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XM Sirius 70's on 7 playing music speeded up (not tempo)

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kurtfoster

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For the last two days, I swear that some of the songs they play on 70's on 7 sound sightly speeded up. Not the tempo, just the beat. Since the music channels don't play commercials, I am wondering why they would do this. I am very sensitive to pitch and speed, and it's very annoying. Anyone else notice this? Perhaps my radio is flipping out?
 
dude, i think your radio is just flipping out... :)

Andrea
 
It could depend on what version of the song they're playing.
In my radio days we had a choice of playing the LP version, the 45, or the ''radio only'' single.
For some songs they could be three different productions with the radio version usually being the punchiest... and the shortest. It's the music equivalent of a movie edited to fit the screen and the time alloted.
 
Kurt you are not CRAZEE LOL... I have it on dish network as well as a starmate 4... I also noticed what you were describing and for some reason they are speeding the tempo up NOTE not pitching up, but tempo'ing up... I also noticed it on Sirius Hits One as well....... I use to hear it also on The Pulse, but once the merger took place I don't notice it on The Pulse anymore... CC1
 
What possible reason could they have for doing it? It's not like they play commercials on the music stations, and have to make room for more? What gives?
 
kurtfoster said:
What possible reason could they have for doing it? It's not like they play commercials on the music stations, and have to make room for more? What gives?
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Check out the version of Big Country's "In a Big Country" that's being played on the '80s channel since the Sirius takeover. It's not the one XM was playing at all but rather a shorter "single" version of the song, with almost no intro, and it sounds speeded up to boot.

Reason? Some consultant spouting psychoacoustics quasi-science is probably telling them the technique gives the music a jolt of faux energy that most listeners (the 99 percent who aren't audio and/or oldies geeks) will respond favorably to subconsciously.
 
I sent a Email about it that we all hate the sped up music and directed them to this post hopefully they get the idea we hate the sped up music and stop it. I sent it through XM since I have it on Directv.
 
robmadden1 said:
Everyone send a email like I did comnplaining about this and maybe they will stop.
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Fat chance. I understand that Sirius' programming suits call "smart" listeners SPERM -- Self Professed Experts on Radio and Music -- and have a good laugh about complaints about playlists, rotations and other programming-related issues. All that big-market FM experience is hard to argue with.
 
Walter Graff said:
Must be you, all the songs on 7 sound perfectly fine to me.
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i said the same thing at the beginning - the songs sound fine...8)
 
Back in the 70's it became trendy to speed up the turntables, some called it "Speedy Rock".
Remember Kasey Kasem's show was provided on LP's and so Kasey was speeded up too; a sped up Kasey did not go over well. I did not like it then, and certainly don't care for it now. I think someone at Sirius/XM has blown a fuse and trying to force us to cancel.

Steve
www.outlawradio.us
 
Is it me or what? :) 'Cos as MUCH as I've listened to "70's on 7" , I have NOT heard ANYTHING speeded up!! ;)
 
as MUCH as I've listened to "70's on 7" , I have NOT heard ANYTHING speeded up!!
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If you take a CD with the same song and try to sync it up with 70's on 7, you will hear it right away. You have to have an ear for music, to pick up on it. Even in the speedy rock days, some listeners did not notice the music was sped up, until you played the music at the correct speed. Even with it demonstrated, the tone deaf could not tell the different.



Steve
www.radiooutlaw.com
 
They have been playing the 'faster' and 'shorter' "45" versions instead of LP cuts of 10cc's "I'm Not In Love" and Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line". Play the old versions' guys!
 
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