Looking for "slow downer" software

[NHA2005]

Can anyone recommend "slow downer" software that is good and cheap? I have the trial version of the Amazing Slow Downer but it only works on the first 30 seconds/quarter of a song.

Thanks!

[mando.player]

That long sought after combination of words...good AND cheap.

Audacity can slow down audio, as can GarageBand. I'm about to pull the trigger on the Amazing Slow Downer. I like the looping features and the interface is simple/straight-forward.

I recently picked up the "David Grisman Teaches Mandolin" lessons on CD. It didn't take long to figure out I'm going to need something to assist me in transcribing the audio.

[NHA2005]

So they must be worth it.......

[Larry S Sherman]

I have tried several and really prefer Transcribe. (NFI)



It's easy to use. I just transcribed Will Patton's solo for "Rue de Rosiers" using this and Tabledit. I flip between them to figure out notes then write them down.

You can try it for free.

Here's what they say about the evaluation version: "You may download Transcribe! and use it for 30 days evaluation period for free. If you want to continue using it after that you must buy it."

Larry

[Scott Austin]

Thanks Larry,Great tool
Scott

[NHA2005]

Hey, thanks!

This looks pretty good. I think I need to play around with it, but it's sure nice

[PhilGE]

What Larry said about Transcribe! many times over. I've used it to assist in transcribing as well as learning by ear. It's well worth the money.

-Phil

[Rod Freeland]

Transcribe! is a fabulous program! Check out what various users have said about it:
http://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/reviews.html
R. Freeland

[John Flynn]

Another vote for "Transcribe!" Before I bought it, I A/B compared free download versions with the Amazing Slow Downer, which is also a great program. My conclusion was that ASD was a bit more user friendly, but Transcribe! had better functionality.

If you are really looking for cheap and easy, though, Windows Media Player version 9 and higher will do basic slow downs, using the "Play>Play Speed" pull-down, so you may already have what you need.

[Jon Hall]

The free version of the A Slow downer will play the first two tracks of a cd. You can burn a couple of songs on a disc and study all of the tracks.

[James P]

Best Practice doesn't sound as good as ASD, but it's got all the features you need and it's free.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...Practice.shtml

[pglasse]

For those of you who are Mac based, there's a new entry in the slow down software arena.

I have NOT extensively compared all of the various options but have been briefly using and getting good results with Capo.

http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/Capo/

All the best,

Paul Glasse
Austin, Texas

[Mike Bunting]

For those of you who are Mac based, there's a new entry in the slow down software arena.

I have NOT extensively compared all of the various options but have been briefly using and getting good results with Capo.

http://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/Capo/

Unfortunately, it won't work on anything less that OS 10.5.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Not sure about the others, but IIRC, ASD can import TEF files if that is a selling point for you.

[jim_n_virginia]

Best Practice doesn't sound as good as ASD, but it's got all the features you need and it's free.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime...Practice.shtml

I've been using Best Practice for a few days and it seems to work good. And the you say the best part is it's FREE!

[kjell]

I got Capo last week for $9, and it's very good. The price jumped when it hit 1.0—now it might be a bit harder to swallow. But it's a beautiful little program and actively under development. Hopefully it'll only get better.

[gregjones]

Transcribe! is great. The sound file waveform makes it easy to find exactly which notes or part you're trying to figure out.

[yoods]

I have used Slow Gold for a number of years. I am happy with it, works fine. Here is the web site:

http://www.worldwidewoodshed.com/

[Chuck Naill]

QuickTime Player will slow music files.

chuck

[mando.player]

Ditto on the Capo app for the Mac. It's the first slow down app for the Mac that looks and acts like a Mac app should.

[Jim MacDaniel]

Not sure about the others, but IIRC, ASD can import TEF files if that is a selling point for you.

Retraction: please disregard my last -- I was thinking of TablEdit's ability to import ABC files, and though a cool feature, it has nothing to do with thread.