It gives you compressed speech, where the pitch remains unaltered but the voice is accelerated.
Dean At 12:06 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote: >What does this give you? Compressed speech or sped up speech with >pitch rising? >Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dean Martineau > To: PC audio discussion list. > Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 1:07 AM > Subject: How to use speech compression on multiple files in > Goldwave (was) Flash audio player recommendation and increased playback speed > > > I apologize that this request for information has fallen through > the cracks. > > As I mentioned, you can, if you want, speed up playback of audio > files. You can do this with individual files using Studio Recorder, > and with Goldwave and Sound Forge you can process one file at a time > or a batch of files. I do not have Sound Forge 8 which has batch > conversion built in, so I'll concentrate on Goldwave 5.x which I do > have and know how to use. > > In order to batch process files using Goldwave, you first have to > establish a preset for the speed you want to attain. The dialog for > changing speeds on sound files is called Time Warp, and it is off the > Effects menu. the quickest way into it is alt-c, w. > > I can't remember which presets come shipped with the program and > which I've made. For our purposes, we'll make a new one. > > Goldwave has three ways to speed up playback. the one you want to > use is Similarity. It takes a lot of processing power but seems to > me to give the best results. the dialog has three tabs, one for each > of those procedures. When you are focused on the list of presets, > first down arrow to select the preset named '200 per cent via > Similarity." (I'm almost positive that preset comes shipped; > modifying it as needed is the easiest way to get our results.) > > There are three settings to adjust. We'll move backwards through the > dialog to get to them. Shift-tab once to get to the 'search > range.' chris, the author, recomments 5 to 10; I use 10. shift-tab > again to window Size. For voice, he recommends 20 to 30; I use > 30. Shift-tab twice, to get past the tabs for the three algorighms, > and you come to the Specify New Relative Change dialog. Here you'll > specify a percentage. Let's say we want a 75% increase, we would > specify 175 per cent. (If you shift-tab once more, you can change > the dialog so that you input an exact length, not a > percentage.) Once these values are set, tab forward to the combo > edit box containing the presets and type in a name for the new one > you've created. Tab to the Add Preset button and hit space; > henceforth, it will be part of the available stock of presets. You > can, as with all these dialogs off the Effects menu, tab once more to > preview your work on an open file; tab once more to the stop button > to silence the preview. > > Now you've got at least one useful preset, and with it you can speed > up playback of open files individually. to do more than one at a > time, we need the Batch Conversion utility, alt-f, b from the file > menu even if no files are open. Here, you land on the Convert > tab. Tab once, or alt-a, to open the Add Files dialog. Add one or > more files and hit enter when done. You can repeat the process as > many times as needed, and review the list of files as it grows if you > want to. In here you can also hit alt-d to add a folder. Once all > files have been added, tab until you hear 'Convert Tab,' then right > arrow. this puts you on the Process Tab, where we'll tell the > program what effect(s) we want to add to have applied to the > batch. Tab once to the Add Effect button and hit space. You are > placed on a tree view whose items correspond to the items on the > Effects menu. Since we want Time Warp, hit t. Once time Warp is > highlighted, hit right arrow to expand the branch. Now magically > appear all the presets that exist for time Warp. choose the one you > want and hit enter. You'll see in the list of effects that it > has been added. > > Note that if you have different combinations of operations you want > to perform on files, for example, some files you'll play faster than > others, you can avoid having to venture into the Process tab again by > setting presets on the Convert tab. that way, you will simply add > the desired files, choose the desired preset, and hit alt-b to press > the Begin button. > > More can be done in this dialog, but this covers how to use it to > speed up playback on multiple files. I hope this has been clear. > > Dean > > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other > lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.7/410 - Release Date: 8/5/2006 > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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