speeding up .wav

[TravisW]

Hey guys,
Would anybody be willing to speed up a .wav file about 20bpm for me, or point me toward a relatively cheap product for doing so? Thanks.

 

[Wolfeman]

You can do that in any DAW.....

But are you looking to preserve pitch?

Or do you care if it sounds like alvin and the chipmunks...

 

[TravisW]

Pitch needs to come up too. Right now, it sounds more like Andre the Giant. Right now, I'm using Kristal, which doesn't have that capability.

 

[grywolf627]

Pitch needs to come up too. Right now, it sounds more like Andre the Giant.

By any chance were the tracks recorded at 48Khz, and you're playing back at 44.1Khz in Kristal?

 

[Wolfeman]

The only products that do a good job at that are pretty expensive like Melodyne... Although, you could try stretching it, which as you said makes it sound deeper, then use one of those freeware pitch shifting plugins to raise the pitch.... It would probably sound very processed though after all that.

 

[cobhc]

Ok, I might be just being stupid here, but if you're speeding up a wav, you're effectively making it shorter, right? So why would speeding it up make it sound like Andre The Giant? And why would you stretch it? And since Travis said the pitch needs to come up too, if he uploads the wav, any of us with Cubase/PT can just load it in and shorten it.

 

[Mutant]

Reaper is your best friend !





track/insert new track
insert/media file
right click on the wav and select item properties
adjust pitch/rate
check various algorithms

 

[Wolfeman]

Ok, I might be just being stupid here, but if you're speeding up a wav, you're effectively making it shorter, right? So why would speeding it up make it sound like Andre The Giant? And why would you stretch it? And since Travis said the pitch needs to come up too, if he uploads the wav, any of us with Cubase/PT can just load it in and shorten it.

Shit my head got turned in knots. I get what he was saying though. Which is why I made the chipmunks comment. But then he said he tried it and it was like Andre. So I thought he changed his wording....

I need a break.

 

[cobhc]

Shit my head got turned in knots. I get what he was saying though. Which is why I made the chipmunks comment. But then he said he tried it and it was like Andre. So I thought he changed his wording....

I need a break.

No problem dude. You did quite well, you had me questioning what the fuck was goin on as well lol.

 

[TravisW]

Thanks for the input--I downloaded Reaper, and that did the trick. In case you were wondering, here's the track in all of its rough-mixed, converted to MP3, converted to wav, sped up, and reconverted to MP3 glory.

Here's how it turned out...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=176274