i found a great program for slowing down fyi

[john1880]

i have been trying to figure out the intro to :mean streets" forever. i've always had it close and closer than most people, but i knew there was something slightly off.
i have this program called audacity, i got it free from download.com, and with it i took that intro part, slowed it down to half speed and brought it back to pitch. now i can hear what's going on and i learned it correctly!
and forget about tabs for that intro. i looked at maybe 20 of them and they were all wrong.
another thing i use it for is to change pitch on songs. i tune to E flat so if a song is in E, i'll bring down the pitch 1/2 step for learning purposes.

[Lefty Robb]

Everyone knows about Audacity...

[waylay00]

Audacity is a killer app, especially for the FREE pricetag.

[Dragon Slayer J]

i have an amazing program for doing that. amazing slow downer its called. very good. does pitch shift and everythin for if i can't be bothered to change tunings.

[sirbrandon101]

Originally Posted by Dragon Slayer J

i have an amazing program for doing that. amazing slow downer its called. very good. does pitch shift and everythin for if i can't be bothered to change tunings.

I also have that. It's a decent program considering it's free.

[IbanezGirl]

Originally Posted by Dragon Slayer J

i have an amazing program for doing that. amazing slow downer its called. very good. does pitch shift and everythin for if i can't be bothered to change tunings.

I've used that program also. It's a great little program. Haven't tried Audacity, must check it out!

[john1880]

hey, that amazing slow downer is even better for this. thanks!

[caprile]

I use this little plugin for winamp called "Slow Me Down", it gives you half speed with correct pitch, and it's really light (like 40 kb!)

[dex]

You guys do know that Windows Media Player does that too.....

[C.Thep]

Originally Posted by dex

You guys do know that Windows Media Player does that too.....

really? how?

[dex]

You have to select the "Show enhancements" option - it's one of them.

Media Player has had it since version 9 - keeps the pitch right so you can learn tricky/fast parts.

[Lefty Robb]

except it can't go slower than 1/2 speed.

[john1880]

if someone can't figure something out at 1/2 speed, stick to david gilmore solos. ;-)
that's pretty cool. i found it in my WMP. thanks dex! the cool thing about the audacity is you can edit it and save it too. they all work great though...

[john1880]

oh, the "amazing slow downer" sounds much better though. the WMP thing loses quality when slowing it down.

[Goat_Slaughter]

Thats awesome never new knew that. about windows media player.