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Asked: 2011-03-11 04:08:28 +0800 CST

How to play audio faster but keep pitch?

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Is there an application for Ubuntu that can play audio faster but maintain its pitch?

This is possible in Windows using an application like PowerDVD.

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3 Answers

  1. VLC is capable of keeping the pitch as well when activating the "scale audio tempo in sync with playback rate" filter which can be found under advanced options.

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  2. Best Answer

    Playitslowly Install playitslowly

    There is PlayitSlowly, intended to do this (among others things). You can also save a sound file with altered speed or pitch.

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    Install via the software center

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  3. For hackers: Many years ago I wrote a software that can do that which is now on GitHub (pyTranscribe). However, the author of PlayitSlowly has done a very good job and I would recommend PlayitSlowly over pyTranscribe because it comes with many features that I didn't had time to include like:

    • More standard UI
    • Better controls over pitch/tempo
    • Easier to open files (not just from the command line)
    • File history
    • Automatic loop support
    • Supports exporting the pitch shifted / tempo adjusted file

    Glad to see someone has solved this :).

    You only might want to try pyTransribe if you are into alternative / keyboard-based UIs (pyGame based):

    pyTransribe

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