I was thinking about getting some software so I can slow down music to learn it by ear. I was hoping some of you have tried this and can give me some software recommendations. You know, tell me what is good and which ones to avoid.
Thanks in advance,
-Derek-
The Amazing Slowdowner by Roni. Do an online search.
On 2003-01-19 22:11, tyghress wrote:
The Amazing Slowdowner by Roni. Do an online search.
Or even a search on the board. 
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?topic=3020&forum=1
John
I have been using TRANSCRIBE software, which is distributed as shareware by the folks identified here:
http://www.seventhstring.demon.co.uk/xscribe/
This is one of many software productes out there that slows down the speed without slowing down the pitch. (You can also change the pitch, so that if you are trying to learn a tune that was recorded on an E Flat whistle, you can tweak it down to D (and vice versa, I guess.
You can use it for thirty days on a trial basis, after which you have to option to pay a reasonable one time fee (I belive it was $40.00)if you want to continue with it. I recently re-formatted my hard drive, and the folks at Seventh String were real good about re-upping my copy at no additional cost.
It has features I have not gotten to yet. Mostly, I use it to slow down tough tunes to 60%, 70%, 80%, etc. for use in the car or on those occasions when I’m not at the old PC.
Be well,
Tom D.
I’m with Tommy D. Transcribe is well worth the $40.
It’s useful for trying to figure out a tune. You can isolate sections of the tune (even down to a single note) slow it down and have the individual section repeat over and over until you get it.
At least take the 30 day free trial.
This one is for Jim Mc:
So, was Transcribe of any use to you on the Blooming Meadows? See you tomorrow evening,
Tom D.
The Meadows are not quite Blooming for me yet…
But the night is young.
I got a copy of the Amazing Slowdowner but it only seems to work with MP3 files, not MIDIs or WAVs. Did I set it up wrong or something?
Convert yer wav files to mp3 using something like “musicmatch” or a free utility from
http://www.webattack.com
To slow down midi files get midinotate.
HTH
try http://sharewaredirect.co.uk/
great for slowing down (or speeding up)midi’s
it’s totaly free!
Check out
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-11382/abc.htm#abc
to slow down ABC tunes when learning by ear.
Get the 1600+ free Irish trad tunes, get the shareware player /editor, slow down, transpose to a different key, shift pitch, add backing chords automatically.
From the links:
Get ‘songs’ for kids/learners as they are much easier to remember. Just follow the first link to main ABC pages. Play the .abc files one octave up (put 1 instead of zero in the check box) selecting whistle for melody and acoustic guitar for rythm for best result. If a tune has no rythm track add one automatically in tools to provide tempo. As there are a zillion good collections of tunes in ABC format (or that AbcMus can convert to ABC) from a host of countries on the web you’ll be spoiled for choice. Should keep you going for 20 years or so.
Download another program to convert to sheet music for printing if you want. All this stuff is at Henrik Norbeck’s Abc Tunes. This guy is a music superhero!
DerryMan, are you, in reality, Henrik Norbeck? This is at least the fourth post of yours I’ve seen in the past 24 hours that siad exactly the same thing! I think everyone has gotten your point by now. 
~Larry
Hi!
The Amazing Slowdowner is by far the best and easiest to use in my opiniion. Simple and straight forward to use on direct on CD-audio or mp3 and wav files.
Link:
Roni Music
dtravers, check your private message for P2P
madguy, Derryman is by no chance Henrik, he is probably just new and overenthusiastic, discovering Henriks website. Even if it is old news to many of us on the board I understand and remember the joy and excitement, thousands of new tunes to learn
Henrik Norbeck is in no need to promote his website nor his ABCMuse software.
He is well respected for all his contributions in IrTrad and the load of abc transcriptions that can be found on his website and other tune archives like the O’Neill’s project. He is also an excellent whistle and flute player, taught by Mery Bergin her self. I would love to have him on this board, but I guess he hasn’t the time.
/MarcusR
It was strictly tongue-in-cheek when I asked if he was Henrik!
Ahh, yes, the ecstasy of first finding all these tunes so readily available and easily accessible… I could attempt to learn one new tune a day and not make it through all the ones I have before my time comes.
Who is it that says, “So much music, so little time?”
~Larry
Roni Music also has a slowdown plug-in for WinAmp. It’s simple but it changes speed and changes pitch, which is all I need. It also works with any file type the WinAmp wil play. You will find it at the WinAmp website. (Search Google to get the address.)
Mike
dtravers, you should have it by now
Cheers!
/MarcusR
I have that info now, RM. Thanks a bunch!
-Derek-
No problem!
Let me know if you have any trouble with the
fix.
/MarcusR
On 2003-01-20 03:39, lixnaw wrote:
try > http://sharewaredirect.co.uk/
great for slowing down (or speeding up)midi’s
it’s totaly free!
I’ve just downloaded it, and played Sarabande!
If you can’t read music on a stave ( or even if you can!) try this programme.
Thanks for sharing
edited for wrong smilie 
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[ This Message was edited by: Easily_Deluded_Fool on 2003-01-21 12:06 ]
Was I hallucinating, or did someone somewhere mention software that allows you to slow down the output from a CD? I would find this more interesting than slowing down simple versions of tunes on MIDI databases.