CD Slowdown Softwares?

[Wolf Child]

Never used one but it sounds like a great idea.

I read somewhere that Eddie Van Halen used to slow down his records to learn solos.

I have Guitar Pro but in that you have to rely on someone elses interpretation and their tab.

I think I'd like to try learning by hearing rather than reading.

Any recommendations?

[armann]

!Slow down and transcribe with Roni Music software - slow down the speed of music without changing the pitch

This is what I use and it's really good.

Works for Mac and Pc.

[WhippingPost]

Originally Posted by Wolf Child

I think I'd like to try learning by hearing rather than reading.

Any recommendations?

You'll find your playing will improve quite a bit when you quit relying on your vision, and rely on your ears to tell you what to play.

I use Best Practice. It might not be the best out there, but it's free, and it most certainly works.

[BadBoy House]

I use amazing slow downer. It can slow down CDs as well as mp3s and all other music files without changing the pitch.

Works great.

[Shai`tan]

I use the Amazing Slowdowner as well.

[stinger]

I use Guitar and Drum Trainer4. Works great. YUou can loop those parts that are tough and prctice them slowly or isolate that tough note you are trying to figure out.

[Wolf Child]

Originally Posted by WhippingPost

You'll find your playing will improve quite a bit when you quit relying on your vision, and rely on your ears to tell you what to play.

That's what I'm working towards.

Thanks

[Morrislives]

Has anyone heard anything about the TASCAM GT-R1?
I was in GC the other night and the sales kid said it was a nifty little device.

I've used Amazing Slowdowner but found that the pitch variation tends to "distort" the audio somewhat and I can barely make out the guitar sometimes. The GC sales kid said that the GT-R1 can actually "delete the guitar track" which I found hard to believe.

After he said that I gave him a "don't bullshit me" look.

[BadBoy House]

I've seen the tascam thing online and it's had some good reviews.

I tend to use the save feature in amazing slow downer and then save the slowed down track to my iPod to play along to.

[Wolf Child]

Sure wish I could find a way to get the program cheaper than $50................

know what i'm sayin'?

[BadBoy House]

Originally Posted by Wolf Child

Sure wish I could find a way to get the program cheaper than $50................

know what i'm sayin'?

i heard a chap down the pub mention something about torrents although I think we might have been discussing rainy weather at the time....

[armann]

Just check the torrent sites.

[Wolf Child]

*wink*

[wkriski]

I used to slow down records by lowering the record player RPM to 33 but it lowered things an octave (yeah I'm old). Amazing slow downer is the best. I used to try to avoid buying stuff but $50 is a pretty small investment for a lifetime of value, wouldn't you agree

[Shai`tan]

"I've used Amazing Slowdowner but found that the pitch variation tends to "distort" the audio somewhat and I can barely make out the guitar sometimes."

Oddness. I have never experienced this. But I have a 3 gig cpu and 2 gigs of fast DDR2 ram. *shrugs* The Slowdowner works perfectly for me.