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Date: 20-Oct-03 @ 11:02 AM -
Key Shifting on Pioneer Gear
Hi there,
I'm helping out a friend of mine with the whole concept of key mixing. He has a pioneer DJM600 mixer, and a pioneer CDJ100 (and 2 Technics 1200). To correct key changes caused by upping the tempo with the pitch slider on the turntable, we've worked out how to use the key shifter on the mixer to shift the key back down, while keeping the tempo constant. The same can be done with the 'zip' function (+ hold) on the CDJ.
Only problem is, it sounds pretty bad. There is some sort of sound degradation going on there - kind of a fluttering, almost jittering effect. Is this just a side effect of the key shifting, or is my mate's gear stuffed (both the DJM600 and the CDJ)?
If anyone uses these functions, how far do you find that you can you shift the key while retaining some sort of sound quality?
Or is there some other piece of technology out there that can do the job better than Pioneer(I do realise that it is no easy simple task to shift key without affecting tempo - but technology keeps amazing me, so I'm just hoping).
Any experiences or opinions on this topic would be most appreciated.
Thanks, Brett.