Help need for playback and transport

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#1

Is there a way to change playback speed like in youtube (2x 1.5x 0.5x) cause every time when i need to adjust the playback speed i will have to manually copy and change all needed tracks using stretch mode.

I do this mainly to analyze and learn the song with guitar.

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Record as to tape
#2

https://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/the-transport-bar/

There is no section header for it, but under the table of descriptions of the playback controls is a description of the Shuttle Speed Control, which is likely to do what you want and more. To get it to jump to exact values may be a bit more tricky, can’t remember if there are keyboard shortcuts available for that or not, but it wouldn’t take much to create a couple of basic LUA scripts and bind those instead most likely.

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#3

AFAIK the Shuttle Speed Control alters also the pitch of the audio (like speeding up a tape would). In the OP is mentioned stretch mode: that means he most probably wants to change only the speed. He also references Youtube videos—where this is possible.

I would also like to have the possibility to change the reproduction speed without altering the pitch, actually.

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#4

Ahh good point, not sure why I didn’t think of that.

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#5

thank you for the feedback though yes i do use it like how Piergi has mentioned above.

#6

You could load https://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-repitch in Ardour’s master-bus. That plugin counter-balances pitch changes when using Ardour’s vari-speed wheel.

However for the case at hand (analyze and learn the song with guitar) you may find https://www.teuton.org/~gabriel/stretchplayer/ more useful (it’s packaged for most GNU/Linux distros).

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#7

And once again Robin has the tool to fix it…

That being said, I also agree with Robin that the answer is likely to use another player for learning the part and use Ardour for recording and editing.

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#8

Thanks Robin Gareus just discovered x42-plugins they’re really simple and good.
The re pitch plug seem to do the trick but I’m only able to fast forward or rewind in Ardour.
Is there a way to do slow forward?

The stretch player is a useful utility but I load backing tacks,isolated tracks,original song and such in a session.I also like hearing my own playing so i usually record and play around with metronome.

I’m mostly doing this to be comfortable with Ardour.

Thanks.

#9

I could use another player but this is easily doable in other daws so i thought i had missed some thing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

#10

Ah just found the way be able to slow forward.The quality of sound is a bit compromised but it works for quick listen but sadly I’ll have continue using stretch mode for proper sound quality.

Thanks to everyone in this forum.
Thank you all.

#11

What about putting a rate shifter plugin on the track?

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#12

rate shifter plugin?
could you recommend me one?

#13

I think there are two included with Ardour, just take a look in the plugin browser.

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#14

can’t find one only see pitch shifters.
what’s the name?

Ahh I’m tired of looking at all the work arounds.
The re-pitch plug seem to work good enough for quick listens.

Appreciate your suggestion though.

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