Bigwan Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) Hi Guys, I've just joined a new covers band and I'm not great at transposing songs in my head to suit singers with a less than full range so would prefer to learn songs by playing along. Does anyone know of a free program that could change the key of recorded music for me to jam along to? I know I could get midi tracks and change the key but would prefer recorded music - a bit more real-world... Cheers Ian Edited January 31, 2008 by Bigwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obbm Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Audacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 ^^^ What he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 bestpractice... [url="http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/"]http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/[/url] [quote]BestPractice is a musician's practice tool, to slow down or speed up music, either from an MP3 file or directly from a CD. Ordinarily the sound is distorted when slowed down our sped up - you get the effect like when playing a 33 rpm record on 45 rpm speed (remember the Chipmunks?). BestPractice tries to correct this, so you can slow down and speed up music, while keeping the original pitch. It is also possible to change the pitch of the music without affecting its tempo. Play along with for instance Eb tuned guitars without retuning your own, or slow down that high-speed guitar solo on a CD that you like to learn.[/quote] open source and completely free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderthumbs Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 [quote name='Paul Cooke' post='131255' date='Jan 31 2008, 12:38 PM']bestpractice... [url="http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/"]http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/[/url] open source and completely free[/quote] +1 for BestPractice. I use it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peaty Posted February 6, 2008 Share Posted February 6, 2008 Or if you use quick time go to the window menu and choose show AV controls. In the AV controls you can shift pitch and or speed. Amazing slowdowner is another option. [url="http://www.ronimusic.com/"]http://www.ronimusic.com/[/url] Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ1200 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 Just found this... [url="http://renegademinds.com/?GDT3.3.4"]http://renegademinds.com/?GDT3.3.4[/url] Or Audacity. Anyone use Krystal? [url="http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/"]http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/[/url] - I like it, loads of fx plugins, used by loads of bands. Anyone record on Linux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 If your going for nix recording then Ardour is the dog's proverbials! Also theres a brilliant distro called 64 studio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ1200 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 [quote name='metalmaniac' post='140958' date='Feb 15 2008, 12:08 PM']If your going for nix recording then Ardour is the dog's proverbials! Also theres a brilliant distro called 64 studio.[/quote] I'm from a Unix background and been using Linux since the mid-90s, just wondered if anyone else had seen the light? Seen Studio64 but not tried it yet. Wasn't it on the cover of LXF recently? Probably got it somewhere... Kristal is excelent too for Windies users - good interface, 16-track desk for free with loadsaplugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 karafun easy to use change tempo change key FREE [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 [quote name='uptonmark' post='141686' date='Feb 16 2008, 08:01 PM']karafun easy to use change tempo change key FREE [url="http://imageshack.us"][/url][/quote] Excellent... it plays .ogg files... something bestpractice currently doesn't do and the author keeps claiming to be getting around to but hasn't so far... It also plays .avis so hopefully I can use it to playback videos and keep the sound running, currently, slowing down DVDs or any video files kills the sound... Now to download karafun and see how it runs on Linux using WINE oh b****** it wants DirectX v9.0... well, that's ruled out running it on Linux... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lushuk Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Hi I want to use a program to alter the pitch and then save it as a mp3 to put on to my bass trainer any ideas? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cooke Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 [quote name='lushuk' post='155055' date='Mar 11 2008, 03:58 AM']Hi I want to use a program to alter the pitch and then save it as a mp3 to put on to my bass trainer any ideas? Thanks[/quote] Bestpractice to change pitch and save to .wav lame -h input.wav output.mp3 then run Lame in command line mode on the .wav to convert it to MP3 [url="http://www.gnuware.com/icecast/chap_04_03.html"]http://www.gnuware.com/icecast/chap_04_03.html[/url] simple command of : lame -h input.wav output.mp3 change input and output to whatever you need get Lame from here: [url="http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm"]http://www.free-codecs.com/Lame_Encoder_download.htm[/url] (the above isn't an official download link, those can't distribute any method of encoding higher than 128bps as it would be an infringement of some stupid patent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lushuk Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Thanks paul for your extensive answer, that sorted it, many thanks. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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