I put this hint in another thread but I'll do it here to. If you have Windows and a sound card you have all you need to record and play back licks slowly. You use Sound Recorder to record a lick to RAM(from a CD or through a microphone, or a tape player connected to your sound card), and then use the "Decrease speed by 1/2" option to play it back at half speed, which also lowers it one octave.

Jon W.