Slowgold software

gypsyjazzer

Hi,

Has anyone experience of the "Slowgold" (slowgold.com) software for slowing down music tracks?

On another, but related topic (see my topic in "Gypsy Repertoire"), does anyone know of a transcription (standard notation and/or tab) of Django's great solo on "Moonglow" recorded on the 21st October 1934? It's listed as track 15 on Vol 4 of the Integrale Django Reinhardt series by Fremeaux & Associes.

Stuart

Jack

I haven't used slowgold, but I've gotten good results with Transcribe:
http://www.seventhstring.com/

Good luck,
Jack.

Barengero

I don´t know slowgold, but you should have a look on this, too:

http://www.ronimusic.com/

Best,

Barengero

Laurent

The best tools I have found so far for slowing down tempos and looping sections are both plug-ins for the Winamp media player available at winamp.com

Once you have the player from Winamp.com you can add a slow downer plug-in called chronotron, available here;

http://winamp.com/plugins/details.php?id=138562

The new version of chrontron has both time and tempo stretching, individual as well as working them together.

There is another plug-in called Loop Master that loops sections of tracks, you simply select the start and finish points.

Its available here; http://www.companyinfo.com/loopmaster/

The best part is you can run both of these plug-ins at the same time, so that you can slow down a section and loop it, maintaining the key.

And the price is right as well....


Regards
L

Josh Hegg

I have used both and Transcribe! is the way to go. Hands down

Cheers

djangology

yep, Transcribe is the way to go. after i set up a loop I can save it to a file and i can play the loop later. i save all the loops i work on and it saves a lot of time for me.

Josh Hegg

Also after saving a slowed down file you can rip it to MP3 and burn it to a CD. I like to do this so I can use a portable CD player with head phones so I can practice any place not just in front of my computer.


Cheers

djangology

oh crap, i never thought of that.... sweet man, sweet!

Josh Hegg

Never knew it was so easy to make you happy!

gypsyjazzer

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the helpful advice - really useful to get the advantage of everyone's views and experience.

Although as nobody has yet mentioned a transcription of "Moonglow", I guess I've got to (a) buy a copy of Transcribe, and (b) knuckle down and work a version out myself!

I know - it'll be 'character building'.

Cheers,
Stuart

djangology

ack! that song is a real drag. if you want some fun then try Blue Drag, Melodie au Crepescule, Tears, Anouman, or Djangos Castle. Any of those is far cooler, but maybe from your european point of view you think the opposite of me? In any case, I stick to Djangos tunes because they are quite simply superior. *Just My Opinion*