What I mean, how do I speedup/slow tracks down. I have been using the time stretch tool which as you know, either elongates or shorten tracks. I have been using that to speed up or slow down tracks, but I want to keep the track the same length. What is a way to do that?
How can you speed it up or slow it down without changing its length?
I assume you mean you want to adjust the pitch up or down whilst keeping the same length?
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Tempo ramping
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No that is not what I meant. I know I can adjust the pitch to have a high or low sound. I am looking for the slow/fast sound but keeping the same length
No that is not what I meant. I know I can adjust the pitch to have a high or low sound. I am looking for the slow/fast sound but keeping the same length
Since this makes no sense at all please provide an example (video or sounds of fore and aft specimen)
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Without me actually having tried it myself, could try stretching it with the âNot preserving pitchâ option enabled. Then put it back to the desired length with preserving pitch enabled.
Quick terminology question I want to ask, as there seems to be an assumption you mean âRegionâ here when you say âTrackâ since the times stretch tool operates on regions,
When you are saying track above do you truly mean region? As then I agree with others, what you are describing (Speed something up which by definition means it takes less time to complete, but still keeping the sound to use the same overall time) in your posts is mathematically impossible. It would be the mathematic equivalent of saying 1/2=1. So I would be curious if you can record a quick demonstration of what you mean using any software that does what you are looking for, so I can see what you are talking about.
If you truly mean track, then what you do with the contents of the track has no bearing on âtrack lengthâ which doesnât really exist in Ardour, but you may be referring to the length of the export of a track, which is defined by your export parameters (Ranges, etc.).
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After some testing, what I want isnât possible. To answer your question, yes I meant a region in a track. I was looking to see if I can make a region of a track gain the same effect as if you slow down your voice without changing the rest of the track.
I tried as you suggested, it didnât turned out how I wanted it, however the end result did leave me a few ideas on ways to use it.
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I still donât really know what effect you are looking for⌠Maybe âThe Infamous Power Cutâ (Infamous Plugins) could be interesting for you?
Can you describe or make a screen recording demonstrating exactly what the effect is you are looking for? You seem to be looking for something that doesnât match your description, have you done this in any other tools?
What do you mean by âslow down your voiceâ ? Only timewise while preserving the pitch ? And do you want to have this effect only at certain points in time ? not for all the track content ?
Maybe this is of some inspiration. When Radiohead recorded Paranoid Android, they slowed it down to make it sound different:
âAll I remember is, we argued about how fast it should be. We had this whole thing about how it had to sound like weâd all taken Mogadon. So we tried to play it as slow as we could but it was never slow enough because we werenât on Mogadon," Yorke explained. "So what we did was, we took an earlier version and slowed it right down, we experimented, you wouldnât know itâs slowed down unless I told you. But it is, because of what Iâm singing you have to have something thatâs not right about it.â
Another source of inspiration could be Sleep Tokenâs âEmergenceâ which uses a slowed-down vocal effect, which is analysed by Rick Beato in this video:
Cheers,
Keith
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Oh but this reminds me, I have a Roland VT-3 lying somewhere in some drawers. I used to use it at parties to have a good laugh with friends and family. I have not touched it in ages but it does pretty much what Beato is talking about at the beginning. Mmm, I may as well check where this thing hides and see what I can do with it in the rehearsal room âŚ
So after rereading the comments and some research, pitch shifting helps with the intended effect I want. Also I looked up the Roland VT-3, I am going to see if I can find a plugin equivalent of it. As I have limited physical space.
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Options here include Rubberband, X42 Autotune and Auburn Sounds Graillon/Inner Pitch.
If the effect in the Beato video is what you are after, the closest I could get was using the free version of Graillion and playing with the formant control.
Cheers,
Keith
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