How to do a pitch dive
Drag A's pitch down like a dying record, then cut to B.
- Showstopper
- medium
- About 4 bars
When to use it
- Use it when you're bringing the energy down.
- A natural fit for hip-hop/R&B, EDM/big room and pop/open-format.
- DJs rarely use it in melodic/trance.
- A strong choice when you're switching genres.
- Works at any tempo gap, and it's the go-to move when the songs are more than 8% apart, because there's no beatmatched overlap.
- It's a showstopper: save it for peak time and don't use two in a row.
Step by step
- 1Cue B on its first beat.
- 2Pull A's tempo fader down fast so it dives in pitch.
- 3Cut to B as A bottoms out.
See it on a controller, and hear it with your own songs
Cueball picks the right technique for every pair of songs in your set and animates the knobs and faders in time with the music.
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Similar techniques
- Hard cut on the phraseSnap from A to B exactly on a new phrase.
- Quick cutStop A, start B. Bold and clean.
- Echo outLet A ring out on an echo, then drop B.
- SpinbackRewind A like a vinyl spin, then slam B in.
- Half-time switchDrop B so its beat sits at half (or double) A's speed.
- Let it play outLet A finish, then start B clean.