Program to slow down songs

jongor · #1 08-03-2005, 07:47 PM

I need some sort of freeware program to slow down mp3's or cd's.

My 15 year old son plays guitar and is trying to cop solos, really fast solos....

Anyone know of anything out there?

thanks

geoffkhan · #2 08-03-2005, 08:37 PM

I heard someone talking about how great he Amazing Slower Downer is... might want to check that out.

**Vorago** · #3 08-04-2005, 02:24 AM

Transcribe does the job for me.

http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/xscsetup.exe

chardin · #4 08-04-2005, 08:47 AM

You might want to look at SlowGold or SlowBlast
http://www.worldwidewoodshed.com/products.htm

rwm0268 · #5 08-05-2005, 07:23 PM

Another vote for the Amazing Slow Downer. I love this app.

Not only can you slow the tune/section down without changing the pitch, but can you change the key. Also, I like the interface for setting up loops to repeat over a section.

Nice app for little $.

oldrocker · #6 08-05-2005, 07:40 PM

Best Practice works pretty well:

Best Practice

thewanderer24 · #7 08-05-2005, 11:09 PM

another vote for transcribe. You get the free trial for a month I believe. I was so happy with it, I bought it the day the trial ended - purchase price is $50. I use it almost every day.

It will slow down (or speed up) without changing pitch, change keys, loop sections of songs, analyze bits of songs for specific notes (very helpful with some tricky stuff I occasionally come across).

nashvillebill · #8 08-06-2005, 09:40 AM

Yet another vote for Transcribe. I too paid for it when the free trial ended--and that should speak volumes about the quality of the software, 'cause I'm a cheap SOB and I don't spend money often.

audiotom · #9 08-07-2005, 08:49 PM

how about some hardware

tascam bass trainer mk ii

speeds up and slows down cd without changing pitch and works real nice as a headphone pratice amp

they can be had for $150 ish on ebay

I enjoy mine

The_Ryst · #10 08-08-2005, 07:15 AM

Transcribe is great, I just d/led it

ScottyBoy · #11 08-08-2005, 07:19 AM

I use plugins for winamp - Pacemaker and Loopmaster - both freeware.
Pacemaker 1.32 is totally free - later versions are limited shareware.

Pruitt · #12 08-08-2005, 11:09 AM

I've never used the feature in it, but the Freeware multi-track mixer, Audacity supports that I believe.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Good luck and Have Fun!

Mr M · #13 08-09-2005, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScottyBoy

I use plugins for winamp - Pacemaker and Loopmaster - both freeware.
Pacemaker 1.32 is totally free - later versions are limited shareware.

+1
They are both awesome, I wonder why I couldn't find them before, if only you could minimize them (they cover half of the screen when you are running those plug-ins and it's sometimes difficult to see other things e.g. your directory, the tab file, word pad etc.)

screwball · #14 08-09-2005, 02:15 AM

+1 for transcribe, I bought it, and use it a lot

RobertUI · #15 08-09-2005, 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pruitt

I've never used the feature in it, but the Freeware multi-track mixer, Audacity supports that I believe.

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Good luck and Have Fun!

+1 for audacity...

i've used pro-level tools and i am AMAZED at the capabilities of this very free tool. therre are tons of filters included as well, so you can do all sorts of audio editing. the speed control is awesome, as is the ability to change pitches. i really can't recommend this enough!

Maverick Blues · #16 08-09-2005, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr M

+1
They are both awesome, I wonder why I couldn't find them before, if only you could minimize them (they cover half of the screen when you are running those plug-ins and it's sometimes difficult to see other things e.g. your directory, the tab file, word pad etc.)

If you want something smaller than Pacemaker and Loopmaster, try Slow Me Down. One narrow little window with two vertical sliders -- one for pitch adjustment, one for tempo adjustment -- plus two check boxes (enable/disable and mono/stereo). Not the cleanest pitch/tempo shift I've ever heard, but it's small, light, free, and works plenty fine for picking up fast lines or tuning an off-pitch recording to match your bass.

'Rick

All_¥our_Bass · #17 08-10-2005, 04:13 PM

windows media player has a speed adjustment thing that allows you to slow down songs, like even painstakingley slow if you want.

tharrison72 · #18 08-11-2005, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tharrison72

Guitar Shed is good, i use it for my bass practice and like it, it is easy to use and it is only $18, and there is a free trial period. you can google..Guitar Shed and it is easy to find. it slows down cds, mp3 and it does not chance the pitch. works on windows or mac.

are you living your dream....or dreaming of living...

Maverick Blues · #19 08-13-2005, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by All_¥our_Bass

windows media player has a speed adjustment thing that allows you to slow down songs, like even painstakingley slow if you want.

That'll work for anyone with current software. I think the speed-shift feature only showed up around Media Player 9 or so. (Someone correct me if I'm mistaken.)

Not sure if you can load the newer Media Players on older editions of Windows. Winamp is still an option for folks with older O/Ses (I know a guy who is still running Win95!)

But what's coming out in this thread is that there are lots of ways to go about it. Love to see the sharing of info!

'rick

Correlli · #20 08-14-2005, 01:55 AM

Media Player 10 has a feature to slow down or speed up mp3 files. I tkink it works best if you convert the mp3 to WAV format.