Any recommendations on software to slow music for learning it?

[Slevage]

You can slow down YouTube videos without changing pitch.
Click on the tool icon.

 

[Groove Doctor]

Transpose it up an octave. Makes the bass line much easier to hear esp if buried in a busy mix.

+1 Amazing Slow Downer

 

[Guiseppe]

I like to have everything on my Android. I've mostly used Amazing Slow Downer. It's a one-time purchase. Sadly Spotify hamstrung it, but you can still use by converting things to mp3. What it has over everything else I've tried is that it keeps the audio fairly clean even at the slowest speeds whereas everything else I try the sound turns to useless mush. I do however like the bass isolating feature on Moises.

Agreed! When slowed down as much as 75%, the audio is still "legible" and usable for practice.

 

[Guiseppe]

Transpose it up an octave. Makes the bass line much easier to hear esp if buried in a busy mix.

+1 Amazing Slow Downer

GREAT tip! I am putting transcribing songs back into my repertoire as an emphasis and that tip will be one I'll put in my toolbox. Much obliged!

 

[Type-55]

Another vote for Transcribe. Been using it for years.

 

[climber]

Amazing Slow Downer from RoniMusic. been using it for many years.

 

[climber]

one very useful thing about ASD is that you can save different sections of the tune/piece at different tempos. I'll often do one at 100%, one @ 50%, one @ 75% and one @ 90%. you want to practice a difficult part slow and then gradually speed it up to full tempo. I've been playing with a modern classical quartet (violin, cello, trombone and electric bass). my part is VERY difficult with a lot of counterpoint between me and the violin. this makes it so much easier to work on.

 

[Major Seven]

Old school. Pickup the arm on the turntable and put it back repeatedly.
Or make a cassette tape copy and start/rewind/stop repeatedly.

 

[LeeNunn]

I think it really depends on what you want to do. Almost all programs loop, slow down, change key, change octave, and tune the playback to A440. For example, Amazing Slow Downer (ASD) and Transcribe! are both very popular in the Talkbass community. Both do all of this.

If you're learning a song and just need to figure out a couple of tricky licks, ASD is great. Especailly if you have a low tolerance for a learning curve with new software. You manually set one loop at a time.

If you're transcribing an entire song or trying to figure the time signatures for various parts of a song, Transcribe! is great. Transcribe allows you to mark the begiinning of each measure or section (e.g., verse, chorus, bridge) and automatically subdivide measures into beats. If you're debating with someone about the third measure of the bridge, you can go to that measure immediately to highlight it. If the debate is really about the third beat in that measure, just highlight that beat. Another feature is identifying the notes being played and the possible chords. This feature is not always reliable but can point you in right direction when you're stuck.

You might try watching youtube videos of demos.

 

[N. Kentucky Bass]

I checked out the Moises website and there is zero information about cost of each platform. Nada. Apparently you have to "sign up" first and then they drip the pricing later? I can't stand this approach -- it's so arrogant.