gchamberlain Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 I am looking at a deck for use in the US. Choices are somewhat limited. I want to use it for dance instruction and would like to have pitch control. The MD-350 has pitch control but in the manual it indicates that pitch control does not work on LP2 speed. Does anyone have any experience with this? Does it work with SP and LP4?I already have some Net MD discs which (I think) will all be LP2. I am also looking at an Sony MDS-JE480 but want to know if the difference in price is worth it.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbpm Posted November 24, 2005 Report Share Posted November 24, 2005 Just a quick one Gary.I bought a Sony MZ-R909 specifically because it had pitch control (i'm a dj so actually care about beat rate!)This turned out to be shortsighted because you can only adjust pitch in INCREMENTS - of something ridiculously huge like +/- 5% or something stupid. This is obviously useless for mixing or precision (but this wasn't my intention in the first place) but worse IMO it is often impossible to find a pitch position to suit the track being played (the increment jumps are just too large)this was of great annoyance to me since I thought it more of a design oversight by Sony rather than a cost control measure (they could easily have selected a much smaller increment)I;m not sure what your expectations are - the increments may be fine for your needs. All Im saying is make sure you try one out before blowing your cash.FishSorry cant help you with models/selection - mine is over 2 years old and purchased in Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchamberlain Posted December 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 My intention is to use it for dance instruction. I would like to slow it down for teaching. But even for that +/- 5% is still a pretty big step. The discs I have now are NetMD creations (LP2 by default - I think) which are the ones I would like to use in this deck. The Tascam MD-CD1 aslo seems to have the same limitation (no speed control on LP2).I am also looking at the Sony MZ-B100 and the MZ-B10 for portable use. I have seen the B100 and like its speed control. But while I have not actually seen one, I am leaning toward the B10. I have never seen any minidiscs available locally, so I have to depend on what I have seen others use.Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 (edited) my jb980 can adjust pitch but only lower it, so a bit useless really for your purposes>? Edited December 5, 2005 by GregTheRotter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 In regards to your initial question, I just tested and the TASCAM MD350 speed control will not work on LP2 recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gchamberlain Posted December 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 Except I don't think the JB980 is available in the US.my jb980 can adjust pitch but only lower it, so a bit useless really for your purposes>?Bummer... I suppose I can re-record everything to SP but I would rather not.At lesat if I buy one, I won't be in for a big surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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