preposterously speeding up/slowing down a song so that it will fit in the mix classic or dud?

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i made sex o sonique's 'thought it was you' so fast that i gave it hiccups... but it fits really well w twista & kp & envyi now. did i do wrong?

― minna (minna), Sunday, 14 September 2003 13:50 (twenty-two years ago)

what bpm is it now? i don't like to mess with house tempos outside of a 10bpm range either side - is it still the same pitch?

― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 14 September 2003 14:44 (twenty-two years ago)

if it makes you (or the person listening to the mix) laugh then classic.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 14 September 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

if it makes them cry then classic too.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 14 September 2003 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

it just makes me feel a bit dizzy

― minna (minna), Sunday, 14 September 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

it actually seems to keep getting even faster

― minna (minna), Sunday, 14 September 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

speeding up is classic, but only if it does *not* involve time stretching, IE, only if it makes the vocalist sound like an elf on helium.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Sunday, 14 September 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Starting out at normal speed, then slowly increasing tempo & mixing it into a faster & harder tune = classic. People initially recognize the song and start dancing, but halfway they notice the change and the excitement of "hey something is going to happen here" kicks in.

― Siegbran (eofor), Sunday, 14 September 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

We do this all the time at DJ sets and stuff when it's just friends fucking around, or at my friend's house...it usually works better to slow things down to the point of it sounding absolutely ludicrious.

― Ally (mlescaut), Monday, 15 September 2003 12:40 (twenty-two years ago)

hint for DJs - play Jerry Harrison's "New Adventure" (the 'Red & the Black' LP versh obv.) at 45 rpm, it's fantastic

― dave q, Monday, 15 September 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Jon Carter to thread!

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 15 September 2003 13:07 (twenty-two years ago)

DJ Assault to elbow him rudely aside...

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 15 September 2003 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Pitched down about 20-25%, Michael Jackson becomes very soulful. Must remember to burn all his albums this way and package as an alternate history box set...

― Brian Miller, Monday, 15 September 2003 14:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha ha the This is What Michael Would've Sounded Like if His Testicles Had Ever Dropped mix

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 15 September 2003 15:02 (twenty-two years ago)

My 2 faves are "stand together" by the beastie boys at 45 (and maybe minus 4 or 5 on the pitch slider), which makes it fit with bangin techno, and hold its own in terms of slammin'-ness; and "donna" by the art of noise at 33 (instead of 45), which has a great growly menace to it.

― Conor (Conor), Monday, 15 September 2003 19:29 (twenty-two years ago)

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