I just picked up Paul Van Dyk's Time of Our Life and it is a pretty quick tune. I have to set the pitch at like -4 to get it to match my other stuff. The thing is, I am used to hearing it at 144 BPM or so, so now when I hear it when I play it at around 134 it sounds funny.
what do you guys think about slowing down songs, think it sounds stupid, or do ya think as long as the beats match it is good.
Nov-08-2003 01:06
JohnSmith
Agent Smith
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Kamloops
songs "usually" sound better speeded up as opposed to slowed down.
anything under -6% usually sounds pretty shitty i think.
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Virginia, United States
Yeah, it's possible; but, a lot of songs tend to sound "de-energized" when you play them slow. To make in work, you will have to carefully choose the tracks that surround it in the mix.
Nov-08-2003 03:48
rxt
Junior tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: cali
yah... if it sounds funny slowed down then it doesnt belong in your mix... not even in the same room as your mix
it may be a good song in your ears... but generally its better to have a +pitch with the tracks in your mix... of course, this is different for every track... with my mixes i can tell you that theres usually one 1 song where the pitch is -1%~... i try to keep everything else at 0 or higher...
yeah for some songs I have to put it between -1 and -2, but this -4 wierded me out. I think I might adjust the pitch up when the break happens then slow it down later....but I think I have to experiment with that too, it could sound like utter shit. If thats the case, I need to get more 144 BPM records and split my set...
Nov-08-2003 12:55
dknylady
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: NJ baby!
i tend to think that usually the song doesn't sound really good when it's adjusted +/- 5% or more. this is not only because it's not the original bpm it was produced at, but because at every 2% change the key changes.
my suggestion is that you CAN'T spin a 144 bpm record in teh same set as 130 something records and have it sound good. that's just the way it is. you could work it with 140 bpm though, definitely.
yeah, that's true. Over 5%, the voices start to sound wacky, unless you've got a key correction. I've got it, but still, over the 10%, it sounds weird.
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Originally posted by Push2005
Ik ben net terug begonnen met cassettes op te kopen... Die pitchcontrol is echt ongelofelijk !
Nov-08-2003 18:23
Fast Turtle
Runs Quick
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: At The Party House HP: 9302
quote:
Originally posted by dknylady
i tend to think that usually the song doesn't sound really good when it's adjusted +/- 5% or more. this is not only because it's not the original bpm it was produced at, but because at every 2% change the key changes.
my suggestion is that you CAN'T spin a 144 bpm record in teh same set as 130 something records and have it sound good. that's just the way it is. you could work it with 140 bpm though, definitely.
Every 6.6 or so % is a key change. Between the 1.5-5.0 range you get kind of a disharmonious sound if the other record is zeroed.
Originally posted by Masonious
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