Double Bass What are people using to Slow stuff down?

[John Chambliss]

I use either Audacity or Reaper - they are both nice recording options to have as well.

 

[arielmarc]

AMS all the way, and for many years; slow down, transpose, select frequencies and more ...
The only thing is that they had me buy it a second time when I changed PC; I thought it was a ripe off but it is that good that I did not hesitate.

 

[Jason Sypher]

AMS all the way, and for many years; slow down, transpose, select frequencies and more ...
The only thing is that they had me buy it a second time when I changed PC; I thought it was a ripe off but it is that good that I did not hesitate.

Yeah. The guy who created the thing is quite curmudgeonly and pulls that kind of thing on the reg. But he did make a great app.

 

[Francois Blais]

Any of this stuff for free or licensed only?

 

[John Chambliss]

Audacity is free, Reaper is $60 after a 30-day trial - both are fairly complicated, but powerful on a desktop/laptop. AnyTune Pro+ is about $20 I think - good if you're using an iPad/iPhone.

Amazing Slow Downer - Mac/Windows $39.95
Amazing Slow Downer - iOS (iPhone/iPad) $14.95
Amazing Slow Downer - Android $9.95

 

[Francois Blais]

Thanks John!

 

[Groove Doctor]

Tried nearly all of them and Anazing Slow Downer is the most iPhone friendly for quickly learning something.

Remember to transpose it UP one octave to make the bassline really jump out at you (do if it's buried in the mix).

 

[lurk]

Just installed a new (to me) one on my Android phone. Moises. $39.99/year. I like it better than ASD, I think. Just loaded in a Barry Harris trio Hot House, and it's pretty easy to isolate Barry's solo without bass and drums and slow it down. Looks straightforward to change keys, loop, etc. if you should want to.

 

[amusicbass123]

+1 for Transcribe!, which has been as important of a tool for my transcribing/learning process as any I can think of.

I don't use any of the features beyond the slow-downer, section markers, and the looping abilities but it's packed with lots of good stuff. I've also changed my OS twice and they've been totally cool about issuing a new key. Can't recommend enough!

 

[Joshua Pickenpaugh]

Amazing Slow Downer.

 

[John Sprague]

This one's handy for Youtube videos:
https://www.dkthehuman.com/slowtube/
Slows them down, can set up repeating sections.

 

[mantekka]

I had been using ASD and Anytune for years but got tired of having to source and load an mp3.
So I created a web app where you can just paste in any youtube link and it'll work on mobile or laptop in the browser. You can save your loops and share them too.

Here's an example link: LoopTube: Loop and slow down YouTube video segments

 

[Swerve]

I convert YouTube songs to mp3 and load into Amazing Slow Downer.

 

[ctrlzjones]

I have played with this Amazing Slow Downer many years ago and did not like it. The GUI looked confusing and it suffered "featuritis". I don't know if this has changed.

For IOS I use "Audiostrech". It looks nice and has all (and only) the necessary features. A marker. A & B points for looping. Velocity and Pitch. And you can swipe the playhead with a finger at the speed you want, wiggeling over a note makes it sound forever.

 

[mesmithnm]

Transcribe for me. It does everything I need and if you ever need support the developer is prompt and helpful. I paid once and I've been getting updates for years and have had to reinstall to new OS and computer and never had any license issues.

 

[Wfrance3]

I like Transcribe! I'm all in with it for doing transcription. I use a 5 switch MIDI pedal with it and have it set up like this:

SWITCHES
1. Scrub Backward
2. Play/Pause
3. Scrub Forward
4. Mark beginning/end of a loop.
5. Ditch everything and start over. - I don't remember the exact name of the command, but that's what happens when I press that footswitch...

The pedal is on the floor horizontal (approximately perpendicular to me) with switch 1 on the far left and switch 5 on the far right.

Transcribe! has preset EQs that eliminate instruments. It's not AI powered like other programs that legit remove drums, bass, vocal, or whatever, but it does ok enough to make bass that's hard to hear on a track less hard to hear...

I also use Audacity for practice recordings. I have a Zoom H2N that I bring to music practice and record songs we're working on that need shedding at home. I just dump everything in a Google Drive folder that everyone in the band can access. I take the tracks, which are .wav files, and put them all in one mult-track Audacity project and solo each one. If a song is a bigger deal than just running through it a couple times, it goes to Transcribe! so I can play with it more conveniently in that environment. I now Audacity can probably be made to do most, if not all of what Transcribe does, but that's my process and it works.

I use MixCraft for my actual DAW. Someone gifted me a copy eons ago and I've just gotten used to their product. It works well for me...

I know you didn't sign up to read my life story, but hopefully there's stuff in there you can use...

 

[james condino]

Throwing a copy of the real book across the stage usually gets the "slow TF down!" message across effectively in live situations....

I've used Transcribe to learn fiddle tunes.

 

[oldNewbie]

I had been using ASD and Anytune for years but got tired of having to source and load an mp3.
So I created a web app where you can just paste in any youtube link and it'll work on mobile or laptop in the browser. You can save your loops and share them too.

Here's an example link: LoopTube: Loop and slow down YouTube video segments

Very nice ! good interface.

For me ASD + mp3. ASD for the pitch-shift . And for my local orchestra , I find YT with the scrolling score , mark up my own score pdfs with timing , and share that with the section. Sounds fiddly but the time spent before the first rehearsal going over the music carefully and having timing marks makes my practice time a lot more efficient , and having folders for different projects in the cloud makes all that easier to do in bits here and there. And in the various groups everyone understands YT .

 

[Yamarolorg]

Is there anything.that works well with Spotify?

 

[basss]

Music Speed Changer is a free with ads app that works great. The ads aren't too annoying... I use android not sure if it's on apple.