Thread: Recording audio
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Kickaha
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2007-02-14, 13:58

Ran into a gotcha, and thank god for GarageBand.

The tapes are anthropological interviews, recorded on... a dictation machine. Dictation machines, for those who don't know, can record at 1/2 the tape speed of 'normal' audio machines. (Most are variable, that just happens to be what this was set to.) They're also pretty poor recordings.

So... record at 240bpm, then when done, drop to 120bpm and -12 in pitch to get it sounding 'right'. A little tweaking with the audio units to clarify it, and voila. She's going to be adding markers in a podcast track to keep it organized. Pretty danged slick.
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