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Jeff Hyman


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West Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 2:22 pm    
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Hello All,
Sorry if I may be posting in the wrong section, but it's been
a long time since I've been away from this Forum.
QUESTION: Is there a unit (for practice) that will allow to slow down a song, and at the same time NOT lower the Key ?
Any help and feedback is appreciated.

JeffShobud@gmail.com
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Carl Kilmer


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East Central, Illinois
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 3:28 pm    
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Audacity is a good totally free program. You can change the speed
up or down without changing the key, and you can also change the
key and do a lot of other things with it, like add a click count at the
beginning of a track so you know where to start it.
I use this program all the time for myself and for teaching.
Check it out or download it here. http://www.audacityteam.org/
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Jeff Hyman


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Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:11 pm    
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Carl,
thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded the program and got a
warning it may contain a virus. I'm running Windows 7 Pro.
Any known problems with viruses on this product?
NOTE: I am not a Windows guy. I was impressed they have a Linux version but I have no Linux laptop.
I've involved with Unix/Linix since 1983. www.CACTUS.com
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Jeff Garden


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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:37 pm    
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Hey Jeff, you might take a look at riffstation. I believe they have a free trial copy you can download and if you decide to purchase it it's not real expensive..$25? Here's a youtube video about it - there are also other youtube demos people have done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0HxLDPYcU

for some reason I can't get the riffstation site to load tonite but it's at www.riffstation.com

I've found it real handy for transcribing steel parts. Not only will it spit out the basic chords as the song tracks along in sort of an oscilloscope presentation, but you can also slow things way down without changing the key...or you can deliberately change the key if you want. You also can somewhat isolate instruments (depending on how it was recorded) if you're trying to concentrate on bass, guitar or steel.

I heard it reviewed on Bryan Daste's steel podcast site and decided to try it out...so far so good.
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Earnest Bovine


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Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:44 pm     Re: Playback Unit that loweres speed but keeps Key
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Jeff Hyman wrote:
slow down a song, and at the same time NOT lower the Key ?


Windows Media Player can do that, and it's included free with the Windows operating system.
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Jeff Hyman


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West Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 4:57 pm    
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Jeff,
From the screen shots it appears this is a piece of hardware
yet I'm not convinced it's not a software product. This is a dumb question, but is this product a hardware unit running software, or just software installed on a PC ?
The product looks really good! Thanks!
Jeff
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Carl Kilmer


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Post  Posted 9 Jun 2015 7:54 pm    
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Jeff, Audacity does not contain any viruses. I've been using it for years.
I have it on all my computers which are all Windows XP and my new Win 8.1.
I'm using version 2.0.6 the newest version is 2.1.0, if you want to use it,
make sure you download Lame as well. You'll need it and it's also free.
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Steve Hitsman


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Waterloo, IL
Post  Posted 10 Jun 2015 3:28 am    
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http://tascam.com/product/mp-gt1/
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Jeff Garden


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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
Post  Posted 10 Jun 2015 3:54 am    
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Hey Jeff,
Riffstation is software you can download to your PC.
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Mike Terry

 

From:
Galesburg Il
Post  Posted 10 Jun 2015 4:14 am    
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I use the Amazing Slow Downer for that. It works great.
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Wayne Morton


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Tishomingo, Okla
Post  Posted 10 Jun 2015 6:34 am    
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Amazing Slow Downer is the best product I've seen.
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Ken Pippus


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Langford, BC, Canada
Post  Posted 10 Jun 2015 9:50 am    
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Reiterating an answer above, Windows Media Player, free and installed on most PC's, will play your whole music library at half speed for free.
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Mike Archer

 

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church hill tn
Post  Posted 11 Jun 2015 3:24 pm     speed
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what Ken said go down to the play point

right click choose lower speed

if you have media player

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Earnest Bovine


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Post  Posted 12 Jun 2015 11:51 am    
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in Windows Media Player
right click on empty space somewhere in the player window
Place the mouse cursor over "Enhancements"
Click on "Play speed settings"
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Jeff Hyman


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West Virginia, USA
Post  Posted 12 Jun 2015 8:56 pm    
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Thanks for all the great feedback from all you guys.
I'll be taking my Sho~Bud out of storage this weekend
and start testing some of your suggestions.
- Jeff
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steve takacs


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Post  Posted 13 Jun 2015 3:05 am     Apple OSX
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Folks, do any of these work with the Apple OSX operating system? Thx, stevet
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Jim Palenscar

 

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Oceanside, Calif, USA
Post  Posted 13 Jun 2015 6:39 am    
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Amazing Slow Downer will
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Skip Edwards

 

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LA,CA
Post  Posted 13 Jun 2015 7:43 am    
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another vote for the Amazing SlowDowner.
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Paddy Long


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Christchurch, New Zealand
Post  Posted 14 Jun 2015 3:14 pm    
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They even have a phone App for ASD which is great
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Douglas Schuch


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Valencia, Philippines
Post  Posted 15 Jun 2015 1:19 am    
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BestPractice is a free program that will let you slow down, speed up, or change key of songs.
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Tony Glassman


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The Great Northwest
Post  Posted 15 Jun 2015 7:20 am    
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These two together:


1] Audio HiJack: allows you to down load streamed music (e.g. YouTube clip,), CD tracks, Radio tunes, iTune files.....and more

https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/


2]"Amazing Slow-Downer": Allows you to slow down each lick and loop any portion of it

http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldox.htm
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Doug Palmer


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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 15 Jun 2015 1:51 pm     Slow speed
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There are a lot of drummers around here that do that for you.
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Mike Archer

 

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church hill tn
Post  Posted 17 Jun 2015 7:30 am     drummers
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yeah theres a few drummers around here that can speed up too as opposite that is

hence forth a joke....

how can you tell when a drummer is knocking on your door??

the knock speeds up and slows down.....
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Ken Pippus


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Langford, BC, Canada
Post  Posted 17 Jun 2015 9:59 pm    
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And he doesn't know when to come in.
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Alex Shi


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Taiwan
Post  Posted 18 Jun 2015 10:55 pm    
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Since you are a Linux user, Play it Slowly will do all you need and some more.
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/play-it-slowly-play-back-your-audio-files-at-a-different-speed-or-pitch.html

You can even mark the start and end position of portions of the track so you practice just certain parts with automatic replay. I use it all the time. And it's free.
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