Audio Software

[danny-79]

Hi all, didn't no ware the best place to put this was but its just a quick question.
Does anybody no of any software (I'm not that computer literate but guess it has to exist) that i can load audio file into, off a CD then slow it down ?
Managed fine with out it for years but could be handy (will most defiantly be handy )

Put a song into it, slow it down, figure out the bass line, improve timing etc
Thanks in advance.

[discreet]

I believe you can do this in Audacity:

[url="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/"]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/[/url]

Edit: May be useful:

Edited June 8, 2010 by discreet

[Stingray5]

This has also come up before on BC: "[url="http://www.xs4all.nl/~mp2004/bp/"]Best Practice[/url]"

[Kiwi]

my version of WMP in Windows 7 will allow this.

[geoffbyrne]

Windows Media Player has been able to play at half speed since (at least) XP.

G.

[ikay]

'Transcribe' from Seventh String (http://www.seventhstring.com/) is designed for musicians and allows you to do all of this. You can change tempo without changing pitch or shift songs to different keys etc. Very useful bit of software

[OldGit]

Windows Media Player

It's free, it's on all Windows computers.

Load your MP3, play it in Windows Media Player
Right click on the dark grey bit at the bottom and a contextual menu pops up, choose play and speed. (or via the play menu at the top if it's visible)
Bingo ... half speed basslines at the correct pitch.

NB: It doesn't work if you just play the track from a CD. You have to rip it as an MP3 first. WMP will do that for you too.

[Fat Rich]

[quote name='OldGit' post='861813' date='Jun 9 2010, 09:34 AM']Windows Media Player

It's free, it's on all Windows computers.

Load your MP3, play it in Windows Media Player
Right click on the dark grey bit at the bottom and a contextual menu pops up, choose play and speed. (or via the play menu at the top if it's visible)
Bingo ... half speed basslines at the correct pitch.

NB: It doesn't work if you just play the track from a CD. You have to rip it as an MP3 first. WMP will do that for you too.[/quote]

Or if your music files are in iTunes format, open the file in Quicktime player, go to the "Window" menu, choose "Show A/V Controls" and there's a playback speed control at the bottom.

[Higgie]

I use a program called the Amazing Slow Downer. You can slow down recordings keeping the same pitch, you can alter the pitch via semitones or +/- cents for those recordings which are just a few hz out, you can EQ it to try and remove vocals, or bass, or isolate the bass, loop segments over and over to work it out, etc. Really useful program. You get asked to learn a song in a different key? You just load it up, change the pitch up or down by however many semitones you need, and away you go

[OldGit]

[quote name='Higgie' post='861929' date='Jun 9 2010, 11:25 AM']I use a program called the Amazing Slow Downer. You can slow down recordings keeping the same pitch, you can alter the pitch via semitones or +/- cents for those recordings which are just a few hz out, you can EQ it to try and remove vocals, or bass, or isolate the bass, loop segments over and over to work it out, etc. Really useful program. You get asked to learn a song in a different key? You just load it up, change the pitch up or down by however many semitones you need, and away you go [/quote]

This it?
[url="http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldowin.htm"]http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldowin.htm[/url]

[El Bajo]

+1 for Amazing Slow Downer. Even the demo version is decent. It will play the first few songs of a CD or the first 3 minutes of a song. Buying the full version is'nt to expensive either (less than £50 I think) but the demo is good enough for me.

[Higgie]

[quote name='OldGit' post='861951' date='Jun 9 2010, 11:43 AM']This it?
[url="http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldowin.htm"]http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldowin.htm[/url][/quote]

Thats the one. One of the best programs I've ever "bought".

[Bay Splayer]

i use this, basic but works fine

[url="http://www.karafun.com/karaokeplayer/"]http://www.karafun.com/karaokeplayer/[/url]

[Jazzjames]

[quote name='ikay' post='861743' date='Jun 9 2010, 08:02 AM']'Transcribe' from Seventh String (http://www.seventhstring.com/) is designed for musicians and allows you to do all of this. You can change tempo without changing pitch or shift songs to different keys etc. Very useful bit of software[/quote]


+1 on this, Transcribe! is great. Very easy to use, selecting or removing the bass from a song makes it great for working out a bass line, and then playing along with the record also... Try the demo!

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='Higgie' post='862237' date='Jun 9 2010, 03:54 PM']Thats the one. One of the best programs I've ever "bought". [/quote]

Another +1 from me. I've been using this for for several years.

My only gripe would be that it likes to save stuff as WAV files, where I'd prefer mp3.

I use [i][b]The ASD[/b][/i] to speed up & slow down, alter the pitch, and also to save Lo-Bass versions of anything I want to play along with, including recordings of my own band.

[BassMunkee]

Audacity will do it, and so will Reaper.