Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 01:38 PM

Goldwave lets you do this, among many other things.

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: GUEST,pavane
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 12:45 PM

(As a software author, I have to agree with clansfolk.)

I have seen another one called Slow Speed CD. The demo seems to work OK, but I haven't checked the output quality on a good system.

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: BTMP
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 12:41 PM

On my new computer I have the Sound Blaster Audigy II sound card. This provides the capability of slowing down or speeding up CDs and maintaining the same pitch. You can also apply effects such as reverb, etc.

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 05:11 AM

There are freebie utilities for doing this, so nobody gets ripped off. I don't have time right now to search for one, but if you do ...

BTW, the sound quality is usually awful, but good enough to play along with.

Steve

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: clansfolk
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 04:40 AM

ClintonHammond

"Or you PM someone who knows thing one about it and they hack it for ya and ya get it for free"

I presume you work for nothing? - I thought Mudcat was here to promote music NOT theft?

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 01:19 AM

Goldwave and Cooledit both do this jes' fine.

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: Blackcatter
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 01:06 AM

I just gently place my finger on the CD . . .

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:43 PM

"To upgrade to the full version, you pay them about £20 (memory fails me, but it's not much), and they send you a password."

Or you PM someone who knows thing one about it and they hack it for ya and ya get it for free!

:-)

Pay for software?? Pffft...

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: BanjoRay
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 08:42 PM

By far the best and easiest way to do this is a piece of software called The Amazing Slowdowner, which you can find here.
The free version lets you work on the first couple of tracks of a CD, so you find out how easy and useful it is to use. To upgrade to the full version, you pay them about £20 (memory fails me, but it's not much), and they send you a password.
It lets you slow down whole tracks or bits of tracks, or just a little riff, and you can slow it exactly how much you need to. You can also change the pitch if its not in tune with your instrument. I'd have given my right arm (that can't be right) for one of these when I was learning the banjo.
Ray (absolutely no connection with Roni Music, just a very satisfied customer)

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: open mike
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 07:56 PM

there is a cd recorder from marantz that has that feature built in for play back. it also will play back at a different pitch--lower or higher by an octave and keep the same time. the slow/fast play back mode does not change the pitch just the speed. these machines cost a pretty penny
but have interesting features. http://www.marantz.com/
http://www.marantzpro.com/

Subject: RE: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 06:59 PM

Ya... get a ripper and make the CD file into an MP3... then use WINamps downloadable "Slower-Downer" to slow the MP3...

Figuring out how to do this on your own from here will be good for ya!

:-)

Subject: Tech: Slowing down tunes on CDs
From: SallyM
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 06:42 PM

I'm not much of a techie I'm afraid, but I understand there is a downloadable programme available that will slow down CDs yet still retain the original pitch. I'm finding it a little difficult trying to learn fast fiddle tunes from CDs and something like this would make things much easier for a simpleton like me. Does anyone have any info on this please ?