On Fri, 2014-10-03 at 10:45 -0700, Brian wrote:
> Maybe as John Anderson indicated, the goal may be to subjectively make
> the station sound more exciting compared to others playing the same
> song, but I'd have a hard time believing that would actually result in
> a statistically significant increase in listenership.  Most wouldn't
> even be able to tell unless two stations were playing the same song at
> the same exact time and you could switch back and forth to do an A/B
> comparison. 

I think it actually does make a difference, there are songs that I heard
sped up years ago, that don't sound right being played at the correct
speed/tempo (of course, that is assuming you can also get past the
multi-band processors and stuff.

I'll have to play with your next though...

> Regardless of my opinion, though, if the desire is to increase the
> tempo to make the music more energetic, then you could theoretically
> do that with an AudioScience card without affecting the pitch.  You'd
> get your increase in energy/excitement, without offending the
> perfect-pitch listeners, so that sounds like a win/win.
>  
> 

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