SlowGold v7.x Fact Sheet

• Manufacturer’s Suggested List Price: $49.95
• Publisher: The World Wide Woodshed
• Author: Warren Sirota, professional guitarist, who wrote the "Electronic Guitarist" column for Guitar Player for 4 years and published the famous newsletter, MIDI Guitarist

• Primary function: slows down music without changing the pitch so people can learn and study melodies, solos and chords; allows pitch-shifting when desired; and provides real-time processing. For transcription and play-along.

Key Features

• Highest sound quality on the market.
• Slows down sound from audio CDs, WAV files, and MP3 files. Built-in recorder enables users to turn songs from LPs and cassettes into WAV files so they can be slowed-down and work on as well.
• Continuously-variable slowdown speeds: slow to any percentage of the original speed from 5% to 200%. (playing the loop at faster than the original speed is handy for those times when the player needs to be ready in case the song is started faster than usual, or to increase skill).
• Graphic view of waveform makes it easy to create rhythmically precise loops – a huge convenience for practicing while listening to a passage repeatedly.
• The unique RhythmGrid™ (Patent Applied For) is transparent, stretchable ruler that overlays the graphical view to let you see the exact rhythm of any passage.
• Keeps a database of all operations, so whatever piece you’re working on, you can pick right up where you left off.
• Phrases can be easily isolated and trimmed with graphic sliders.
• A comment can be attached to each phrase. The "Loop Detail" view also has places for Chords and Lyrics, and an Export function that exports chords and lyrics to a text file for formatting and printing.
• Karaoke-like "Big Lyrics" view is ideal to help singers learn lyrics and phrasing.
• Integrates with any notation, sequencer, or word processing program. Each track can be associated with a file of any type, which is then called up when you choose "Open notation/sequencer file" from the Track grid’s right-click menu.
• Choice of "Lightning Fast" or "Crystal Clear" slowdown algorithm.
• Includes complete on-line Tutorial and Help files (CD version comes with printed manual).

System Requirements

Windows 95/98/NT. CD-ROM drive, plus sound card or chip. 12MB disk space. 486/66 computer or faster. Pentium 166 or better recommended. For real-time processing and pitch-shifting a minimum 300MHz Pentium is required.