Newbie Cool Edit Pro Mixing Help Please

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Okay, I just started using Cool Edit Pro for song mixes, but...

What is up with the Pitch Bender? I try to use it to match beats on two songs that I am mixing together, and it is not being cooperative. I am not sure what the two songs' actual BPM are, so I can't just type that in. I figured I could carefully and slightly change the pitch to make the beats match, but after I adjust it a little and go back in to adjust it the last bit, it makes the pitch change by a LOT and the song is completely off again. Am I supposed to be zero'ing out the line each time I use pitch bender? Am I supposed to change it to something smaller than a 120 BPM scale? I'm often DJ using a Denon CD board, and I'm not quite used to this computer stuff yet.

I know I sound like an idiot, but I'm trying to learn. =)

Thanks for the help,
Erik, erik@eightonefive.com