djm3801
171 posts
Jul 08, 2009
5:44 PM
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I have been playing around with slowdown software. NOt concerned about paying for it. Just want the easiest ot use. Riffster does not play my Itunes files. Slowdowner and Transcribe! both do. Amazing Slowdowner is often spoken of but interface on Transcribe! looks pretty neat. Anyone use both to any great degree? Comments welcome.
Thanks.
Dan
Last Edited by on Jul 08, 2009 5:45 PM
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Andrew
413 posts
Jul 09, 2009
12:20 AM
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I can't really help.
I used the amazing slowdowner when I was a total beginner because blues harp was all new to me and a lot of SBW.I's riffs were too fast for me to hear, but now I'm more confident, I can use my ears more and don't bother with software. Probably when I'm a better player and get more ambitious, I'll use it again.
Last Edited by on Jul 09, 2009 12:20 AM
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mickil
336 posts
Jul 09, 2009
2:37 AM
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I'd echo what Andrew said. The more familiar I become with the idioms of blues harp the less I need to slow stuff down in order to work it out.
As for the Slowdowner, I've never used it. I found that Windows Media Player lets you alter the playback speed while maintaining the pitch. I might not be as good, but it's still useful.
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimHarpMick
Last Edited by on Jul 09, 2009 2:39 AM
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bluesnut
85 posts
Jul 09, 2009
3:28 AM
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I use the slowdowner and I can get wav and itunes files on it but only one file/playlist at a time. I like it and use it often. It helps with bringing out the music within the music. To me it was worth the money.
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RyanMortos
219 posts
Jul 09, 2009
5:36 AM
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Id really like to learn to transcribe music Im hearing to harp tab. Any suggestions? I guess I should start with transcribing harp using the guess the key from the root note method but Id eventually like to transcribe everything. I heard that I liked.
I guess thats the point of slowdown software? To make it easier to transcribe? Im running a mac & I dont believe amazing slowdowner makes an os x version.
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~Ryan
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
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MrVerylongusername
415 posts
Jul 09, 2009
6:28 AM
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Ryan - don't despair, there is an OsX version!
http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldox.htm
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addict
6 posts
Jul 09, 2009
7:35 AM
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Bothe applications can be downloaded and tried for free. Why not try them both? Decide for yourself.
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mr_so&so
159 posts
Jul 09, 2009
8:39 AM
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Here's another good one and it's free: http://www.sonicvisualiser.org/
Works great as a slowdowner, but does much more.
Here's the blurb from their site:
"The aim of Sonic Visualiser is to be the first program you reach for when want to study a musical recording rather than simply listen to it.
We hope Sonic Visualiser will be of particular interest to musicologists, archivists, signal-processing researchers and anyone else looking for a friendly way to take a look at what lies inside the audio file.
Sonic Visualiser is Free Software, distributed under the GNU General Public License and available for Linux, OS/X, and Windows. It was developed at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London."
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Greg Heumann
99 posts
Jul 09, 2009
9:24 AM
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I use Slowdowner on the Mac - and it works great for me. I've used it to slow down and loop sections of a tune for practice, and to pitch-shift tunes to find the key I want to play them in. Then I can send that version to the whole band for practice. Couldn't be easier to use - just drag and drop a file and go to work.
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/Greg
http://www.BlowsMeAway.com
http://www.BlueStateBand.net
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JoshTheMagish
63 posts
Jul 09, 2009
9:38 AM
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ill have to try these out soon. I need to buy a E harp, so I can have a stab at tabbing out Mark Hummels creeper returns
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Pluto
4 posts
Jul 09, 2009
2:07 PM
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djm,
Thanks for the tip. I tried the trial Slowdowner and loved it. Earlier this week I asked if anyone had the "tab" of rocker. This is just as good, if not better. $30 is nothing compared to the hours spent with a mouse on iTunes.
I like to know how something was played originally before changing it.
Great blog Adam. In the month since I joined, I've learned two very valuable tips.
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mickil
338 posts
Jul 09, 2009
2:10 PM
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mr_so&so,
Thanks for that. It looks a bit more sophisticated than Media Player. Hope to see/hear you in the contest.
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'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchen; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty' - Frank Zappa
http://www.youtube.com/user/SlimHarpMick
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KeithE
17 posts
Jul 09, 2009
2:37 PM
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I'm using the amazing slowdowner on an iPod Touch for practice, and am satisfied. The iPod version has fewer features than the Mac/PC version but is also cheaper. The only pain is that you have so upload your music over a wifi link because Apple won't give applications access to the iTunes library.
If you're interested in transcribing I would take a look at the transcribe! trial. I tried it out a couple of years ago and thought that overlaying the spectrum on a piano keyboard was a good idea.
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djm3801
172 posts
Jul 09, 2009
2:47 PM
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I downloaded both - slowdowner has more mentions on web sites but Transcribe! seems to have a better interface. They are both about $50. The thing is that full price versions sometimes haev things that trial versions do not. I guess no Transcribe! users here. But some good feedback.
Dan
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djm3801
173 posts
Jul 09, 2009
7:37 PM
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Well, tried them both again and more carefully. Then downloaded a lesson from Adam and, suprise, there it was - he was using slowdowner and pointed out a couple of things. I am going with that one.
Dan
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