Slow mo video and audio software

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Computer programs that slow down audio and/or video files to allow guitarists to learn riffs and solos are a basic tool for anyone who wants to learn to play guitar. So here’s the major players in the music slowdown field:
Slo Mo Director
Slo Mo Director slows down video so you can see and hear what you want to learn. Watching HOW a guitarist plays certainly adds a dimension to hearing WHAT he plays
“Learn at least 3 times faster than normal watching the same video in a completely different way!
The best part about using video as a learning tool is the fact that you can watch as many repetitions as you want. The teacher or instructor in the video never gets bored or tired and will keep repeating the lessons every time you hit the play button.
But quite often in video lessons, particularly music lessons, the action is just a bit too quick – especially a tricky little intricate bit. Wouldn’t it be great if that bit was not only repeated but played back more slowly!
Slow motion video is used in many fields involving learning motor skills – Piano – Dancing – Skating – Snowboarding – Hockey – Martial Arts – Magic Tricks – Saxophone – Guitar.
With software for slowing down video you can rip your existing DVD’s using FREE software that you can download from the internet, save them as .WMV and manipulate them with slow mo software programs.
Likewise you can capture Streaming Videos from Websites using FREE software, save them as .WMV files and open them with software for slowing down video.”
Slo Mo Director
Slowgold
“Do you want to learn how to play the hot licks from any CD, MP3 file, or Wave file? With the World Wide Woodshed’s acclaimed music software, it’s easy! With just a couple of mouse clicks, you’ll be playing along with a loop of any phrase from any CD, MP3 file, or Wave file at any speed, at the original pitch, with great sound quality.
SlowGold offers a ton of additional features (see Product Comparison Table) that the hardware units don’t even begin to offer, including pitch shifting, so that singers can transpose recordings to their own key and players can retune recordings that may not be tuned to concert pitch. And bass players can transpose recordings up by an octave to pop out the bass parts even while they slow them down!
SlowBlast! is for musicians who only need its slowdown features on an occasional basis.
Both programs are available to try for free.”
Read more about Slowgold and Slowblast here.
Twist And Burn
“If you want to practise along with guitar or other musical instrument, it can be helpful to slow down music.
With DJ Twist & Burn dj mixing software, you can easily add a sound, and play it back at any tempo without altering the pitch!
1. Add a sound
2. Right click on the sound and select “Edit BPM/Pitch Settings…”
3. Click “Beat Match”
4. Select a new tempo!
5. Click OK
Play the slowed down music. You can also speed up the music, if you don’t care to play it so slowed down.
You can burn this to an audio CD or render it to an MP3, OGG, WAV or WMA file!
Twist And Burn
Riffmaster
“Slow down music to a pace you can play without changing the pitch, and our loop feature allows you to play any Riff or phrase over and over! Also the zoom feature allows you to find the phrase you want to work on – right down to the note!
Rip audio directly off a cd and save as mp3 or wav! We’ve all heard that the best guitarists can play by ear, Right?
Here is your chance to catch up!
27 seconds – that’s all it takes to install our program, then load your favorite track, slow it down and start jamming with the best of the best!”
Slow Down Guitar Music!