I need recommendations, please, concerning rehearsal playback hardware and software. I want to slow down recordings for rehearsals, but not change pitch.
Hardware. Both Superscope and Marantz market CD players with tempo control, but they only play CD, CD-R, and CD-RW media (not minidisks), and the basic model doesn’t have input lines for using microphones or other playback sources.
Superscope Products
http://www.superscopetechnologies.com/p ... /index.htm
Software. I assume that PC software would perform playback functions from a wide variety of media formats, avoiding high hardware costs, but which programs are best for PCs?
Thanks.
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Slowgold and Slowblast Rehearsal Software
Ever get that dizzy feeling trying to rehearse a circus march?Dean E wrote:. . . I want to slow down recordings for my individual rehearsals, but not change pitch. . . .
Software. I assume that PC software would perform playback functions from a wide variety of media formats, avoiding high hardware costs, but which programs are best for PCs?
Slowgold and Slowblast software slow down and speed up recordings and list for $50/20. I'm thinking of buying Slowgold.
Has anyone evaluated these or other programs?
Slowgold home page
Dean E
[S]tudy politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy . . . in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry [and] music. . . . John Adams (1780)
[S]tudy politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy . . . in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry [and] music. . . . John Adams (1780)
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There is a terrific piece of software called Transcribe! which is written and sold by Seventh String software. It's available with a free demo.
The guy that writes it is a trombonist and guitarist, and was also a post-doc in the Stanford University artificial intelligence lab at one time.
The software lets you alter speed without affecting pitch. It also has a number of other facilities that make it easier to transcribe recordings. Definitely worth a look.
I'm not sure of the current price, but it used to be under $100, which is a real bargain for what you get.
http://www.seventhstring.com/
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The guy that writes it is a trombonist and guitarist, and was also a post-doc in the Stanford University artificial intelligence lab at one time.
The software lets you alter speed without affecting pitch. It also has a number of other facilities that make it easier to transcribe recordings. Definitely worth a look.
I'm not sure of the current price, but it used to be under $100, which is a real bargain for what you get.
http://www.seventhstring.com/
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