Re: A childish rant

in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], George at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 11/05/03 6:16 AM:
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> 
> Then at our last practice, we stopped to retune the guitars a
> half-step down for a few songs "because that's how they are on the
> record". I voiced my reservations about this; about the break in
> momentum in a live setting to tune and retune back again. And so what
> if we have to learn them off the record at home this way, it doesn't
> have to carry over into a performance for paying customers. They won't
> care as long as we do it well. And turns out we didn't do it well - it
> really sucked.
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  I found a nice little inexpensive piece of software called Amazing Slow
Downer. It does more than slow things down. You can speed them up too.
Slowing down or speeding up does not affect the pitch. But, and this is what
helps you when you want to play along with tuned-down songs, you can adjust
the pitch without affecting the speed of the song if you want to. So you
adjust the MP3 or song off a CD to fit standard tuning. If it is only a
matter of one step or so you won't really be able to detect a difference
other than the change in pitch. Even if it's a big switch in key, it can
still be handy, although you may have to put up with playing along with
Alvin and the Chipmunks.
  Amazing Slow Downer may be only for the Mac, but I'm sure there is similar
cheap software for PCs too. Of course, any decent recording software will be
able to do the same task, but that's expensive stuff.

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