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A variable speed pitch control (or vari-speed) is a control on an audio device such as a turntable
Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
, tape recorder
Tape recorder

This article deals mainly with analog signal tape recorders for Sound recording and reproduction applications; information on Digital Audio Tape, recording of Videocassette recorder, and data logger can be found in other articles....
, or CD player that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed (such as 33?, 45 or even 78 rpm
Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute is a units of measurement of frequency: the number of Turn completed in one minute around a rotation around a fixed axis....
 on a turntable).






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Technics Sl 1210mk2 Pitch Control
A variable speed pitch control (or vari-speed) is a control on an audio device such as a turntable
Phonograph

The record player, phonograph or gramophone was the most common device for playing Sound recording and reproduction sound from the 1870s through the 1980s....
, tape recorder
Tape recorder

This article deals mainly with analog signal tape recorders for Sound recording and reproduction applications; information on Digital Audio Tape, recording of Videocassette recorder, and data logger can be found in other articles....
, or CD player that allows the operator to deviate from a standard speed (such as 33?, 45 or even 78 rpm
Revolutions per minute

Revolutions per minute is a units of measurement of frequency: the number of Turn completed in one minute around a rotation around a fixed axis....
 on a turntable). The latter term "vari-speed" is more commonly used for tape decks, particularly in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. Analog pitch controls vary the voltage being used by the playback device; digital controls use digital signal processing
Digital signal processing

Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of the signal s by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals....
 to change the playback speed or pitch. A typical DJ deck allows the pitch to be increased or reduced by up to 8%, which is achieved by increasing or reducing the speed at which the platter rotates.

Turntable or CD playing speed may be changed for beatmatching
Beatmatching

Beatmatching is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or timestretching a track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track. This allows beatmixing, smooth mixing between the tracks without stopping the beat or changing the tempo....
 and other DJ techniques, while pitch shift
Pitch shift

Pitch shift is a sound recording technique in which the normal Pitch or tone of a sound is altered for effect or for other purposes.Pitch-shifting may be done both in analog recording and in digital recording....
 using a pitch control has myriad uses in sound recording.

See also


  • Audio timescale-pitch modification
    Audio timescale-pitch modification

    Time stretching is the process of changing the speed or duration of an audio signal processing without affecting its pitch .Pitch scaling or pitch shifting is the reverse: the process of changing the pitch without affecting the speed....
  • Beatmatching
    Beatmatching

    Beatmatching is a disc jockey technique of pitch shifting or timestretching a track to match its tempo to that of the currently playing track. This allows beatmixing, smooth mixing between the tracks without stopping the beat or changing the tempo....
  • Pitch cue
    Pitch cue

    Pitch cueing is the process a DJ does to seamlessly beat lock two different tracks. It is similar to the process of changing sample rate in the digital domain or time in the analog domain....


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