Neuro Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 I am very curious to compare the sound quality of a vinyl with the pitch increased or decreased with that of a CD of the same track with the speed increased or decreased... For those who have them and have the musical ear to compare, do CDs, when they have their pitch manipulated, do so at the expense of sound quality, i.e., in the headphones under scrutiny do you ever sense the sound quality has deteriorated or has been 'squashed'? I've always wanted to know, cheers everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 I has Citronic CDs-6's and sound quality wise they is tops, even with tempo lock on!- (what tempo lock does its locks onto what the track sounds like so when you pitch(or picth down) the track up it increase in playing speed with everything staying the same, the melody n that doesnt pitch up so no pitched up vocals or nowt which is quality!, noticed this feature is on some turntables these days.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neuro Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Yes I noticed one of the Stanton turntables has a tempo feature as well as pitch, but I don't undertstand how that actually works (esp with vinyl, how do they manage that?) ...I probably won't be convinced until I've heard such effects for myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 my cdj 800 does a brill job, sounds a lot better than vinyl at the same pitch, and the sound quality remains mint. Nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 Not sure how they do it with vinyl Tim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spin Doctor Posted September 11, 2005 Report Share Posted September 11, 2005 I don't think it makes much of a difference really with pitching- sounds much the same as normal. However, the Master Tempo feature on a lot of CD decks doesn't seem right to my ears. Hard to put my finger on what it is exactly, but it just doesn’t sound righ. I've considered that I've just been imagining it - I don't think so but then again I might be! :shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thirddrive Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 The master tempo feature can often make the track a little stuttery, at least on my axis 9 there are periods where the tunes feels as though it´s catching up to itself. It´s hard to explain. Normally, I find the correct pitch as normal, then hit the master tempo button then so you can make small changes with the platter without any bending of pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dormouse Posted September 12, 2005 Report Share Posted September 12, 2005 Yeah you do get points where the Master Tempo facility makes the music 'catch up to itself', even on the CDJ-1000's. It happened to the DJ in the funky room at GK on Saturday, and the crowd kept stopping....then dancing again, the stopping.... was very funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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