Re: slowing down cds for practice
- From: "David Moss" <david.nospam.moss@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:47:37 +0200
<resophil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>I actually haven't used v. 9.x in more than a year, having installed v.
> 10 with Service Pack 2 so I'm operating from memory. Here's a
> step-by-step for v. 10:
>
> 1) Click on the Rip tab
> 2) Insert the CD with the desired music file. All the files will show
> up in the browser window.
> 3) Make sure that only the tune you want to rip has a check mark in the
> box next to it.
> 4) Click on the Rip Music button. The process will begin, and WMP will
> rip the file to .wma format and store it in the Library database of WMP
> on your hard drive. You will get a little progress report in the Rip
> Status column.
> 5) REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME OF THE TUNE OR TRACK! This is important
> because WMP may save the actual file in a location that you will have
> difficulty finding. (depending how you have it set up. Read through the
> help files) Hint: there is a search function on the Library tab which
> may be of use finding the file.
> 6) Go to the Now Playing tab and play the tune.
> 7) Change speeds by scrolling through the SRS WOW effects (squarish
> blue arrow buttons) until you get to the Play Speed Settings window.
> Herein lies a slider which will let you manipulate from .5x to 2x (half
> speed to double speed)
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Phil
I wasn't aware of this function in Windows Media Player, it's neat
that it's there. In fact, Phil's instructions are a little more complicated
than needed. Assuming you know how to get music onto your PC
and how to play them in Windows Media Player, all you need to
do is go to the View->Enhancements menu and click on Play
Speed Settings. You don't have to be playing the tune or on
the Now Playing tab to see this menu command, and it doesn't
have to be a WMA file either, it seems to work on all audio file
formats that Windows Media Player supports.
Having said that, I completely agree with Dan and Rick about
Transcribe! Windows Media Player's slowed-down sound quality
sounds really trashy compared to Transcribe!, it doesn't come even
remotely close. In addition, Transcribe! can slow down direct from
the CD as well as from audio files, it lets you loop arbitrary sections
to help you hear what's being played, it displays the waveform as a
graphic which gives you an incredibly easy and intuitive interface for
locating and selecting the section to hear or loop, it lets you mark
sections, measures and beats to orientate yourself in the tune, it lets
you store the slowed down version as an audio file from where you
can burn it to CD if you wish, it does tuning and pitch shifting, and
it does frequency analysis if you're really stumped at recognizing
a particular tone or chord. I also use it for all my home recording
needs.
Like Rick said, splash out the $49 and help support the guys
who write this kind of software. I'm not sure I can think of any
better way for a hobby musician with a PC to spend $49!
.
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