Author
|
Why doesn't changing the pitch of a track change the time?
|
Chemogen
IsraTrance Full Member
Started Topics :
166
Posts :
713
Posted : Jan 28, 2011 16:52:31
|
Quite a weird question, but I've recently wondered why pitching a track up by, lets say, 4bpm doesn't make the track run a bit shorter seeing as it's technically four BPM faster. I know that pitching a track just modulates its pitch and not its speed, but if pitching a track up can add a few BPM, shouldn't it also technically last for a bit less? Or are the speed changes according to pitch all perceived and have no effect temporally? |
|
|
Dennis the menace
Moderator
Started Topics :
128
Posts :
2899
Posted : Jan 28, 2011 18:28
|
it does, check the timer on your cdj, it runs slower if you pitch it down and faster if you pitch it up
Easy to spot if you have it on wide |
|
|
Shiranui
IsraTrance Full Member
Started Topics :
116
Posts :
1219
Posted : Jan 28, 2011 19:03
|
It does change the actual time however on some players the displayed time is in "0% seconds" rather than literal seconds
So the numbers won't change, they'll just tick by faster. |
|
|
Chemogen
IsraTrance Full Member
Started Topics :
166
Posts :
713
Posted : Jan 28, 2011 20:12
|
Ahhh, thanks, I've just been trying it out on Traktor. No change there, can't remember if there is on CDJ100s although there probably is? |
|
|
Jacob Goadream
IsraTrance Junior Member
Started Topics :
32
Posts :
81
Posted : Jan 29, 2011 21:27
|
Traktor will not show a change in the analyzed master length of the track but the actual time the track plays does change by a few seconds up or down. |
|
|