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Reduce audio pitch (slightly) with Vegas
Hi,
A friend copied a reel-to-reel audiotape into a CD for me. It contains voices of relatives, including my grandmother, who have passed on 40 years ago.
Unfortunately, the recording (or the playback) although very clear, is slightly fast, i.e., the voices sound a bit high-pitched.
Is there a way to use Vegas to correct the pitch?
If not, can this be done with other software? (I have Nero, but haven’t used its capabilities.)
Thank you,
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6 Replies
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[John Gregoriades] “Is there a way to use Vegas to correct the pitch?”
Sure, select the event and hit the – and + keys (next to the backspace key).
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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If the audio is slightly fast as well as being high pitched, you can:
1. Right click / Properties / Media / Time Stretch – change Method from None to Classic
2. Check Pitch Change / Lock to Stretch
3. Click OK then Ctrl drag the right edge to make it longer. Pitch will now change with speed.
Peter Wright
Perth, Western Oz
http://www.allroundvision.com.au -
Thank you Gary and Peter. The “simple” +/- pitch method worked very well. Lots of family memories are being resurrected. It’s going to be an emotional family get-together!
Another question on Audio: Some passages have low volume. I was able to add an audio envelope, add points, and increase the decibels in the low-volume areas. But, in a few sections, I would like to increase the volume a bit more than the maximum allowed in these envelopes.
Is there a way to make a “second pass,” or some other technique, to further increase the volume in selected sections?
Thank you again,
John -
There are a few things you can do:
If you split either side of a quiet passage, then right click / Switches / Normalise will bring up the overall level, then you can increase this further with the envelope.
You could also move the split portion to a new track, then increase the track level slider for the new track in addition to volume envelope – the two are cumulative.
The important thing is to use the envelopes to make chenges smoothly – there’s nothing worse than sudden changes in volume, either up or down.
Good luck John.
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Thank you, Peter.
Got your clear instructions. I normally do smooth transitions, with two or more “points” and the purpose is to have it all come out about the same, without any jarring retults.
Here and there there is an occasional very sharp loud “tick,” and I have made a deep but very narrow “Vee” in the adjustment, (after expanding the timeline to see it) in order to drop the dBAs and kill it. There must be a better way, I suppose.
John -
[John Gregoriades] “Here and there there is an occasional very sharp loud “tick,””
There are many free VST audio plug-ins available on the web. I bet you could turn up a pop or crackle filter if you looked around.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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