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    Default Awesome FREE!! audio slow down software

    http://download.cnet.com/BestPractic...-10794555.html

    copy and paste this address. Slowing down solos is a great way to practice and learn. In the past, I have bought expensive TASCAM cd players to slow down music, but this software does the same thing, and its FREE!!!! Hope ya'll enjoy

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    +1 on this. I use it too, and it IS fantastic.

    It also has a 2nd slider control that will change the key of playback as well (no change to tempo). That is, if the recording's in E and you want to play it in D or G, just move the slider, and play along in your key.

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    darn, Windows only...

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    WOOOW! This is fantastic! Thank you so much for posting this! You have no idea how much more fun and easy you have made my life! Thanks bunches.
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    Quote Originally Posted by robert.najlis View Post
    darn, Windows only...
    Can't be that good then!

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    Lots of good slowdown apps for Mac.

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    thank you for sharing this. i had used other methods of slowing down stuff, but this is way easier. thanks again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Bunting View Post
    Lots of good slowdown apps for Mac.
    Free? Where?

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    I use something called 'VLC' (VideoLAN) player which is freely available on Win, Mac and Linux. Besides being a really versatile music and video player that's capable of playing just about any format out there, it also has the ability to slow down a song without changing the pitch. It's great for learning tunes. And did I mention it's free AND opensource

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    Free? Where?
    The free ones are for the ipad. Even the ipad version of Capo is only $1.99. mimiCopy is free.

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    It has a few nice features such as looping, and does a good job at pitch changing, but the interface is quirky. The sound quality when slowed down is a bit rough, perhaps only a little better than using Windows Media Player. Can anyone compare the sound quality to the Amazing Slow Downer?

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    I am using Best Practice now and it's OK I was using the SlowBlast and I liked that one a lot I could slow it down to almost a standstill and the sound quality was still good.

    With BestPractice the sound gets messed up if you slow it down too much but hey the price is right eh? LOL!

    SlowBlast stopped working when I got a new computer that had Vista, otherwise I'd still be using it.

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    I paid already and use Amazing Slow Downer on the Mac and it is great but hey, I paid. Then again, it does work nicely and easily.
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    Default Re: Awesome FREE!! audio slow down software

    Quote Originally Posted by sunburst View Post
    Free? Where?
    http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

    Garageband can also do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chip Booth View Post
    It has a few nice features such as looping, and does a good job at pitch changing, but the interface is quirky. The sound quality when slowed down is a bit rough, perhaps only a little better than using Windows Media Player. Can anyone compare the sound quality to the Amazing Slow Downer?
    A while ago I did download the ASD demo to compare it to BestPractice. To my ears the ASD had a lot cleaner sound slowed down, but I still stuck with BP. Mostly b/c it was free, but I was already familiar with the bracketing controls and whatnot.

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    Transcribe! does a great job at slowing down, looping, and much, much more. No financial interest - just a very happy customer.


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    Ive tried to download this with two different browsers now, and on both of them I get an error message saying the application cannot run. Anybody know how to solve this problem?

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    Default Re: Awesome FREE!! audio slow down software

    The Amazing Slow-downer iPhone app is a lot cheaper than the software, and it works great for me!

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    Hey Steffey! Thanx for the program! Now I can figure out Red Rector's speed of light breaks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by barrangatan View Post
    I use something called 'VLC' (VideoLAN) player which is freely available on Win, Mac and Linux. Besides being a really versatile music and video player that's capable of playing just about any format out there, it also has the ability to slow down a song without changing the pitch. It's great for learning tunes. And did I mention it's free AND opensource
    I really like (the program, the program community, etc.) VLC Media Player (referred to earlier in this thread). But for the life of me I can't figure out how to use it to slow down music. Can you provide a bit of instruction on how to use VLC to slow down music?

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    Oops, I found it. Playback/Speed/Slower... (would be nice to be able to assign a keystroke to it)

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    Best Practice is a great program and best of all: free. One thing - when you're loading an audio file, use File->Open, don't try a drag & drop.

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    Another free option for Mac users is this Applescript, which works via Quicktime. Note: make sure you've got the right version of the Quicktime Player installed, as explained on the page linked to above. It's basic but works just fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteffeyGibson View Post
    http://download.cnet.com/BestPractic...-10794555.html

    copy and paste this address. Slowing down solos is a great way to practice and learn. In the past, I have bought expensive TASCAM cd players to slow down music, but this software does the same thing, and its FREE!!!! Hope ya'll enjoy
    This is an old post, but do you have any current suggestions for music slowing software? I looked at this Best Practice one and the reviews were weak.

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    Default Re: Awesome FREE!! audio slow down software

    Is VLC Media Player a video slowdowner. I haven't looked at it cause I'm at work but I've often thought I would like a youtube slowdowner but I've never investigated what is out there for doing that.

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