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Originally posted by D-Syde Just wondering what the majority of people do to correct the record when the beats are off...and when its live (meaning its playing along with the one you are about to mix out of). Im in the bad habit of touching the platter to slow it down or spinning the label to speed it up if it needs it. I heard about people using the pitch control, and was wondering what the technique is...besides the obvious slowing or making faster.

Pitch control! .. Touching the platter, vinyl however you use your hands to change the speed, it is easily noticable, sometimes not, you can also bump the record or make it skip and then you're SOL. Best way is with the pitch fader, although many DJ's touch the vinyl and I know this because I can hear it.

Since i'm a rook, I have the habit of touching the record also. I do know and have been practicing just using pitch, does sound a hell of alot better

i only touch the plater to slow a record down, and when i do i make sure there is no synth or anything playing so you can't notice a change in tone and don't get that wobbly sound

if there is a synth or something...ill either adjust the record im mixing out of (again if there isn't a melody or anything), or use pitch control

it also depends how much i need to adjust it
i mean if im on the verge of a trainwreck...then yeah ill just adjust the record cuz i mean i'd rather hear a 1/2 second of the tone changing by touching hte record, than a trainwreck by trying to be discrete about it

unfortunately i touch the platter as well although i'm in the process of getting used to using the pitch control.

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So how fast does the pitch slider get it back into sync? Seems to me like after you adjust it, it would take a little while to fall back into sync. Or do you guys over compensate then bring it to about where its supposed to be...for example your record is going too fast, so instead of moving the slider a bit up, you move it a lot up, then back to a little above it was....to give it a quick slow down then bring it back to being about beatmatched?

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Originally posted by D-Syde So how fast does the pitch slider get it back into sync? Seems to me like after you adjust it, it would take a little while to fall back into sync. Or do you guys over compensate then bring it to about where its supposed to be...for example your record is going too fast, so instead of moving the slider a bit up, you move it a lot up, then back to a little above it was....to give it a quick slow down then bring it back to being about beatmatched?

I do that .. but it takes alot out of you coz you have to know your pitch slider VERY well; remember you're doing this DURING a transition so one wrong move and you're wrecked.
I'm one of those who touch the platter and the label to make it work but it works for me so there.

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I always used to touch the platter, but now I've trained myself to do it the proper way, with the pitch control

This method is definitely better as you don't get that "pitch bend" effect. How much to correct it by all depends on how far off the beats are. I don't tend to have to move the slider very far at all

It's definitely better to learn this early, as I had all sorts of problems switching over. I just kept instinctively touching the platter without thinking about it.

I still see PvD do it sometimes, so don't think it's THAT bad a thing.

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tap the side of the vinyl with your index finger and correct appropriately...always works for me

Why there's a platter for?
Welp.. most of the times I touch the platter, but from time to time I use the pitch fader..

DJTJ...There is no proper way...DJ's only do it there way...Which at the time is right...Its when they naturally adjust...through practise that they then find a new right(proper way).

I tend to use both ways...I find the platter clap to be much more useful as it instontanious...where as the pitch control takes more time.

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