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Topic: Playback Unit that loweres speed but keeps Key |
Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 2:22 pm |
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Hello All,
Sorry if I may be posting in the wrong section, but it's been
a long time since I've been away from this Forum.
QUESTION: Is there a unit (for practice) that will allow to slow down a song, and at the same time NOT lower the Key ?
Any help and feedback is appreciated.
JeffShobud@gmail.com |
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Carl Kilmer
From:
East Central, Illinois
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 3:28 pm
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Audacity is a good totally free program. You can change the speed
up or down without changing the key, and you can also change the
key and do a lot of other things with it, like add a click count at the
beginning of a track so you know where to start it.
I use this program all the time for myself and for teaching.
Check it out or download it here. http://www.audacityteam.org/
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:11 pm
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Carl,
thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded the program and got a
warning it may contain a virus. I'm running Windows 7 Pro.
Any known problems with viruses on this product?
NOTE: I am not a Windows guy. I was impressed they have a Linux version but I have no Linux laptop.
I've involved with Unix/Linix since 1983. www.CACTUS.com |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:37 pm
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Hey Jeff, you might take a look at riffstation. I believe they have a free trial copy you can download and if you decide to purchase it it's not real expensive..$25? Here's a youtube video about it - there are also other youtube demos people have done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0HxLDPYcU
for some reason I can't get the riffstation site to load tonite but it's at www.riffstation.com
I've found it real handy for transcribing steel parts. Not only will it spit out the basic chords as the song tracks along in sort of an oscilloscope presentation, but you can also slow things way down without changing the key...or you can deliberately change the key if you want. You also can somewhat isolate instruments (depending on how it was recorded) if you're trying to concentrate on bass, guitar or steel.
I heard it reviewed on Bryan Daste's steel podcast site and decided to try it out...so far so good. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:44 pm Re: Playback Unit that loweres speed but keeps Key
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| Jeff Hyman wrote: |
| slow down a song, and at the same time NOT lower the Key ? |
Windows Media Player can do that, and it's included free with the Windows operating system. |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:57 pm
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Jeff,
From the screen shots it appears this is a piece of hardware
yet I'm not convinced it's not a software product. This is a dumb question, but is this product a hardware unit running software, or just software installed on a PC ?
The product looks really good! Thanks!
Jeff |
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Carl Kilmer
From:
East Central, Illinois
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Posted 9 Jun 2015 7:54 pm
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Jeff, Audacity does not contain any viruses. I've been using it for years.
I have it on all my computers which are all Windows XP and my new Win 8.1.
I'm using version 2.0.6 the newest version is 2.1.0, if you want to use it,
make sure you download Lame as well. You'll need it and it's also free.
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2015 3:54 am
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Hey Jeff,
Riffstation is software you can download to your PC. |
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Mike Terry
From:
Galesburg Il
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Posted 10 Jun 2015 4:14 am
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| I use the Amazing Slow Downer for that. It works great. |
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Wayne Morton
From:
Tishomingo, Okla
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Posted 10 Jun 2015 6:34 am
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Amazing Slow Downer is the best product I've seen.
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 10 Jun 2015 9:50 am
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| Reiterating an answer above, Windows Media Player, free and installed on most PC's, will play your whole music library at half speed for free. |
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 11 Jun 2015 3:24 pm speed
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what Ken said go down to the play point
right click choose lower speed
if you have media player
mike
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 11:51 am
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in Windows Media Player
right click on empty space somewhere in the player window
Place the mouse cursor over "Enhancements"
Click on "Play speed settings" |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 12 Jun 2015 8:56 pm
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Thanks for all the great feedback from all you guys.
I'll be taking my Sho~Bud out of storage this weekend
and start testing some of your suggestions.
- Jeff |
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steve takacs
From:
beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 3:05 am Apple OSX
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| Folks, do any of these work with the Apple OSX operating system? Thx, stevet |
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Jim Palenscar
From:
Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 6:39 am
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| Amazing Slow Downer will |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 7:43 am
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| another vote for the Amazing SlowDowner. |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 14 Jun 2015 3:14 pm
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They even have a phone App for ASD which is great
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 1:19 am
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BestPractice is a free program that will let you slow down, speed up, or change key of songs.
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Tony Glassman
From:
The Great Northwest
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Doug Palmer
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 15 Jun 2015 1:51 pm Slow speed
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There are a lot of drummers around here that do that for you.
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Mike Archer
From:
church hill tn
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Posted 17 Jun 2015 7:30 am drummers
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yeah theres a few drummers around here that can speed up too as opposite that is
hence forth a joke....
how can you tell when a drummer is knocking on your door??
the knock speeds up and slows down.....
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 17 Jun 2015 9:59 pm
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| And he doesn't know when to come in. |
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Alex Shi
From:
Taiwan
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