[ale] slowing down an audio file

[Tim Watts]

Yes, that looks like a much better option.  Thanks.


On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 01:00 -0500, Michael Trausch wrote:
> Audacity, and it will even retain the pitch for a few extra CPU
> cycles.
> 
> On Jan 6, 2012 12:34 AM, "Tim Watts" <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
>         Any one know of a tool that will allow me to play an audio
>         file (wav) at
>         a slower speed (and ideally rewrite it at that speed as well)?
>         
>         I tried monkeying with mplayer's -srate option but that just
>         degrades
>         the quality without slowing the pace.
>         
>         I have some readings by Eudora Welty and the first track is so
>         fast I
>         can barely follow along.  It's like she had 20 espressos
>         beforehand.  I
>         believe the publisher did some kind of time compression on it
>         so that it
>         would fit on one CD.  These were all recorded in 1956 but the
>         pitch of
>         her voice on the 1st track is noticeably higher than the
>         others (but it
>         doesn't have that chipmunk effect so they may have done some
>         tweaking as
>         well).
>         
>         Any tips appreciated.
>         
>         
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