songs changing speed

Chokoo · 11th April 2004, 09:14 PM

am interested if some of you have experienced the same: some of my mixes seem to change speed when played in different locations. Some mixes simply sound as beeing much too fast when I play them in my boombox at home or on a friends stereo-set. I have to admit I am quite confused about that psycho-phenomena. Any Idea what could be the reason?

Jose Mrochek · 12th April 2004, 12:19 AM

I really don't belive (even if it sounds cool) , that different frequencies make a song seem faster or slower, and if it did I don't think we could perceive that.. maybe bats that can hear up to 90khz could

. What does happen to me is that when I'm around people I'm showing a song for the first time, the song takes years to finish!! hahaha.. i'm scared as hell as what they will comment on! And yep , do sense the song slows down. Also when I'm in the studio, and excited listening for different stuff in the mix songs speed up. I totally think this is a mood problem. It all depends on your mood and heart rate.

oortnyc · 12th April 2004, 01:09 AM

I have had this experience before. Always speeding up, never slowing down. I have always just thought it was ear fatigue.

Rail Jon Rogut · 12th April 2004, 03:51 AM

No 2 digital devices will have the exact same clock speed unless they're tied together.. it's possible that the clock on the CD players is slightly faster than your Mix system. You should also make sure that your Mix system is correctly clocked to the correct sample rate or on internal.

Print a 3kHz tone on a CD and check the frequency when played back with a frequency counter.

Rail

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11th April 2004, 09:14 PM	#1
Chokoo Gear interested Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bavaria Posts: 28	songs changing speed am interested if some of you have experienced the same: some of my mixes seem to change speed when played in different locations. Some mixes simply sound as beeing much too fast when I play them in my boombox at home or on a friends stereo-set. I have to admit I am quite confused about that psycho-phenomena. Any Idea what could be the reason?

12th April 2004, 03:51 AM	#4
Rail Jon Rogut Gear addict Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 349	No 2 digital devices will have the exact same clock speed unless they're tied together.. it's possible that the clock on the CD players is slightly faster than your Mix system. You should also make sure that your Mix system is correctly clocked to the correct sample rate or on internal. Print a 3kHz tone on a CD and check the frequency when played back with a frequency counter. Rail __________________ Recording Engineer

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12th April 2004, 12:19 AM	#2
Jose Mrochek Lives for gear Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 3,851	I really don't belive (even if it sounds cool) , that different frequencies make a song seem faster or slower, and if it did I don't think we could perceive that.. maybe bats that can hear up to 90khz could . What does happen to me is that when I'm around people I'm showing a song for the first time, the song takes years to finish!! hahaha.. i'm scared as hell as what they will comment on! And yep , do sense the song slows down. Also when I'm in the studio, and excited listening for different stuff in the mix songs speed up. I totally think this is a mood problem. It all depends on your mood and heart rate.

12th April 2004, 01:09 AM	#3
oortnyc Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 206	I have had this experience before. Always speeding up, never slowing down. I have always just thought it was ear fatigue.