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djmorph
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location: Columbus, Ohio, USA

I think its not as risky as people say. And its extremely easy to do. I pitched mine up awhile ago after seeing a similar thread to this and mine are fine. I also read that dj dawn did this maneuver while dj'ing @ a rave, so its pretty simple.

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The Greener
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Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Vancouver

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Originally posted by Kid Lax
im pretty sure you'll need a potentiometer if you want to recallibrate your pitch...however unless you're familiar with this i don't think you should go and try to do it yourself

you'll probably end up making your pitch worse than it already is if you don't know what you're doing

have you tested to see how accurate your pitch is?
look at the dots on the platter and the little diagram that explains them just beside the power button
each individual dot should appear to stand still under the red power light when the pitch is at the correct speed for that dot (i.e. the top on should stand still at -3.3, big middle dot should stand still at 0, etc. etc.)

as long as you don't have a double 0, and the numbers aren't completely off...i think you're fine

ive never seen a tech that was exactly on...most are about 1.5% off in either direction


however the problem you're describing doesn't sound like your pitch callibration is off...
all that screw does it changes how fast the platter will spin when you move the pitch up and down...

what you're describing is that your pitch is drifting and not sustaining itself (i.e. say you have it at 2.5%, its drifting between 2.3% & 2.7%)

if this is the case i have no clue how to fix that

though maybe you might just need more practice?


I used a few diff. screwdrivers & pliers, soldering iron, bulb......., ect.
Don't mean to sound harsh but I don't think your pentium thingy is enough to pull off that repair

Old Post Mar-12-2003 11:42  Canada
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Kid Lax
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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Scarborough, Canada

well obviously you're going ot need more than just a potentiometer...its not some magic tool

but what the potentiometer will let you do is match your pitch to a set number on the potentiometer that is the default setting...since you don't really know where you are with just twisting a little screw (or at least im assuming that's what it'll do...ive just heard that when you take it into a shop to be recallibrated...they use a potentiometer)

nobody said it was hard to change your pitch so its higher than +/- 8%...this can be done in a matter of minutes (ive seen djs do it live)...but you're not aiming for an exact %...you're just turning till you think it sounds fast enough

based on the initial post im assuming he wanted to recalibrate his pitch as perfect as it can be... which is a whole different story


ive heard tons of horror stories of people completely screwing up their pitch and having to take it into hte shop because they didn't know what they were doing and tried to correct their pitch


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