carranoj25 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Anyone here use Audacity? Trying to learn a bunch of ACDC songs but their tunings are a little off. I use Audacity but am having trouble adjusting or changing the pitch. Is there a way through Audacity or another program I can just change the song to Eb and be done with it? I have to get these songs in Eb because that's what the cover band plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Anyone here use Audacity? Trying to learn a bunch of ACDC songs but their tunings are a little off. I use Audacity but am having trouble adjusting or changing the pitch. Is there a way through Audacity or another program I can just change the song to Eb and be done with it? I have to get these songs in Eb because that's what the cover band plays. What? rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-RAM Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Guess I'm not following you - why can't you tune to the software (or whatever), learn the songs, and then tune to whatever you want after the fact? "Why, back in MY day, we useta have to lift and drop the tonearm, over and over again, 'til we had the lick down... and we LIKED it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 What?... ...why can't you tune to the software (or whatever), learn the songs, and then tune to whatever you want after the fact?... This. Just tune to AC/DC's pitch and learn the stuff. It's not exactly rocket-science, is it?... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carranoj25 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 I can but with Audacity I can slow parts of the song down and loop certain parts to learn better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Guess I'm not following you - why can't you tune to the software (or whatever), learn the songs, and then tune to whatever you want after the fact? "Why, back in MY day, we useta have to lift and drop the tonearm, over and over again, 'til we had the lick down... and we LIKED it!" I wore out a load of records using exactly that process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I can but with Audacity I can slow parts of the song down and loop certain parts to learn better. but, (maybe I don't follow) you still have to be tuned to the proper pitch of what ever the source is tuned to. Back in the day, we'd have to tune to what ever album we were trying to learn anyway, nothing was ever quite the same from one album to another. things would be off just enough to be "off"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 I wouldn't have the "audacity" to use software to learn songs. I learn the old fashioned way... listen, play, listen again, play etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 ...with Audacity I can slow parts of the song down and loop certain parts to learn better... Can't you simply do as you say, tune it to AC/DC's pitch (in whichever key the slowed down song is in), and transpose it to 'proper' pitch once you know the fingering? What am I missing here?..................................... Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Can't you simply do as you say, tune it to AC/DC's pitch (in whichever key the slowed down song is in), and transpose it to 'proper' pitch once you know the fingering? What am I missing here?..................................... Pip. Agreed. Step 1) Tune your guitar to match the recoding of said song. 2) Loop the heck out of it on audacity. 3) Learn the song 4) Get together with the band, tune to Eb and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Not sure about audacity (so this may not help) but a program called Anytune is what I use to learn nowadays. You can adjust pitch by half steps AND you can adjust tempo without changing pitch. SO you can take an EVH solo and slow it the hell down without changing the pitch to learn it or change the pitch a half step to learn it in whatever key your cover band is playing in. I was a player in the 70's and learned the old fashioned way described elsewhere in this thread. I would have done anything for the capabilities afforded us now with the new technology. Best of luck to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 rct you never fail to crack me up. yes, this is true. Not sure about audacity (so this may not help) but a program called Anytune is what I use to learn nowadays. You can adjust pitch by half steps AND you can adjust tempo without changing pitch. SO you can take an EVH solo and slow it the hell down without changing the pitch to learn it or change the pitch a half step to learn it in whatever key your cover band is playing in. I was a player in the 70's and learned the old fashioned way described elsewhere in this thread. I would have done anything for the capabilities afforded us now with the new technology. Best of luck to you! yep, I got pretty good at picking up the needle and sitting it back down where i needed it. like I mentioned before, these youngsters today ... try learning a song / solo off an 8-track ... why in my day ... and i was grateful ... I use a Tascam Guitar trainer. does the same thing that this Acrobat and what Tman mentioned.you can slow the cd down, speed it up without affecting the key. or change the keys without affect the tempo. you can loop specific parts, to hammer them into your brain (becoming increasingly more difficult these days) sure beats 8-tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 rct I've only just read the thread which explains what this face-palm quote was all about.....Hysterical!..... [lol] [lol] Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Yeah but I didn't mean it to hurt deemans' feelings, so if I did, I apologize Mr. deeman. rct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 rct Priceless!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Yeah but I didn't mean it to hurt deemans' feelings, so if I did, I apologize Mr. deeman. rct I found it hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrian66 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Cube Jam is another app that will help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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