| Soniclight |
| (Newbie) |
| 12/11/07 11:15 PM |
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Q: Best QualityTime Stretch Method (Hi to Lo)?
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I haven't posted in years and things have changed here - lol. Not even a place for SX3, it seems, but here goes anyway:
-- My compositions are usually in the 40 to 60 BPM range due to my particular style (think Pink Floyd and such). Most samples are recored in at least 90 BPM and usually higher. As we all know, time-stretching messes with the waveforms, and going down is the worst.
Q: Is there some trick or plugin or script or ?? which could in some way minimize the damage -- such a high-to-low stretched drum beat NOT sounding like a drummer stumbling through an LSD phaser warp?
As an example:
--- Standard image compression for a .jpg image is 4:2:2, but using 4:4:4 is much better since it preserves more of the original data.
So I'm looking for something analogous to this for sound files.
Please note that I live on very limited disability income so I don't have cash to burn.
Thanks.
~ Soniclight/a.k.a. Philip Knight
| BradHoyt |
| (Guru) |
| 12/12/07 09:27 AM |
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Re: Q: Best QualityTime Stretch Method (Hi to Lo)?
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Hello,
There's really no way to get around the quality issues in Cubase when you are slowing down the tempo. Cubase 4 has an improved algorithm, but if you slow the audio down too much, it's still not going to sound that great.
Now Wavelab 6 has an amazing time stretching feature. It actually sounds pretty good when you slow down the audio considerably. It does take quit a while to process. Unfortunately that would mean spending more money, and you'd have to import the audio into Wavelab, time shift it, and the export it and import it back into Cubase.
| Soniclight |
| (Newbie) |
| 12/12/07 05:57 PM |
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Re: Q: Best QualityTime Stretch Method (Hi to Lo)?
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Thanks, Brad, even though it's not-so-good news. I may play around with bumping up the resample rate, then stretch with MPEX or whatever sounds less, uh, stoned - lol.