if you want a slowdowner, and you don’t want to spend any money, now there’s freeware available. http://www.chronotron.com/
i haven’t tried it out myself, i like amazing slowdowner.
If you had tried to download it, you would have discovered it is shareware, not freeware. There is a free trial peroid, after that there is a $26 registration fee.
I have Slowdowner, so I’m not going to download this one.
If it works just as well, it would be cheaper than Amazing Slowdowner, so those with neither, now you know.
oops, sorry,… i downloaded the version all right, but didn’t notice it was shareware.
i found it at the session http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/3250
A completely free program that can do this is Audacity. It has a built in slow-down function, can slow or speed up a track without changing pitch.
Also has a function for changing pitch of a track up or down without affecting speed, useful if you want to play along. You can save the modified tracks once you get them adjusted the way you like.
I like Audacity more and more the more I use it. It’s completely free, open source software.
I use Audacity a lot but I had no idea you could use it like Slowdowner! Thanks Jim.
I do like Slowdowners interface though. The OSX version is very handsome and easy to use, instantly. Audacity takes some bootup time, etc etc.. I have been transcribing a Mayo Indian tune recorded in the field in 5/4 and the Slowdowner is a champion for such a project. An ethnomusicologist’s delight… For $29, its darn near free and well worth it.
You don’t have to pay for this stuff folks.
Download the free Winamp 5 at htttp://www.winamp.com
Convert your CD or file to mp3 using any of the zillion mp3 creation tools out there.
Play it in Winamp using the free, included PaceMaker plugin.
In PaceMaker you can independently adjust pitch, and tempo on the fly, with wonderful results. I use it all the time to bring tunes down to speed and to make them match the pitch of my instrument. It has helped me tremendously.
Chris