Pioneer DJM-500 - Manual (Page 14)

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Measuring BPM
1/2 3/4 1/1 2/1 4/1
1 2 3 4 MIC
MASTER
PARAMETER
AVERAGE
AUTO BPM COUNTER
REAL
BEAT
BPM
1 2 3 4
BPM
Songs with different tempos can be mixed easily because
the BPM of the channel selected using the monitor selec-
tor (auto BPM counter selector) and channel selected us-
ing the effect channel selector is measured and displayed.
(Example)
Displays the BPM of the song input to the monitor selector
CH2 and effect channel selector CH4.
1 Set the effect selector to AUTO BPM.
2 Set the effect channel selector to CH4.
• The parameter LED 4 lights up.
• The parameter window (lower window) shows the
BPM (value) of the song input to CH4.
* To switch the channel level meter to the beat meter,
press the effect switch. Each press will switch to the
channel level meter or beat meter.
* The BPM of some songs cannot be measured by the
auto BPM counter in some cases. Even in such cases,
to know the BPM, press the effect switch according
to the beat of the song. After several presses, the
parameter window (lower window) will show the
BPM (value).
3 Press CH2 of the monitor selector (auto BPM
counter selector).
• The auto BPM counter LED 2 lights up.
• The BPM (value) of the song input to CH2 will be dis-
played on the auto BPM counter window (upper win-
dow).
* To measure the BPM accurately, select only one from
CH1 to CH4 for the auto BPM counter selector.
4 Select the BPM display (real-time/average)
with the switch button.
• Each press will switch to real-time or average dis-
play.
• Real-time display : Displays the measured BPM value
for every beat. If it cannot be measured for more than
5 seconds, “– – –” will be displayed.
• Average display : Measures and displays the aver-
age of the BPM values measured every beat. Contin-
ues displaying the previous BPM value when the av-
erage value could not be measured.
When the player speed is adjusted and the BPM value of
two channels match (within ±1), the beat display 1/1 LED
lights up. (*1)
* The parameter knob does not operate in BPM measuring
mode.
USING THE EFFECT FUNCTION
Display when BPM of CH2 (126) and BPM of CH4 (126.9)
match.
*1