richard Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Hello I just moved to Windows xp. I have had great success using THE AMAZING SLOW DOWNER on my old computer with ME , but I am having some problems with it on my new computer. If I can't fix this problem does any one have a suggestion for another application tha will slow down music from CDs, mp3, and wav files, and have the features of the slow downer. Thanks, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I just moved to Windows xp. I have had great success using THE AMAZING SLOW DOWNER on my old computer with ME , but I am having some problems with it on my new computer. If I can't fix this problem does any one have a suggestion for another application tha will slow down music from CDs, mp3, and wav files, and have the features of the slow downer. Have you tried contacting Roni Software, the originators of the program? I've found them helpful in the past, even when I was trying to use The Amazing Slow Downer with an old, unsupported version of the Windows operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanne Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 There is a new slowdowner that is free. It seems good, I haven't used it a lot yet but it seems to be working fine. Go to Best Practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lildogturpy Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 While I have to confess to being a Mac only guy, I believe audacity is free and is available for Windows. It does way more than slow things down but I've found it easy enough to use. You can also change the pitch of the playback too. Audacity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Worrall Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Hello I just moved to Windows xp. I have had great success using THE AMAZING SLOW DOWNER on my old computer with ME , but I am having some problems with it on my new computer. I made the same transition (ME to XP and a new PC), but needed to have a code from Roni to get it to work....Roni Music was very helpful, and I had no problems with it. Just send them an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Besser Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I made the same transition (ME to XP and a new PC), but needed to have a code from Roni to get it to work....Roni Music was very helpful, and I had no problems with it. Just send them an email. Same here; the slower downer works even better with XP, once you get it going. Roni Music was quick to respond to my pleas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 Hello Thanks for the helpful feed back. I have been communicating with the ASD people and I hope I can get ASD back working as it did. I appreciate getting the other software suggestions. Thanks a lot. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semaj1950 Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Hello I just moved to Windows xp. I have had great success using THE AMAZING SLOW DOWNER on my old computer with ME , but I am having some problems with it on my new computer. If I can't fix this problem does any one have a suggestion for another application tha will slow down music from CDs, mp3, and wav files, and have the features of the slow downer. Thanks, Richard I use the free Audacity program (the one we are to use for the Concertina Big Band Project) for seemingly more stuff all the time. When you asked the question, I fired it up, and found that by opening a file, going to Edit, telling it to select all, then going to effects and changing tempo, one can slow an entire recording down to 50% of its recorded speed. Thanks for asking the question--I didn't know I could do that--and it's free! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie_Kay Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I use the transcribe program quite a lot - transcribe - it costs a small amount (after a trial period) but it also helps you to transcibe a recording. You highlight part of the waveform and it shows what notes it consists off. You can slow down and speed up and also alter the pitch. It is possible to make very fine adjustments to the pitch which is also useful when a recording is of an instrument that is not at concert pitch. It's worth looking at... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hello again I wonder which of the reccomended softwares allow one to select a phrase of a recording and just loop that? That is the most useful ablility of Amazing Slow Downer for me, along with slowing the music very slow to hear an ornament and also changing the key to help learn a tune originally in another key than what I want to play. Thanks again, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Reid Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I wonder which of the reccomended softwares allow one to select a phrase of a recording and just loop that?... also changing the key to help learn a tune originally in another key than what I want to play. Transcribe! does both of those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Allert Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 i have found SoX (http://sox.sourceforge.net/) to be a very handy sound-manipulation program for all kinds of tasks. it's command-line driven, and it doesn't natively read mp3, but it does a lot. i see the command-line only aspect as an advantage. it does pitch shifting and tempo changing, as well as a lot of other effects. if you're running a debian-based linux, just type "apt-get install sox" as root to install it. here is the windows binary: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sox/sox12177.zip?download there doesn't seem to be an OSX binary on their site, but i think it will compile from source. here are a few quick examples you may find useful. substitute "in.wav" for the file you are processing and "out.wav" for what the output file should be. to slow a file down to half as fast, type: sox in.wav out.wav speed 0.5 to slow a file down without pitch shifting to half as fast, (twice as long), type the following: sox in.wav out.wav stretch 2.0 to pitch shift the file one whole tone sharp: sox in.wav out.wav pitch 200 to pitch shift 3 semitones flat: sox in.wav out.wav pitch -300 as you can see, pitches are specified in cents (1200 cents/octave). i think this is easier than using audacity for these kinds of tasks, but the command-line syntax takes some getting used to. for more information, read the manual. it's a very powerful program Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hi Ritchie, With the transcribe program, when you highlight a portion of the waveform, it tells you what the notes are? How? Standard notation? letter names? Sorry, this is all new to me. Thanks, Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie_Kay Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hi Ritchie, With the transcribe program, when you highlight a portion of the waveform, it tells you what the notes are? How? Standard notation? letter names? Sorry, this is all new to me. Thanks, Helen Hi Helen, it shows a piano keyboard and superimposes the fourier transformed wave form on top. So you can see what the main note is but you'll also see all the harmonics above it. It's very useful if you want to work out what chords someone is playing. It is better of course if there is not too much background music. I tried looking for software that would actually transcribe a tune into notes but nothing does that well. This doesn't try to do the whole job for you but it's very helpful when trying to work something out. You can download a trial version and take a look.... Ritchie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcaplan Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Other advantages of Transcribe: - the sound quality is significantly better than the alternatives that I've tried - you can play directly off the CD is you want, without having to rip the track to disk. A nice piece of software - well worth the modest outlay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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