I have a JQC Quartz-Lock turntable with pitch control, and there are detents in the control, with 10 steps above and below center pitch. There wasn't any indication as to whether or not the control was detented or not, but it is always possible that a recording is off-pitch, so these things can be quite useful. (smile) Luckily, my late Angel-Bride, and my Fiance are musicians with Perfect Pitch and it helps--they'll be the first to complain if a record, singer, or instrumentalist is making them uncomfortable by being off-pitch.
Nick On Sat, 15 May 2004 17:36:06 +0100, Roger Fordham wrote: A possible solution is: 1 Buy a tuning fork pitched at A440. 2 Get yourself a piano recording recorded on a modern piano, which is concert-pitched at A440. It would help you if the key of the piece is also in A, and also that it's slow. Such a recording might be the one by Sviatoslav Richter of Schubert's Sonata D. 664. Whether you like this or not isn't the point; which is rather that you can compare the relative pitches of your tuning fork and the piano, and use your ear, [or the ear of somebody good at these things such as a piano tuner], to adjust your turntable's speed. It might not be perfect to the highest standards of revolution, but if done accurately, it should be good enough to ensure pretty reasonable accuracy. Roger _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
