And when you're mixing it in you realise that it's gonna go out of sync. The crowd hasn't noticed yet so you're going to corrrect it. Just like all dj's but...

Would you rather have the record coming in too fast, or too slow?

I used to be able to correct faster records easier but at the mo I'm correcting slower records easier.

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Originally posted by DJAntSmith And when you're mixing it in you realise that it's gonna go out of sync. The crowd hasn't noticed yet so you're going to corrrect it. Just like all dj's but... Would you rather have the record coming in too fast, or too slow? I used to be able to correct faster records easier but at the mo I'm correcting slower records easier.

Hmmm interesting question.

Not sure I look at it in the same way though. I tend to work more on the principle that I correct whichever record isn't responsible for the main part of what is being heard over the speakers.

I must admit though that I prefer records coming in too slow. Easier to correct in my opinion. Just wiggle the pitch and it's back. Don't have much of an issue either way though.

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Originally posted by Nemesis44 Just wiggle the pitch and it's back. Don't have much of an issue either way though.

No same here. Just sometimes it seems easier when its one or the other. I think you can tell if its gonna go out easier when its faster (the one coming in). But it's slightly easier to correct when its slightly slower.

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nah, it's easier to correct when it's going too fast, because you can just drag your fingers on the pitch dots. this will uniformly slow it down (just make sure not to do it in the middle of a melody, strings, or vocals or something like that)

speeding it up is harder, because you need to push in the center of the the vinyl, and some records are slippier than others and it can screw you up.

Or, you could do it the proper way and pitch waggle it, but that never works well for me.

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i'm with Briden on this one, i would rather have the incoming tune be too fast if its a record because for me its easier to slow it down than try and speed it up. if its a cd then i would rather have it be too slow because...... i dont know, its just easier for my ears to pick out and correct

ATM i am finding it hard to tell whether the track is too fast or slow, anyone got any methods on how to decide

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Originally posted by dartman i'm with Briden on this one, i would rather have the incoming tune be too fast if its a record because for me its easier to slow it down than try and speed it up. if its a cd then i would rather have it be too slow because...... i dont know, its just easier for my ears to pick out and correct

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No major advice other than to practice and get used to hearing your tunes because that's how you learn to distinguish them from one another. Become familiar with the sounds in your tracks. Makes it easier but ultimately it's practice.

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i'd rather not have to correct anything mid-mix
but when i do have to correct mid-mix i just lightly drag my finger over the platter that's running too quick, unless there's a synth line or something that you'll hear change pitch slightly, then i'll flick the pitch up quick then back to where it was on the other track

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It's easier when it's going too slow. Just a little push and they're back in sync. Slowing a record down doesn't always work for me, sometimes I press a little to hard which slows down the record alot making the gap alot worse then it was.

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makes no difference

As soon as the bass eq of the incoming track is in full- i will switch to pfl'ing the then outgoing track.

I will always adjust the track that is not fully in yet- be that volume or eq wise, and it doesnt bother me if its fast or slow- minute adjustments using the pitch fader are barely noticeable.

Hmmm never really thought about it...

Usually I just fix whatever needs fixing... I guess if I had to choose I would prefer to speed up... I am use to my decks and I speed up by spinning the spindle... I NEVER touch my record to speed up... not during transistion atleast...
So I guess I would prefer to speed up compared to slow down.

Nemesis know how well my corrections can be...

good topic tho..

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For my decks, it’s not really an issue, just use the pitch to correct - though when I had my old belt drive decks I used to prefer speeding up to slowing down. However, my current CD players have only a 0.1% accuracy, so when I’m on them you have to make constant corrections and you can find the pitch point where it’s either too slow where it is, or it’s too fast on the next 0.1 up. I seem to find that I’m more comfortable speeding up with the CD players, than slowing down. Don’t know why that is though!