Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site SCIRTP.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!SCIRTP!ned From: ned@SCIRTP.UUCP (Ned Robie) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Speeding up turntables (recordings) Message-ID: <206@SCIRTP.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 16:50:50 EDT Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.206 Posted: Tue Jul 9 16:50:50 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Jul-85 04:17:42 EDT References: <496@leadsv.UUCP> <430@enmasse.UUCP> <9281@Glacier.ARPA> <500@grkermi.UUCP> <1501@utah-gr.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 35 > In article <500@grkermi.UUCP> andrew@grkermi.UUCP (Andrew W. Rogers) writes: > >In article <9281@Glacier.ARPA> reid@Glacier.UUCP (Brian Reid) writes: > >>In fact, I have been around several that routinely crank up the speed of > >>their turntables 5% so that the music will take less time, leaving more time > >>for advertisements. > > > >I had always heard it was to make the music sound livelier... but speaking > >as one with nearly perfect pitch I find it irritating. > A similar technique (speeding up the master tape) is used in studios to tune a new track to tracks that have already been recorded. E.g. an instrument to be used on a new track is sharp but can't be tuned. So you speed-up the master during the recording of the new track to compensate. Then, when you playback the new track at the normal speed, the instrument is (hopefully) in tune with all the other tracks. I've even heard rumors that they had to do this when recording Bob Seeger's vocals so he could hit the high notes! Also, producers have been known to mix-down a master at a slightly higher speed than the recorded speed to "tighten" and "brighten" the sound. A small increase can make a big difference. Obviously this has to be done with care, otherwise it'll end up sounding like The Chipmunks. But I believe it's done quite alot, especially for jingles and such. I doubt that producers care too much about perfect pitch in the final mix. All they want is a good sounding recording. How many people have perfect pitch anyway?? -- Ned Robie > -- > =Spencer ({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA) > "You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. > You can only decide how you're going to live." Joan Baez