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Originally posted by Stu Cox Fair enough if that's how you prefer to work from your own experience, but I personally wouldn't set any rules like that - it depends on the track. A track with the right groove can often work quite a lot slower and a track with sharp enough sounds (i.e. fast attacks) can work quite a lot faster. I regularly play 125 BPM tunes as fast as 132-135, going the other way is less common but I have in the past slowed tracks down by 6% or more (and the general consensus has been that it worked!) I would generally say that unless you really know how to make it work, slowing your set down can really kill the energy, where as speeding up can give more energy. It generally works best done gradually still, but of course there are exceptions.

I agree, there are no set rules. And if there are, break them & see what happens, the world will keep spinning.
Thats just my prefered method.

I saw a friend speed up straight up trance trax by like 10% to mix in with psy & i noticed that if a track is sped up by 5%, for arguments sake, it doesnt sound quite right, but if u speed it up by 15-20%, it sounds like its supposed to be that fast. Almost a happy hardcore feel to it.
(this doesnt apply to all trax, ofcourse)