Members LiveMusic Posted May 14, 2007 Members Share Posted May 14, 2007 Is there any free software that can bump the pitch up a whole step on a WAV or MP3 file and not change the tempo? If there is such a thing but it's not free, mention it. I'd like to know if it can be done. I mean a mixed song, music and vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members temnov Posted May 14, 2007 Members Share Posted May 14, 2007 I just made it in Cubase C4, - 4 cents. Or you can use Melodyne Studio 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LiveMusic Posted May 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 14, 2007 Thanks for the info. Yikes, those programs are $500. Anyone know of a free way to do it? I actually do have a need for it right now to transpose a demo or two for bandmates but not an ongoing thing worth $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted May 14, 2007 Members Share Posted May 14, 2007 Mail me the mp3s and I do it for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted May 14, 2007 Members Share Posted May 14, 2007 This one is cult, and for free: Paul's Extreme Sound Stretchhttp://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/ I just made a film soundtrack for an art performance where I stretched the track by the factor x16, plus tuning it down 1600 cents. I use it also for transcribing difficult music with exotic ornamentation, i.e. indian raga's. However I never used it to stretch just a halftone, it is as said for extreme sound stretch and detuning, and the program plays the processed sound in real time. There are three modes:The "Stretch" mode - may stretch up to 10,000 timesThe "HyperStretch" mode - may stretch up to 1,000,000,000 timesThe "Shorten" mode - it reduces the length of the sound . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 14, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 14, 2007 Thank you Angelo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigb Posted May 14, 2007 Members Share Posted May 14, 2007 Audacity will also do this - "change pitch" in the Effects menu (after doing Project->Import Audio to bring in the mp3). Then save it off as an mp3 (File->Export As MP3). You do have to download an mp3 encoder separately but they have instruction in their FAQs on how to get the LAME encoder. http://audacity.sourceforge.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted May 15, 2007 Members Share Posted May 15, 2007 I can change keys in Pro Tools without changing the tempo, but most of the time it dosen't sound very good, espesially the Bass and Elec Keyboards suffer the most. ???? Recently someone was over with some Karaoke tracks and I tried to pitch change them in PT and we had better luck using their Karaoke machine and just grabing an output out of that into PT. ???? Surly PT can beat the sound of a Karaoke mach can't it ???? Anybody else with experience on this ??? RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 15, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 15, 2007 I can change keys in Pro Tools without changing the tempo, but most of the time it dosen't sound very good, espesially the Bass and Elec Keyboards suffer the most. ???? Recently someone was over with some Karaoke tracks and I tried to pitch change them in PT and we had better luck using their Karaoke machine and just grabing an output out of that into PT.???? Surly PT can beat the sound of a Karaoke mach can't it ????Anybody else with experience on this ???RussNashville I assume you were using the old DigiRack timestretch plugin? The new free one is pretty good. It's no Serato, which is fabulous, but it is much better than I would have expected. If you haven't yet, check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LiveMusic Posted May 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted May 15, 2007 Audacity will also do this - "change pitch" in the Effects menu (after doing Project->Import Audio to bring in the mp3). Then save it off as an mp3 (File->Export As MP3). You do have to download an mp3 encoder separately but they have instruction in their FAQs on how to get the LAME encoder.http://audacity.sourceforge.net WOW! I had forgotten about this feature. I already have Audacity. It worked! I changed a song from C# to C. It was a stereo WAV file where we recorded all live... keyboard playing bass and drums and guitar and then we played an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, plus vocal over the top of that. For my purposes, I suppose this will work fine. I need to try one where I change it more than one half step and see what happens. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted May 16, 2007 Members Share Posted May 16, 2007 I assume you were using the old DigiRack timestretch plugin? Lee, the one I'm talking about is just in PT AudioSuite "Pitch Shift" is there another one on Digi's site that works better ??? RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 16, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2007 Lee, the one I'm talking about is just in PT AudioSuite "Pitch Shift" is there another one on Digi's site that works better ??? RussNashville Yes there is! Much better.Check it out below... http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?langid=1&navid=71&itemid=4942&ref=time-f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members russrags Posted May 16, 2007 Members Share Posted May 16, 2007 Hey Thanks Lee, I downloaded it, but haven't installed it yet.Do you know if it will work with PT 6.9 ??? RussNashville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 16, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 16, 2007 Hey Thanks Lee,I downloaded it, but haven't installed it yet.Do you know if it will work with PT 6.9 ???RussNashville Ahh. No it won't. I actually upgraded to 7.3 so I could use it. It's real strenth by the way, is drum editing or pocketing. Slice and slide a late hit back in time. Slice just after the previous transient. Time stretch that section under the corrected note. Crossfade. In this scenario, it's almost perfect. Near Serato quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoundWrangler Posted May 18, 2007 Members Share Posted May 18, 2007 Audacity Mac/Win/Linux) is a free download, and for repitching a song for the purpose of learning/singing in a different key will work fine--within limits (i.e., don't expect to shift it 7 semitones without some artifacts).It has to expand MP3s into WAVs to edit them first; but that only takes it a few seconds, and they also provide a download so that you can recompress to MP3 format.It's quite a handy little program for many purposes, even for those of us who have more full-featured DAWs. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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