Michaelwagner said the following on 02/01/2006 12:01 PM: > radish Wrote: > >>slow a track down a chunk and you get phasing on transients like snares, >>and kick drums lose all their definition. > > I guess this gets into what we use it for. > Swing DJs don't muck with the sound when we play for dancing. We > typically leave the tips and tails alone (we don't cross-fade, we don't > beat match). > > So the only time we slow down is for teaching (and then the preference > is still to find a song of the right speed to teach too ... but > sometimes students aren't ready for the track you picked and you have > to move quickly). In those circumstances, we're willing to give up a > little sound quality for continuity of the class.
You'd be amazed at how unperceptive the general public is. Those of us who work with audio (I work for http://www.jssaudio.co.uk) often make the mistake of assuming that everyone who listens to music is as passionate and/or knowledgable about audio quality as we are. They're not! Case in point: I attended a 40th birthday party a couple of weeks ago at which a live band played. They had a small FOH PA for vocals and the kick drum (?) and another one for onstage foldback. Anyway, about halfway through the set, the FOH amp went into thermal overload and shutdown. So, the only vocals audible were from the on-stage monitoring. I was the only person in the hall who noticed! R. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
