Try to play the track on Boards of canada first LP (music has the right to
children) with this girl counting (forgot the title) from 33 to 45 : this
becomes an amazing danceable tune!
Also i found once this compiltaion of 33rpm tunes played on 45.
Did not buy it (i should) and now looking for it
Anyone has an idea of this compilation / was 3/4 years ago
ArC
np : simian / chemistry is what we are LP
port of notes latest LP
>From: Jason Jasberto Batog <jasbat@home.com>
>To: Acid Jazz Mailing List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: Re: bring da pitch down! / denon turntable
>Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 03:05:49 -0700
>
> > I been wondering... do other people here bring the pitch down on their
> > records often? I find that with some of the records I buy it tends to
>sound
> > *better* when I bring the pitch down a few notches. I mean, for me I've
> > always played records around -2, but lately I've found myself bringing
>it
> > down even lower to -4, -6, and all the way down!!! Not only that, but
>I've
> > been playing records that are meant for 45 at 33... thoroughly enjoying
>it!
>
>I think most people have the preference to fool around with music's tempo.
>Like for instance, I've never quite known what speed to play the Claude
>Young remix of Innerzone Orchestra's "Bug In The Bassbin" 10". So I played
>it at 45RPM but that's not the Mo Wax norm which is 33 1/3 RPM. Plus there
>wasn't any indication of speed so I'd always play it at 45 RPM but
>apparantly it is 33 1/3 RPM. To this day, I'm still not sure.
>
>Same thing with Gotan Project's "Triptico" 10" which contained the song
>"Last Tango In Paris" which for awhile I thought was supposed to be on 45
>RPM until I heard it on a CD compilation slowed down as if it were 33 1/3
>RPM.
>
>But you are right in speed changes, in some instances, records do sound
>good
>sped up like Dzihan & Kamien's "La Bossa Arabica" which is quite an
>interesting tune at 45 RPM. However, I have never heard a record that
>sounded good at 33 1/3 RPM yet, oh except this one D&B tune but sounded bad
>once the vocal snippets kicked in. Recently I heard I think Kenny Dope
>play
>a tune that had a (overused might I add) Patrice Rushen's "Number One" in
>it
>and it was slowed down to maybe 95-90 BPM which made it sound disasterous
>and awful. But then again, Kenny Dope apparantly liked it. Not sure why
>because it really sounded bad.
>
>Most recently I played Weather Report's "Young And Fine" once and found it
>quite dull like a TV show intro but flipped to +6 makes it sound like a
>sweet musical gem. Not too fast but sounded a little proper to the ears.
>
>Does anybody have a record that they can't figure out the speed for because
>it's really hard to determine and there is no indication?
>
> > secondly... does anyone have experience with this Denon *turntable* that
> > lets you adjust the tempo while keeping the pitch constant?
>
>Yeah I would have to agree with Olaf. I have heard music come out of this
>key adjusting unit and it's really nothing special. Basically, the unit
>plays the music but as you progressively move the pitch up or down the
>spectrum, there sound does become more granular like it's been chopped up.
>When I was using it too, records with pops sounded really odd, sometimes
>the
>pop would double or it sound sharp and distorted. Definitely not worth it
>IMO. I think it had a coxial cable which maybe could beneficial but
>obviously you are still going from analog to digital so there is still loss
>from the needle. Or was that the Vestax, I know I don't like that Vestax
>turntable though...
>
>JJB/opSN
>
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