12/18/2025
If anyone is curious about how skipless vinyl records work, I made this chart a bit over decade ago to show how each skipless speed creates its own geometric shape on the record. Dj Swamp told me in an interview that it took him about 8k of experimenting with his own test pressings to figure out that 100 bpm is the magic skipless speed (he called Skip-Proof). He began releasing his skip-proof battle records, Thud Rumble followed and then boom here we are today where numerous labels are releasing skipless vinyl.
The 100 BPM speed that DJ SWAMP discovered over 2 decades ago creates a Triangle as seen in the diagram. So the skipless loop has one quarter note for each side of the triangle creating a beat with 3 counts per bar. Its only at 133 1/3 BPM, which creates a square, that a full 4/4 time loop is created by the 4 even counts.
Here are the (Symmetric) skipless speeds below. There are Asymmetric speeds too that I'll go over in the future like 83bpm used in the past by Cut and Paste as well as Ritchie Rufftone's Practice Yo Cuts series. ::
1:: Circle =45BPM ()
:::::::::::::::= 33.3 BPM (@33.3RPM)
2:: Crescent = 90 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::= 66.66 bpm (@33.3)
3:: Triangle = 135 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::= 100 bpm (@33.3)
4:: Square = 180 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::= 133.33 bpm (@33.3)
5:: Pentagon = 225 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::= 166.66 bpm (@33.3)
6:: Hexagon = 270 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::= 200 bpm (@33.3)
7:: Heptagon = 315 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::= 233.3 bpm (@33.3)
8:: Octagon = 360 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::= 266.66 bpm (@33.3)
9:: Nonagon = 405 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::= 300 bpm (@33.3)
10:: Decagon = 450 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::= 333.3 bpm (@33.3)
11:: Hendecagon = 495 bpm(@45)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::=366.6bpm(@33.3)
12:: Dodecagon = 540 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::= 400 bpm (@33.3)
13:: Tridecagon = 585 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::= 433.3 bpm (@33.3)
14:: Tetradecagon = 630 bpm (@45)
::::::::::::::::::::::::::= 466.66 bpm (@33.3)
15:: Pendedecagon = 675 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 500 bpm (@33.3)
16:: Hexdecagon = 720 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 533.3 bpm (@33.3
17:: Heptdedecagon = 765 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 566.66 bpm (@33.3
18:: Octdecagon = 810 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 600 bpm (@33.3
19:: Enneadecagon = 855 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 633.3 bpm (@33.3
20:: Icosagondecagon = 900 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 666.6 bpm (@33.3
21:: Henicosagondecagon = 945 bpm (@45)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::: = 700 bpm (@33.3)
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