Drifting
When two tracks drift apart after beatmatching.
Detailed explanation
Drifting describes two beatmatched tracks slowly sliding apart. The cause: the BPM setting is not exact enough — 128.0 against 128.03 BPM, for example. Barely visible on the display, but over 30–60 seconds the difference adds up. The fix: a minimal tempo fader move in the right direction. Not nudging with the jog wheel alone — that corrects the phase, not the tempo problem.
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In practice
The mix was sitting and after twenty seconds you hear a soft flutter in the hi-hats. That is drifting: both tempos were almost identical, but only almost. It happens especially fast with tracks that were played in live or mastered on analogue gear. The answer is not a new mix, it is a short nudge on the jog wheel — and next time a look at whether the track's beat grid holds up all the way through.
Assessment by the DJLearn editorial team — experience, not a sourced factual claim.
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