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92.3 Now speeding up the music

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Just out of curiosity, do you like it when 92.3 Now speeds up the music 2%?

I love that sound, and think that all the songs sound better when played on 92.3. It's enough to make me listen to 92.3 more than Z100 because the songs sound dull on Z100. In any market where one CHR speeds up the music and the other one doesn't, I listen more to the CHR that speeds up the music (ex. Kiss 95.7 in Hartford over KC101, Kiss 96.1 in Pittsburgh over B93.7)

In fact, I wish 92.3 Now sped up the music 3%.
 
Nick,

This reminds me of the Top 40 days of the old WWDJ (97 DJ) when it sounded like the records were played at a speed higher than 45rpm.





Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
 
KRBE Houston does that. I dont mind it, seems to add to the energy of some songs, but it can be unnecessary for others
 
If anyone has actually listened to a station that does this, recognizes that for almost every song that is changed, distorts the artist.
A song is a hit song because... it's a HIT.

When a station feels inferior, to say... another CHR in the same market (or embedded market)... I'm sure the dorks at that station feel the need to play music producer as a way to get an edge. But so sorry. Doesn't work.

I shouldn't have to tune into a station to hear Rihanna's S&M and feel like I'm listening to a chipmunk.
Grow some balls and play the hits the way they were intended to be heard!
 
To me, S&M actually sounds best sped up 7%. So does Only Girl In The World and We No Speak Americano and Tonight. In fact, almost all Rihanna songs sound better sped up way more than 2%
 
This is OLD school radio 101. Speed up the music to get in "more" music than the other station, to sound more upbeat. But this has been proven to do.... absolutely nothing in todays radio.

When people download a song off itunes (which is what most people do) or buy a cd (who buys those anymore lol) they hear the song... the way the artist intends it.

When you speed up a song, it's not natural for the listener. And trust me. People do notice this as a negative. (lots of research to back that up in modern radio) The only time this is different.. is in a remix, or remix show.

In short... speeding up the music does nothing positive for the end listener.
 
Kevin L. Sealy said:
Nick,

This reminds me of the Top 40 days of the old WWDJ (97 DJ) when it sounded like the records were played at a speed higher than 45rpm.





Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
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I think WPLJ was also quite notorious for speeding up records during its stint as a Top 40 station in the eighties.
 
When I listen to the original version of a song after hearing it sped up on 92.3 Now, I think it's dull and unprocessed. Speeding up rock music won't work but it's great for rhythmic. Speeding up the music allows a station to sell a few more ads per day and makes the music sound hotter. In Market 1, a few more ads per day can add up to a big sum per year.
 
Nick said:
Speeding up the music allows a station to sell a few more ads per day and makes the music sound hotter. In Market 1, a few more ads per day can add up to a big sum per year.
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The above is a ridiculous statement. In my 22 years in radio, working at great CHR's like WFLZ, WKQI, WILN, WFFY and WSNX, never ONCE have I ever heard of a GM, PD, sales manager or any other management ask if we could speed up the music in order to "sell just a few more ads per day".

The only time I can recall this type of thing happening in our business was when news/talk stations would "squeeze" hours of talk programming (mostly Limbaugh) to take our pregnant pauses, etc in order to fit in that ONE EXTRA 60 second spot an hour. Made Rush sound like a damn moron. Not sure of stations still do that, I think he put an end to it somehow.
 
Well, they don't say it directly but you know speeding up the music leaves extra time for more commercials.
 
RadiologyTeacher said:
If anyone has actually listened to a station that does this, recognizes that for almost every song that is changed, distorts the artist.
A song is a hit song because... it's a HIT.

When a station feels inferior, to say... another CHR in the same market (or embedded market)... I'm sure the dorks at that station feel the need to play music producer as a way to get an edge. But so sorry. Doesn't work.

I shouldn't have to tune into a station to hear Rihanna's S&M and feel like I'm listening to a chipmunk.
Grow some balls and play the hits the way they were intended to be heard!
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Hmm..technically speaking, audio processing modifies the sound of a song. SO. based on what you're saying, stations that use compression in their airchain feel inferior?

And by the way, the station's don't "speed up" the songs, they pitch them. In audition, you can speed up a song while maintaining the original pitch and tone. Just throwing that out there..
 
Was listening to WKTU the other day and one of the tracks they played was Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello. It's been a huge track over here in Europe for some time now, but believe me, the way it's pitched (not only) on WKTU, it really sounds weird. Absolutely no justice to the track what so-ever!
 
Pitching up the music is one thing, but pitching it up so much that male artists sound female is a bit too far. And then there's the whole Chipmunks Thing. KISS 95.7 in Hartford is notorious for pitching up too far.


And by the way if I ever did 2% pitch up at the club I work at outside of Waterbury, CT (let alone 7%) my boss with grab me by the throat and choke me. He has me do a couple songs .2% or .3% at the most. Yes .2%.
 
I don't like when radio stations speed up their music is ridiculous. Top 40 radio stations do that a lot is total bull..
They need to play the songs at original speed how the music was really meant to be. wioq 102.1 in Philly used to speed up their songs back in the day and I'm glad that the stopped. Speeding up the songs gives you headache. May songs are fast enough their is no need to speed up the songs to destroy them. The slow songs have the beauty too. Also I'm tired of dance radio stations remixing the top 40, play real dance records instead and original top 40. I take z100 over 92.3 any day, 92.3 leans to much rhythmic and now speeding their music definetly a horrible idea. I respect wktu 103.5 for not speeding up their songs and whtz Z100.
 
Nick said:
Well, they don't say it directly but you know speeding up the music leaves extra time for more commercials.
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unless perhaps the station has...oh, I don't know...a maximum number of
elements per stopset/per hour. (Nick..."stopset" = "commercial break")
 
That's exactly the reason I could never listen to 97DJ, New WAVZ 13 in the 70's, WPLJ in the 80's, WALK after 1988. :mad: I wonder how many people took their record players back to their electronics store complaining that the turntables ran too slow! :D
 
I personally think that many Rhythmic/Top 40 songs tend to sound better when pitched and sped up at 2%, but more then 2% is annoying. I'm sure Speeding Up/Pitching doesn't do much for the listener or ratings/revenue, but I think it gives a more energetic sound.
 
This speed up thing is an absolute atrocity. The second I hear it, station immediately gets changed. Whoever said Rhianna sounding like a chipmunk nailed it. My friend I was driving with who pays little attention to details even called that out for sounding abysmal. Play what was created or don't waste our time. People aren't that stupid. When the same songs are blasted at you 5000 times in all directions it stands out and you look foolish.
 
thataveragejoe said:
This speed up thing is an absolute atrocity. The second I hear it, station immediately gets changed. Whoever said Rhianna sounding like a chipmunk nailed it. My friend I was driving with who pays little attention to details even called that out for sounding abysmal. Play what was created or don't waste our time. People aren't that stupid. When the same songs are blasted at you 5000 times in all directions it stands out and you look foolish.
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Exactly!! Thank you very much!

I don't care if it's sped/pitched... the music on 92.3 sounds awful..And you'd think that would be the ONE thing they would have gotten right.
Oh poor things.
 
Actually I like the fact that 92.3 NOW speeds up the songs they play. Despite Z100 being one of my favorite CHRs, I do wish they could start speeding up songs. It sounds pretty dull when it's play normally...
 
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