You can buy one of these discs or download one of the many available on the internet. If you live in Europe, Asia, or Australia, you’ll need a 50 Hz disc. If you live in North America, you’ll need a stroboscopic disc that’s marked for 60 Hz. The process works because of an optical illusion that allows you to make quick and precise adjustments if your speed is off. Some turntable platters will come with stroboscopic markings already on the edge. The stroboscopic system involves a cardboard disc with equally spaced markings that you place directly onto the turntable. To test my turntable’s speed, I use the stroboscopic system. Measure the belt again after you take it out of the hot water, and you’ll note the size difference. Next, heat a kettle of water to the boiling point, and pour the water over the belt. Fold the belt in two, and measure its size in millimeters before placing it into an empty saucepan. If the stretched belt is in good condition without being visibly degraded, you can shrink it back down to size with hot water. If a belt is stretched only a few millimeters, you can still sometimes notice that the turntable speed has slowed. While stretching a few millimeters – up to 6mm – may not seem like a lot, it can severely slow down the turntable. Most belts will naturally stretch over a period of time. Don’t use rubbing alcohol, though – it has lanolin in it, which will cause your belt to slip. I suggest removing the belt and cleaning the pulley with a Q-tip dipped in denatured alcohol. On the flipside, if particles of the belt have worn off and have gunked up the motor pulley, your turntable will rotate too rapidly due to an increased effective diameter. Belts can stretch to the point where they slip on the pulley, which would cause the turntable to turn too slowly. Your next step is to make sure that your belt isn’t rubbing on anything. If you decide to go with something other than Redline, look for a 20 weight oil with PTFE (Teflon). Only a drop or two!īuying a quart of this super-cool, high-tech, exotic transmission lubricant for just a few drops might seem a bit much. If you can reach these areas, try to get a small drop or two of high quality 20 weight synthetic oil (something like Redline D4 ATF) on the motor shaft and also where the spindle enters the housing. It’s important to ensure that everything is working as well as it can be before you do any tweaking. Here are four of his noted favorites.The first thing you must do is clean and lube every piece of your turntable. Most famously, he had a golden ear for finding uptempo Hi-NRG disco tunes and modulating them to create slow-burning, chuggy, cosmic groovers. But he was most known for searching out wrong speed records.
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He was full of surprises, creatively blending wildly divergent genre and adding strange effects. The pioneering creator of the “Cosmic Disco” sound, DJ Daniele Baldelli led the mid-’80s Italian club scene and was famous for his adventurous and experimental approach to the booth. Thanks Daniel T for the recommendation! Daniele Baldelli UFO eventually became one of the most sampled songs in hip hop - and was even pressed at the wrong speed when it appeared on the classic 90s “Ultimate Breaks & Beats” comp series. In doing so, they tapped a sound that predates the sluggy, bass-driven DJ Screw chopped-and-screwed motifs to come. It caught the ears of RZA, who made it a live Wu-Tang staple. Here is a list of some classic “wrong-speed” records and a few of our personal favorites.Īn absolute B-Boy classic, early NYC Hip Hop heads clung to the funky breakbeat rhythms of Bronx outfit ESG and found gold when they played their UFO single at 33.
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In some cases, these experiments spawned completely new genres. In the process, they discovered entirely new songs within them. Whether by happy accident or not, adventurous DJs like Daniele Baldelli and Larry Levan - and eventually vinyl culture as a whole - caught on to the trick and began tinkering with wrong speeds. Most often, record selectors forget to switch to the correct speed and in the process change what would be a normal song with vocals into either a psychotically fast Alvin and the Chipmunks cover or a painfully slow Isaac Hayes rendition. Artists and labels can break tradition and press a 12-inch at 33 or an LP at 45 and when that happens unprepared DJs have to deal with the consequences - or experiment on the fly. You’re well aware of what the speed controls on a turntable are, but real quick: A record player usually has 2-3 speeds: 33 1/3 rotations-per-minute for LPs, 45 rpm for 7-inch and 12-inch singles and, if it’s from before 1950 or so, a 78 rpm setting. Whether pitched up, down or at the wrong rpm entirely, sometimes the wrong speed on a turntable can completely transform a song - for the better.
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