[ale] slowing down an audio file

[James Taylor]

I can confirm audacity works well. I've used it to slow down music for a friend that teaches dance.
-jt
 
 

James Taylor
678-697-9420
james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com



>>> Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> 1/6/2012   01:00 AM >>> 
Audacity, and it will even retain the pitch for a few extra CPU cycles.
On Jan 6, 2012 12:34 AM, "Tim Watts" <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:

> Any one know of a tool that will allow me to play an audio file (wav) at
> a slower speed (and ideally rewrite it at that speed as well)?
>
> I tried monkeying with mplayer's -srate option but that just degrades
> the quality without slowing the pace.
>
> I have some readings by Eudora Welty and the first track is so fast I
> can barely follow along.  It's like she had 20 espressos beforehand.  I
> believe the publisher did some kind of time compression on it so that it
> would fit on one CD.  These were all recorded in 1956 but the pitch of
> her voice on the 1st track is noticeably higher than the others (but it
> doesn't have that chipmunk effect so they may have done some tweaking as
> well).
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
>
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