Justin Beiber song slowed down 800% becomes epic ethereal new age soundtrack

[lester1/2jr]

http://gawker.com/5614579/how-to-make-justin-bieber-sound-incredible-slow-him-down-800-percent

I'm a third of the way thoough this and I feel like I've been in a cigarette ad all day

[lester1/2jr]

   at 2/3 of the way through this track I've become a totally different person

[Joe the Destroyer]

It's incredible how slowing down can make someone not suck.

[Flick James]

It's incredible how slowing down can make someone not suck.

Which leaves me wondering: If I speed Justin Beiber up, will that make him suck even more? (Shudder). I don't think I'm going to try.

[Rev. Powell]

Funny comment someone posted there:

"Oh my God... it's full of stars..."

[Mr. DS]

Still not as good as hearing the bottle hitting is head in that new video out there now.

[zombie no.one]

time-stretched by 800%, not slowed down.

worth pointing out imo

slowed down by that amount it would be virtually inaudible

[lester1/2jr]

DCA -correct. science isn't really my strong suit

[Flick James]

time-stretched by 800%, not slowed down.

worth pointing out imo

slowed down by that amount it would be virtually inaudible

Yep. I use time stretching for learning music. I play (or try to, anyway) Irish traditional music. Not songs, but the type of stuff the trad dancers dance to, jigs, reels, etc. Reels in particular are very fast. I take recordings of tunes I want to learn and, using Audacity, which is free, I time stretch the tunes to about 75% of their normal speed so I can actually learn the tunes by playing along, then I speed it up. I'm surprised more musicians don't use this approach for learning fast pieces. It works.

[zombie no.one]

Yep. I use time stretching for learning music. I play (or try to, anyway) Irish traditional music. Not songs, but the type of stuff the trad dancers dance to, jigs, reels, etc. Reels in particular are very fast. I take recordings of tunes I want to learn and, using Audacity, which is free, I time stretch the tunes to about 75% of their normal speed so I can actually learn the tunes by playing along, then I speed it up. I'm surprised more musicians don't use this approach for learning fast pieces. It works.

interesting, never heard of anyone using it for that purpose. I suppose it makes sense really, if you don't have the tabs

got a prog called cool edit pro that lets you do it, weird thing is it never does it perfectly and always leaves weird clicks and pops which is a bit annoying

[Flick James]

Yep. I use time stretching for learning music. I play (or try to, anyway) Irish traditional music. Not songs, but the type of stuff the trad dancers dance to, jigs, reels, etc. Reels in particular are very fast. I take recordings of tunes I want to learn and, using Audacity, which is free, I time stretch the tunes to about 75% of their normal speed so I can actually learn the tunes by playing along, then I speed it up. I'm surprised more musicians don't use this approach for learning fast pieces. It works.

interesting, never heard of anyone using it for that purpose. I suppose it makes sense really, if you don't have the tabs

got a prog called cool edit pro that lets you do it, weird thing is it never does it perfectly and always leaves weird clicks and pops which is a bit annoying

I've never had that problem with the clicks and pops, or at least not to the extent that it caused problems. I do it because I hate tabs. I think tabs have removed alot of the soul out of music. Not that playing along with a recording is as good as jamming with someone or learning from a teacher or another player, but, in my humble opinion, it's better than tab. I'm talking about it from a Irish trad perspective, however, so that's a factor. Irish trad should NEVER be learned from sheet music or tab. It just goes against the spirit of the music and most trad player can tell the difference between someone who learned from playing and someone who learned from sheet music or tab. It's a feel thing.

[Flick James]

hehe. If you want to know how many Justin Beibers you could take in a fight, take the quiz! Funny stuff.

http://theoatmeal.com/quiz/justin_bieber

[zombie no.one]

I've never had that problem with the clicks and pops, or at least not to the extent that it caused problems. I do it because I hate tabs. I think tabs have removed alot of the soul out of music. Not that playing along with a recording is as good as jamming with someone or learning from a teacher or another player, but, in my humble opinion, it's better than tab. I'm talking about it from a Irish trad perspective, however, so that's a factor. Irish trad should NEVER be learned from sheet music or tab. It just goes against the spirit of the music and most trad player can tell the difference between someone who learned from playing and someone who learned from sheet music or tab. It's a feel thing.

yeah I hear you...good point, tabs are a bit soulless tbh. I know some people prefer to learn that way but it's very technical, not really what music's about

btw might have to try the time expand thing on audacity seeing as it's free. cool-edit cost loads and it can't seem to get it right, lol

[Luna]

yeah I hear you...good point, tabs are a bit soulless tbh. I know some people prefer to learn that way but it's very technical, not really what music's about

btw might have to try the time expand thing on audacity seeing as it's free. cool-edit cost loads and it can't seem to get it right, lol

If you're running Windows or Linux you can just use what they did on this Bieber song:  http://hypermammut.sourceforge.net/paulstretch/

It's linked on the original page.  :)

As for this song, it sounds like something I would have sold at the new age store where I worked once upon a time.  Sort of like a seashore relaxation tape with whale songs.  Amazingly more listenable than the original, eerie, ambient stuff.

[akiratubo]

Is it bad that I don't know who Justin Bieber is?