[linux-audio-user] snd sound speed adjustment

[Dave Phillips]

David Haggett wrote:

>On Thursday 16 June 2005 07:11, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
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>>On one of my systems, with a Hoontech card in it, I can use snd to
>>change playback speed without changing pitch.  On another system
>>containing a Soundblaster, snd won't change the pitch.  Is this an
>>expected behavior?
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>I'm by no means an expert, so take this with a liberal amount of salt, but I 
>read somewhere that the creative chipset is locked at a 48000Hz sample rates, 
>and all other rates are produced by resampling in software.
>
>Could it be that snd maintains the pitch by changing to a lower/higher 
>sample-rate in hardware?
>
>BTW - thanks for the pointer.  I've been looking for something that will allow 
>me to slow down guitar solos enough for me to rip them off, this might be the 
>one :)
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Hi David:

  I use Snd for transcribing difficult solos for my students. I 
recommend Audacity to them (because they're all using Windows) and 
they've responded very favorably to it too. The price is right, try 'em 
both. :)

  Btw, I use either an SBLive or an M-Audio card with Snd, I've never 
had problems with the time-stretching (which is really what you want 
instead of pitch-shifting).

Best,

dp