How to Set Up or Adjust the Pitch on Your Turntable / Record Player

Learn how to adjust the pitch on your turntable if your record is playing too fast or slow.
I am using a Technics SL-D3 Turntable.

Songs in this Video:

Outro Sample From:
Phish Funk - Strum (Capture My Heart)

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[wintershadow]

7 years since you posted, and you're still helping people out. Big thanks!

[ernieguevara]

I bought a used Technics SL-D2 and did not know how to adjust the pitch. Now I do...thanks to you. Thank you very much for posting your video.

[lukelarsson]

You just got rid of my 4 month Long headache.

[ivanasin]

Dude! I’ve had a technics SL-D1 forever and I just learned - thanks to this video - that the red light is not just a pretty face in this business. Silly me, my biggest complaint about the player was that the pitch didn’t have a mark for where it should be. Thanks, you’re a legend!

[mikel]

I had no idea what those lights were spinning for. Makes so much sense now.. Thanks for a great video..

[marilyncorbeille]

Thank you ❤ This is by far the best demo available for adjusting pitch. Bravo!

[mf]

Just thought I'd point out for all the other SL-D2 owners out there who obsessively watch the strobe dots (like I do) that its service manual states that some slight movement in the strobe dots is normal.

[raulcastellanosjr.]

Thank you for sharing! I just bought a used Technics SL-D2 after going through several modern turntables. I went through two Audio Technica LP60 turntables and had recurring pitch issues; there is supposed to be an adjustment under that turntable with that can be set with a small screwdriver but I was never able to get it quite right. When I picked up the SL-D2 I was so happy to see that it had a pitch adjustment right there on the front.

I'm really looking forward to owning and using the Technics, and now thanks to your video, I know how to get the pitch just right!

[pfcmarks]

Great video! Thanks so much for posting this.

[TheBinaryWolf]

Simply put, the top band is for 45RPM and bottom for 33RPM. But the tip about calibrating while the needle is engaged was helpful.

[dan.nashmusic]

Lol. Have a DL-2 and was just adjusting pitch by ear. Glad i found this!

[MJGJ]

You need to learn how to adjust the pitch adjustment screws if those light doesn't match. Also when fine tuning them, you have to make sure your pitch wheel is in the middle. Kinda sucks with these old tables, because there is no telling where the middle of the pitch wheel is. Just gotta guess.

[waldemarmadigan]

Pitch is very important. Listening to records with the wrong speed can disturb your ears because of a change of the tuning of the music.

[HurryRestauri]

Thank you! In my FR-D3 it sees perfectly

[bminton]

Video helped me out so much!! I just got into spinning records and have Technics SL-D5! Great helpful video

[breezebenitses]

Great video. My lights have dimmed to barely visible. Any suggestions please? Thank you

[jr.zac.]

Just saved a couple of dollars 💸 thanks dude

[jamescarter]

Holy cow, this was helpful! Also, mine would not quite dial in exactly--the dots never quite stopped moving; rather they sort of slowly jogged back and forth. Mine is a new-to-me Technics SL-230 from around 1977 and, I didn't know it, but filthy! I took it apart, pulled the platter and found the belt guide on the platter was coated in decades of gunk and the motor spindle had chunks of old rubber (I assume from an old belt) stuck to one side of it. I cleaned everything and, bang!, dialed it in exactly. Works and sounds fantastic!

[iangreen]

Thank you I had no idea great video my acoustic turntable now works great thanks again
Ian

[ॐmusic]

Hey thank you for this. I have a crosley and I know what you mean. Besides that, I haven't listened to a record since I was a kid at my great grandma's house. And kids hearing is different, so I guess I thought vinyl records weren't as cool as everyone said bc the crosley doesn't really seem to be anything special like you're saying. Also as I get older I'm more sensitive to high frequency sounds, so I'd love to be able to adjust the pitch on my favorite albums!