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Subject:first-timer Posted by: lookin2myz Date:8/18/2001 12:12:34 PM O.K...all you Sonic Gurus< . .I have never used a cd editer before....but I am really looking forward to many hours of learning and creating, so i'm sure you will be seeing alot of me in here. As for right now, how do I take a regular downloaded mp3, from the net, "slow it down" and burn it onto a CD??? any/all help and advise greatly appreciated future DJ femme.....Lookin2myz
Subject:RE: first-timer Reply by: jgalt Date:8/18/2001 1:43:58 PM Hi. I'm far from being a guru - I'm barely past the goo stage. I'll offer a couple of possibilities for you to experiment with. There are 2 options within Sound Forge that might be of help to you. One is called "Time stretch" - that might give you what you seek. The other is under Process/Re-sample. Uncheck the box that has a check mark in it and check "Set the sample rate only" box. Do not resample. This part gets a little sticky - If you want the song to play slower, you need to set the sample rate faster than what it currently is, ie, IF the current sample rate is 44,100 make it 44,900, listen to it. If that doesn't slow it down enough, try a new sample rate of 45,000 or higher - experiment and listen. Conversely, if you wanted to song to play faster, make the new sample rate less then the current setting. Be aware that doing this can make vocalists sound a bit weird ~ the tiny tenor becomes macho man ~ basso profundo can sound like he's setting on a cake of ice. I don't use Sound Forge to make CD's so I'll let those with experience in using the program for that use give you some tips. After re-reading what I have just written, I also offer my apologies along with my confusing suggestions.
Subject:RE: first-timer Reply by: Rednroll Date:8/19/2001 10:36:37 AM The time-stretch is your best option if you don't want to change the pitch of the song, but just want to change the tempo. Changing the sample rate to speed and slow up a song is really not good practice, you will run into other problems once you start locking up digital devices to each other. The better method of doing this same effect would be to play around with the "pitch-shift" command under the effects menu. Here you can change the pitch in the same regards that would happen while changing the sample rate, and it also has a check box if you would like to change only the pitch and keep the same length duration. Hope this helps, Brian Franz

Subject:first-timer

Posted by: lookin2myz

Date:8/18/2001 12:12:34 PM

O.K...all you Sonic Gurus<
.
.I have never used a cd editer before....but I am really looking forward to many hours of learning and creating, so i'm sure you will be seeing alot of me in here.

As for right now, how do I take a regular downloaded mp3, from the net, "slow it down" and burn it onto a CD???

any/all help and advise greatly appreciated

future DJ femme.....Lookin2myz

Subject:RE: first-timer

Reply by: jgalt

Date:8/18/2001 1:43:58 PM

Hi. I'm far from being a guru - I'm barely past the goo stage. I'll offer a couple of possibilities for you to experiment with. There are 2 options within Sound Forge that *might* be of help to you. One is called "Time stretch" - that might give you what you seek. The other is under Process/Re-sample. Uncheck the box that has a check mark in it and check "Set the sample rate only" box. *Do not resample.* This part gets a little sticky - If you want the song to play slower, you need to set the sample rate faster than what it currently is, ie, IF the current sample rate is 44,100 make it 44,900, listen to it. If that doesn't slow it down enough, try a new sample rate of 45,000 or higher - experiment and listen. Conversely, if you wanted to song to play faster, make the new sample rate less then the current setting. Be aware that doing this can make vocalists sound a bit weird ~ the tiny tenor becomes macho man ~ basso profundo can sound like he's setting on a cake of ice.

I don't use Sound Forge to make CD's so I'll let those with experience in using the program for that use give you some tips.

After re-reading what I have just written, I also offer my apologies along with my confusing suggestions.

Subject:RE: first-timer

Reply by: Rednroll

Date:8/19/2001 10:36:37 AM

The time-stretch is your best option if you don't want to change the pitch of the song, but just want to change the tempo. Changing the sample rate to speed and slow up a song is really not good practice, you will run into other problems once you start locking up digital devices to each other. The better method of doing this same effect would be to play around with the "pitch-shift" command under the effects menu. Here you can change the pitch in the same regards that would happen while changing the sample rate, and it also has a check box if you would like to change only the pitch and keep the same length duration.

Hope this helps,
Brian Franz