to stabilize the tempo. But when I load a track on the opposite deck (which I have set to load with the tempo matched), it matches whatever the VARIABLE tempo is at the moment I loaded, and not the stabilized tempo near the tempo slider.

Am I doing this wrong?
 
Was able to reproduce, only when "Auto Match BPM" is enabled.
On the deck with "Auto Match BPM" enabled, a newly loaded track is synced to the playing deck's, underlying variable, momentary BPM, (with bpm_stablizer enabled), Locked. (not the Stabilized BPM)



with, AutoSync enabled

or manually clicking, the sync button, the BPM is synced to the Stabilized BPM, working as expected, (not the underlying variable BPM)



Note: never noticed, since I do not use Auto Match BPM, or AutoSync.



win 11
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Some more comments

Things realized with the Variable Beatgridding:
The BPM Editor itself:

  • It wasnt immediatly obvious how to add/remove anchors (that is in the right-click menu now)
  • Changing the beat for an anchor is much less obvious
    There is the downbeat arrows and the right click "shift local downbeat", but you now have to pay attention to the beat highlighing.
    Before you could have selected an anchor and say "make that the 1st beat" and that was that


Problematic songs for BPM Analysis
1. With rolling beat but stable BPM
Regular analysis just gets it completely wrong.
Variable BPM does well but adds too many unnecessary markers

  • Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown - Freaky Friday
    There is one place where there is minimal instrumentation that it placed like 5 markers
  • 50 Cent - In Da Club
    It also has rolling beat and the regular analysis just gets it completely wrong.
    Variable analysis added one or two extra markers unnecessarily



2. Variable BPM and changing measures
Variable Analysis is on point, but the downbeats are all over the place

  • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I Love Rock & Roll


I'm not sure what can be done here because it's really hard to tell the start of measures

The Visualization Upgrades (AI Loops and Patterns) work really well, but I noticed that there is a limit in fine print (4 generations per month)
Is this still based on the Shader tech? Is there instructions for doing such generations with our own platforms and uploading it to VirtualDJ for use?
 
+1 on the downbeat comment.

If I use the variable beatgrid, I can't change the downbeat like I could with standard beatgrid.
 
DJ VinylTouch wrote :
[quote=DJ Faber Zee]


I am not talking about CDJ exported tracks... I am talking about Rekordbox library read by VDJ.
After a while I realized that fluid Beatgrid won't fix that issue. I hope some day it will be solved.

Thanks once again.
 
This is great work. Looking forward to playing with it. The new visuals feature is really interesting. How about adding functionality to flag your own generated visuals for consideration to be added to a VDJ expansion pack for Pro license users?
 
I did notice there's an export option in the visuals area...
 
DJ Faber Zee wrote :
DJ VinylTouch wrote :
[quote=DJ Faber Zee]


I am not talking about CDJ exported tracks... I am talking about Rekordbox library read by VDJ.
After a while I realized that fluid Beatgrid won't fix that issue. I hope some day it will be solved.

Thanks once again.


It's still the same problem.
 
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