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Hello All,
Sorry if I may be posting in the wrong section, but it's been
a long time since I've been away from this Forum.
QUESTION: Is there a unit (for practice) that will allow to slow down a song, and at the same time NOT lower the Key ?
Any help and feedback is appreciated.

JeffShobud@gmail.com

Audacity is a good totally free program. You can change the speed
up or down without changing the key, and you can also change the
key and do a lot of other things with it, like add a click count at the
beginning of a track so you know where to start it.
I use this program all the time for myself and for teaching.
Check it out or download it here. http://www.audacityteam.org/

Carl,
thanks for the quick reply. I downloaded the program and got a
warning it may contain a virus. I'm running Windows 7 Pro.
Any known problems with viruses on this product?
NOTE: I am not a Windows guy. I was impressed they have a Linux version but I have no Linux laptop.
I've involved with Unix/Linix since 1983. www.CACTUS.com

Hey Jeff, you might take a look at riffstation. I believe they have a free trial copy you can download and if you decide to purchase it it's not real expensive..$25? Here's a youtube video about it - there are also other youtube demos people have done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX0HxLDPYcU

for some reason I can't get the riffstation site to load tonite but it's at www.riffstation.com

I've found it real handy for transcribing steel parts. Not only will it spit out the basic chords as the song tracks along in sort of an oscilloscope presentation, but you can also slow things way down without changing the key...or you can deliberately change the key if you want. You also can somewhat isolate instruments (depending on how it was recorded) if you're trying to concentrate on bass, guitar or steel.

I heard it reviewed on Bryan Daste's steel podcast site and decided to try it out...so far so good.

Jeff Hyman wrote:slow down a song, and at the same time NOT lower the Key ?

Windows Media Player can do that, and it's included free with the Windows operating system.

Jeff,
From the screen shots it appears this is a piece of hardware
yet I'm not convinced it's not a software product. This is a dumb question, but is this product a hardware unit running software, or just software installed on a PC ?
The product looks really good! Thanks!
Jeff

Jeff, Audacity does not contain any viruses. I've been using it for years.
I have it on all my computers which are all Windows XP and my new Win 8.1.
I'm using version 2.0.6 the newest version is 2.1.0, if you want to use it,
make sure you download Lame as well. You'll need it and it's also free.

Hey Jeff,
Riffstation is software you can download to your PC.

I use the Amazing Slow Downer for that. It works great.

Amazing Slow Downer is the best product I've seen.

Reiterating an answer above, Windows Media Player, free and installed on most PC's, will play your whole music library at half speed for free.

what Ken said go down to the play point

right click choose lower speed

if you have media player

mike

in Windows Media Player
right click on empty space somewhere in the player window
Place the mouse cursor over "Enhancements"
Click on "Play speed settings"

Thanks for all the great feedback from all you guys.
I'll be taking my Sho~Bud out of storage this weekend
and start testing some of your suggestions.
- Jeff

Folks, do any of these work with the Apple OSX operating system? Thx, stevet

Amazing Slow Downer will

another vote for the Amazing SlowDowner.

They even have a phone App for ASD which is great

BestPractice is a free program that will let you slow down, speed up, or change key of songs.

These two together:


1] Audio HiJack: allows you to down load streamed music (e.g. YouTube clip,), CD tracks, Radio tunes, iTune files.....and more

https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/


2]"Amazing Slow-Downer": Allows you to slow down each lick and loop any portion of it

http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldox.htm

There are a lot of drummers around here that do that for you.

yeah theres a few drummers around here that can speed up too as opposite that is

hence forth a joke....

how can you tell when a drummer is knocking on your door??

the knock speeds up and slows down.....

And he doesn't know when to come in.

Since you are a Linux user, Play it Slowly will do all you need and some more.
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/play-it-slowl ... pitch.html

You can even mark the start and end position of portions of the track so you practice just certain parts with automatic replay. I use it all the time. And it's free.