{"id":364,"date":"2022-02-08T19:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/?p=364"},"modified":"2025-01-21T12:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T11:52:14","slug":"rekordbox-beatgrid-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/rekordbox-beatgrid-tutorial","title":{"rendered":"Complete Rekordbox beatgrid tutorial &#8211; Everything you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"simpletoc-title\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<style>html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }<\/style><ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#what-is-a-beat-grid\">What is a beat grid?<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"#analyzing-a-track\">Analyzing a track<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2-beatgrids\">2 beatgrids<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#playhead\">Playhead<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#beats\">Beats<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#navigation\">Navigation<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"#video\">Video<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#rekordbox-beatgrid-off-here-s-how-to-change-it\">Rekordbox Beatgrid off? Here&#8217;s how to change it!<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"#changes-are-small\">Changes are small<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#changing-first-beat-of-a-bar\">Changing first beat of a bar<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#tempo-bpm\">Tempo &amp; BPM<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#shift-beatgrid-to-left-or-right\">Shift beatgrid to left or right<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#expand-or-shrink-beat-intervals\">Expand or shrink beat intervals<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#apply-changes-to\">Apply changes to &#8230;<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#metronome\">Metronome<\/a>\n\n\n<ul><li>\n<a href=\"#lock\">Lock<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"#quantize\">Quantize<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#phrase-edit\">Phrase edit<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"#read-next\">Read next<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-a-beat-grid\">What is a beat grid?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The beat grid lays out the measures and the beats of a song: <br>Where is the first beat of a bar? Where does a bar start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"analyzing-a-track\">Analyzing a track<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The beat grid can be generated by Rekordbox.<br>When you import a song Rekordbox can analyze a song, or you can trigger analyzing a song by hand.<br>You can read everything about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/import-analyze-music-rekordbox\" target=\"_blank\">analyzing songs in Rekordbox in this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-beatgrids\">2 beatgrids<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 2 beatgrids that show the waveform of the track:<br>1) the upper beatgrid with an overview of the entire track<br>2) the lower beatgrid with a detailed view of the current position on the upper beatgrid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2-beatgrids.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2-beatgrids.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2-beatgrids-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2-beatgrids-150x32.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2-beatgrids-768x162.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"playhead\">Playhead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The playhead points to the current position in the track and is indicated with a white line.<br>The playhead is always in the middle of the lower beatgrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-playhead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-playhead.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-playhead-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-playhead-150x32.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-playhead-768x164.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Playhead is in the middle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"beats\">Beats<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The beats Rekordbox has detected when analyzing the track are indicated by a white line in the beatgrid.<br>The first beat of a bar is indicated with a red line, but sometimes it&#8217;s a tiny red arrow above the white line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/example-beatgrid-e1644350360680.jpg\" alt=\"Beat grid shows first beat of a bar\" class=\"wp-image-368\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Rekordbox beatgrid shows first beat of a bar with a tiny red arrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"navigation\">Navigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can drag the lower beatgrid with your mouse cursor left and right by clicking and holding your mouse button.<br>You can zoom in-and-out with the zoom buttons on the left side of the lower beatgrid:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zoominout.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zoominout.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zoominout-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zoominout-150x33.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zoominout-768x166.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The zoom in-and-out buttons are really hard to see<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">Free DJ tips in your inbox?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a bonus gift I will send you a <strong>FREE <\/strong>E-book on how to kick-off your DJ career!<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- MailerLite Universal -->\n<script>\n(function(m,a,i,l,e,r){ m['MailerLiteObject']=e;function f(){\nvar c={ a:arguments,q:[]};var r=this.push(c);return \"number\"!=typeof 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src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skdgHZorxio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you don&#8217;t see a video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=skdgHZorxio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=skdgHZorxio<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"rekordbox-beatgrid-off-here-s-how-to-change-it\">Rekordbox Beatgrid off? Here&#8217;s how to change it!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However track analysis in Rekordbox is far from perfect and sometimes the beat grid is wrong.<br>With EDM it&#8217;s often easy to spot visually if the beatgrid is wrong in the beatgrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regularly beats are detected on the wrong spot in the track, the bpm is wrong or the first beat of the bar is detected on the wrong spot.<br>There is a way to fix the beatgrid and adjust the beatgrid to move the beats in the right positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Export-Mode click on the &#8220;GRID&#8221;-button below the &#8220;CUE\/LOOP&#8221;-button to reveal the grid edit functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/example-beatgrid.png\" alt=\"Beatgrid button\" class=\"wp-image-371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/example-beatgrid.png 900w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/example-beatgrid-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/example-beatgrid-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/example-beatgrid-768x463.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This reveals the following panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"48\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-panel-960x48.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-panel-960x48.png 960w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-panel-300x15.png 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-panel-150x8.png 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-panel-768x39.png 768w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-panel.png 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">1 &#8211; change first beat of a bar to current position<br>2 &#8211; editbox to change BPM<br>3 &#8211; click on this button while the music is playing<br>4 &#8211; shift beats to the left<br>5 &#8211; shift beats to the right<br>6 &#8211; expand beats intervals (= increase bpm)<br>7 &#8211; shrink beats intervals  (= decrease bpm) <br>8 &#8211; double the BPM<br>9 &#8211; halve the BPM<br>10 &#8211; apply changes to whole beatgrid<br>11 &#8211; apply changes only after current position<br>12 &#8211; undo changes<br>13 &#8211; redo changes<br>14 &#8211; enable \/ disable metronome<br>15 &#8211; metronome loudness<br>16 &#8211; lock changes<br>17 &#8211; enable\/disable cut-phrase-mode (blue = enabled; grey = disabled)<br>18 &#8211; pulldown box to select phrase type (intro, outro, chorus etc) &#8211; is disabled here<br>19 &#8211; remove all analyzed phrases in song<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"changes-are-small\">Changes are small<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Be aware that changing the beatgrid (like shrinking beat intervals) is done in milliseconds.<br>So it may be hard to see a difference in the beatgrid after a change.<br>Therefore you can zoom in and out with the corresponding buttons on the left side of the beatgrid.<br>You often need to click a lot on a button to see a noticable difference in the lower beatgrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"changing-first-beat-of-a-bar\">Changing first beat of a bar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-first-beat-of-bar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-425\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Limitations<\/strong><br>Changing the first beat of a bar is quite easy, but it has some limitations.<br>&#8211; Rekordbox <strong>only <\/strong>supports a 4\/4 signature, not 3\/4 or any other<br>&#8211; Rekordbox <strong>always <\/strong>suspects 4 beats in a bar, even when a 4\/4 track is poorly produced and misses a beat after a break (1 bar has 3 beats instead of 4).<br>The the last case, Rekordbox doesn&#8217;t help you. You will have a faulty beatgrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To change the first beat<\/strong><br>Make sure the playhead is on the right position and click on button 1.<br>The whole beatgrid will shift (!!!!) with the BPM value set with editbox 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tempo-bpm\">Tempo &amp; BPM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"85\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-tempo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-426\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Edtbox 2 and button 3 are tempo components.<br>You can type in a BPM (editbox 2), or you can let Rekordbox determine the BPM with the tap-button (button 3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To activate the tap button, play the song.<br>When the song plays, click on the tap-button on the beat of the song.<br>Rekordbox will calculate the BPM and show the value in editbox 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"65\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-tempo-half-double.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-431\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Often Rekordbox detects the BPM wrong.<br>This happens a lot when a song is extremely fast or slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With button 8 you can double the BPM.<br>With button 9 you can halve the BPM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"shift-beatgrid-to-left-or-right\">Shift beatgrid to left or right<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"65\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-shift-bars-left-right.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-429\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To shift all the bars of the beatgrid to the left 1ms, use button 4.<br>To shift all the bars of the beatgrid to the right 1ms, use button 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"expand-or-shrink-beat-intervals\">Expand or shrink beat intervals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"65\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-expand-shrink-bars.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-433\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To expand beat intervals, use button 6.<br>To shrink beat intervals, use button 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"apply-changes-to\">Apply changes to &#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"65\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-select-all-or-after.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Button 10 and 11 determine how your changes are applied: either to the whole beatgrid or after the current position of the playhead.<br>These are switch buttons (either one or the other is enabled).<br>This does not apply to the first beat of the bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"metronome\">Metronome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-metronome.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-427\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to check if the beatgrid is correct by enabling the metronome (button 14).<br>Click on the play-button to play the song, and listen if the metronome is in sync with the beat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can adjust the loudness of the metronome by clicking on the loudness button (button 15).<br>The metronome can have 3 loudness levels.<br>Every time you click you increase the loudness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"lock\">Lock<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/button-lock.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recommend to &#8220;lock&#8221; your changes after editing the beatgrid with button 16.<br>When someone would right click on a track and click &#8220;analyze&#8221; Rekordbox will overwrite the changes you have done to the beatgrid.<br>With the lock button you can prevent accidental overwrites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem\">Rekordbox hard?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, I created a step-by-step video training to teach you <strong>all <\/strong>the ins and outs of Rekordbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/course\/rekordbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-300x69.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-960x222.webp 960w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-150x35.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/banner-v1_rekordbox_course-768x178.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quantize\">Quantize<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To put your playhead exactly on one of the beats determined by Rekordbox, use the quantize function.<br>Make sure Quantize is enabled, move the beatgrid near a white line that represents the beat and click on the &#8220;CUE&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/quantize-and-cue-button.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/quantize-and-cue-button.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/quantize-and-cue-button-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/quantize-and-cue-button-150x33.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/quantize-and-cue-button-768x166.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buttons: left = Cue, right = Quantize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"phrase-edit\">Phrase edit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Phrase editing works hugely counter-intuitive, so bear with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Buttons greyed out<\/strong><br>When the phrase edit buttons &#8220;cut&#8221; and &#8220;clear&#8221; are greyed out, the track is not analyzed for phrases. <br>You need to make sure that you have selected the options in the preferences window:<br><strong>Preferences -&gt; View -&gt; Layout -&gt; Phrase checkboxes<\/strong> and<br><strong>Preferences -&gt; Analysis -&gt; Track Analysis -&gt; phrase<\/strong> <strong>checkbox<\/strong>.<br>Make sure you analyze the track(s) <strong>again <\/strong>after you&#8217;ve changed these options.<br>See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/import-analyze-music-rekordbox\" target=\"_blank\">analyzing songs in this article<\/a> for a detailed description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases-960x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases-960x216.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases-768x173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases-1536x346.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/beatgrid-with-phrases.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Colored phrase bars are shown under both beatgrids.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Selecting and editing  phrases<\/strong><br>To split a phrase: <br>1) click on &#8220;cut&#8221; to select the cut-mode and make the button blue (button 17)<br>2) click on the colored phrase bar in the <strong>lower<\/strong> beatgrid on a line of the beat you want to split<br>(when you hover over a line of a beat, your mouse cursor becomes a scissor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cut-phrase-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cut-phrase-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cut-phrase-1-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/cut-phrase-1-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You still can not select assign a phrase-type (intro, outro, chorus etc).<br>To do that:<br>1) make sure the cut-mode is off (=grey) (button 17)<br>2) click on a colored phrase bar in the <strong>upper <\/strong>beatgrid to select the phrase in the track<br>3) now you can select a phrase type with button 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/assign-phrase-type.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/assign-phrase-type.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/assign-phrase-type-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/assign-phrase-type-150x91.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish I was making this up, but this is really how things work.<br>Pioneer clearly needs to hire a UX-expert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Phrase types<\/strong><br>The different phrase types are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intro: start of a track<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up: buildup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Down: breakdown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chorus: the drop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bridge: an interlude which is neither a drop or break<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verse: the break<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outro: ending of a track<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"read-next\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-deejay-plaza wp-block-embed-deejay-plaza\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"I9yVvKZiek\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deejayplaza.com\/en\/articles\/rekordbox-tips\">10 Rekordbox tips that will change your life<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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