Hardware/Pedal/etc that changes tempo

[DimensionX]

I'm looking for a piece of hardware (preferably portable/battery powered but not necessary) that can change the tempo of whatever I put into it, does anyone know of anything? Please no software!

[Sharmaji]

When recycle came along in... 2000? 2001? it was a godsend because historically, to change tempo, you had to slice stuff by ear/hand and then sequence in order to change tempo via a sampler.

Any sampler can change the tempo of something-- you just speed it up or slow it down.

If you want to use a hardware sampler to change the speed of something but keep the pitch, then you need a 3rd, software-based, step.

[fragments]

Maybe a good looper. Maybe. And then you are going to get pitch change as well.

[AxeD]

Yeah this is one of the trickiest things to do when it comes to computing power.
Assuming you want to maintain pitch. I like Pro Tools' algorithms.

[knobgoblin]

Elektron octatrack will do this and a lot more besides. Pricey but one of the ultimate live machines

[AxeD]

Oh yeah, gut schout! I heard it's quite good at it too.

[knobgoblin]

Yup. I know a few people who dj with them, combining full tracks, loops and one shot samples sequenced on the fly. Octatrack keeps everything synced perfectly, even thru tempo changing madness.

[DimensionX]

Oh yeah, gut schout! I heard it's quite good at it too.

gut schout? huh?...

[AxeD]

That's good shout in German.

[DimensionX]

Oh haha!

Yeah Octatrack got me drooling @_@

[nowaysj]

Mc909, the old Irish lad, he can change pitch with tempo, or pitch without tempo, or tempo without pitch, and as easily as a turntable pitch adjust. Quite a lad that Mc909.