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Master Tempo
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| colinb |
What is "Master Tempo". I have seen it written when talking about CD decks and was wondering wot it is actually.
Thinking of getting a CDJ800 or 1000 or even another model but want to know more about them first. |
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| hooj1 |
| Master Tempo if turned on, enables you to speed up a track with out getting the chipmunk effect. It only works to a point though. With dance tracks if you are more than 6% up or down in pitch you will start to hear a flam on the kick every once and a while. But with slower music like rap you can go a lot higher without any negitive effect. I have a pair of CDJ 1000's and love them to death, best CD player out there IMO.;) |
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| don_q |
| I considered cds over vynil for about 3 reasons including this one. But I finally opted for vynil. But; Is there any way to get this effect? Any added equipment or something? It would just be easier... |
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| DJ Cubano |
Final Scratch tried to do the same pitch lock button crap that just ends up crashing the computer :p.
But that's besides the point, hooj1 just said it exactly how it is. Pioneer is the way to go for PERFECT Master Tempo locking. |
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| Wildfir3 |
| u could get a stanton st-150 turntable or a gemini pdt6000 :) |
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| razzi |
stanton have been putting that effect on their turntables since the st8-80. (correct me if im wrong)
i have those decks and it works alright to a certain extent, nothing more than a few % though for trance for the reasons stated above.. the kick just goes all . but for other styles of music is can be quite effective |
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| colinb |
| So "master tempo" is when you speed up a tune without the pitch changing??? like 'key locking'? |
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| dartman |
| ^^ yep. pioneer calls it master tempo, denon calls its key locking or something like that, its all the same idea |
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| DJ FireWire |
| quote: | Originally posted by colinb
So "master tempo" is when you speed up a tune without the pitch changing??? like 'key locking'? |
Exactly. You got it. ;) |
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| Sound O fTrance |
So lets say you are harmonically mixing two tracks.
Track A: C#m @ 132 BPM
& Mixing Into Track B
Track B: C#m @ 138 BPM
Would it be correct to say that if the CDJ with track B is set to 'Master Tempo'... you can lower the bpm from 138 to 132 and keep it's key sustained in C#m??
If so... this would be a beautiful feature for harmonic mixing.
*AWAITS A REPLY FROM NEMESIS*;) |
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| s3nate |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sound O fTrance
So lets say you are harmonically mixing two tracks.
Track A: C#m @ 132 BPM
& Mixing Into Track B
Track B: C#m @ 138 BPM
Would it be correct to say that if the CDJ with track B is set to 'Master Tempo'... you can lower the bpm from 138 to 132 and keep it's key sustained in C#m??
If so... this would be a beautiful feature for harmonic mixing.
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That is what it does. |
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| Sound O fTrance |
How efficient is it as far as accuracy?
And would it even be recommended to harmonically mix songs based off of this feature during certain mixes?
Because some gigs might not even aquire "cd's/turntables" and what not with 'pitch lock'... which in that case you will be less experienced.. which is why im thinking it might not be such a 'useful' feature to use. |
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