How to Slow Music Down

Posted on September 9th, 2009 by Carmelia

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If you’re studying a piece of music, or if you want to listen to one part of a musical arrangement more closely, there’s a big chance that you’d want to slow it down. Here’s how to use an audio editing program to slow down your music.

Audio Editing Program

There are a number of audio editing programs floating out there in the internet, and mostly all of them have an option to slow down music. The best way to go is to go to Download.com and choose from a variety of free audio editing programs that they have for you. You can read up on program reviews on other websites, which can help you in choosing the right free program from you.

Once you’ve downloaded and installed your audio editing program, open the song file you wish to slow down.
Wait for the song to load completely. The program will inform you once it’s been done successfully.
Listen through the entire song, and take note of the portions you want to slow down.
Pause at the sections you want to slow down and highlight it by clicking and dragging your mouse through the entire section.
Right-click the highlighted section and look for a Stretch option. If it’s not there, go to the Options menu in the Toolbar and look for the Stretch option. Readjust the time to make it slower.
If there’s no Stretch option, just adjust the pitch and lower it. It functions the same way.
Play the section again to see if you’ve slowed down the section satisfactorily enough. If not, do the Undo option and repeat Step 5 to make the section go slower.
You can cut out the section you slowed down and save it as a separate music file if you need to.

After editing the music file on the computer, you can transfer it to an MP3 player. This method is also pretty useful if you’re transcribing a meeting or an interview recorded in a digital recorder.