On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Sakari Karipuro wrote: [snip] > i dunno but i'd rather kill the dude; pitched technics are horrible to > play at; and you end up playing all the time all the records at least at > +4 - because pitch in area 0-+2 usually does nothing. and you can't mix > long mixes with pitched decks, the pitch control stops being exact quite > soon. ie. pitching will ruin the decks. also, the components in the > pitch wont last long with wrong voltages and stuff.
that's kind of untrue. they lose resolution so it's more difficult to get an exact match with the slider (as it's now twice as sensitive if you go from +/-8 all the way to +/-16), but it doesn't permanently damage the components. oftentimes the zero-point on the pitch slider goes off-center when the setting is changed, but it goes back when you reset it to the original pitch range. of course, if you're -that- obsessive (read: anal) (after all, this -is- the 313 list), you could always just get m3ds (no zero-position detent+switch like mk2s) and remove the little legend next to the slider that claims zero is in a certain 'official' spot. > also - if you need to play records in the same set that are 117bpm and > 150 bpm, play longer sets and build your set, and buy enough records to > build the set from 117bpm to 150bpm. that's the right way. i kind of agree with this. i have a few specific records that i've found make good one-step bridges between different speeds of techno, that is to say they're within +/-(~10, dunno what my sliders are exactly) of both 120 armchair stuff and 140 injure-your-neck stuff. i wouldn't think it'd take a lot of these kinds of neutral-sounding, mid-tempo records to keep everything within +/-8 of the next track if you have even a rough idea beforehand of the speed/pace/feel timeline of a set (i.e. not alternating between both ends of the spectrum constantly). does anyone else have any suggestions for records of this type that make for good transitions between the realm of chin-stroking and rocking out? -j -------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey Paul -datavibe- [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: x736e65616b phone: 130*21*16749 or 877-748-3467 -------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
