NUMARK BCM135
the
Beatkeeper
™
II
AUDIO SYNCHRONIZED BEAT COUNTER
A LETTER FROM THE INVENTOR:
Dear Customer,
Congratulations on your purchase of the second generation BeatkeeperII™. This
product is the culmination of a quest to bring more “feel” into mixing so that mixing
duds like myself can finally use those fancy CD mixers, or those of us who still swear
by vinyl can mix with greater ease.
Features like the Beat Assist are the result of working with working DJs like
yourself and noticing that it's frustrating to wait for the computer to figure everything
out for you. The downbeat start minimizes your need to be a control panel expert and
allows you to keep your hands on the music, where they belong. The bar graph was put
in so you could keep the mix precise and prevent it from drifting into a “bad mix”.
Now that was the first generation. We listened to your feedback and made several
improvements for the BeatkeeperII™.
You now have 2 extra audio inputs so you can now work with up to 4 phono/line
sources. The BeatkeeperII™ will track the beat of all 4 sources at the same time so you
can mix from turntables to CDs, check BPMs on other sources during a mix, cue up
more than 1 song for a mix.
Many of you responded that the beat offset and BPM displays would be better if they
updated faster. So we made the BeatkeeperII™ even more responsive. It now updates
the displays on every beat so you can get a quicker, sharper mix.
We also saw new CD players with pitch adjustments of +/- 16%, and sometimes even
higher. So the BeatkeeperII™ was designed so you can pitch the music up or down as
much as you want, and the BeatkeeperII™ will continue to track the tempo.
Take care and good luck with your new BeatkeeperII™.
Regards,
Elliot Marx
Advanced Audio Concepts
BCM123 User’s Manual
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