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i am trying to go from 440hz to 432hz and i am using -1.818. this has been working for a few months now but now makes the tracks longer instead of shorter. see attached. thanks,

movebetter wrote: they are about 2% longer instead of 2 % shorter

Longer is correct. (1.818% longer)

i have been using the change speed option and it has been working perfectly till now. now the length of the finished cleaned tracks are longer then the originals. they are about 2% longer instead of 2 % shorter. i tried checking the chain and everything looks good. see attached. i am using windows 7...

thank you, feels good to have an expert opinion.

movebetter wrote:good point, i like the slowing the speed results, just wondering your opinion. thanks for all your help!

I think that the "Change Speed" effect is the proper choice for such a tiny pitch shift.
It keeps the original balance between sustained notes and transitions.

good point, i like the slowing the speed results, just wondering your opinion. thanks for all your help!

i have heard the slowing the speed gives a cleaner result. it is much faster. It is a "simpler" resampling operation. When you try to maintain the original tempo at the lower frequency, it is a more "complex" operation that has to "squash" the audio shorter than the le...

thanks, i am using aucacity 2.1.0 and windows 7 home pro

so sounds like either way works. i have heard the slowing the speed gives a cleaner result. it is much faster. do you know which gives a better result as far as the overall sound quality?

i am trying to change pitch from 440hz to 432hz using the timescale . i am typing -1.818 in both boxes. everything goes fine but the cleaned file is only 3:57.008 in length and the original is 3:56.994. i would expect it to about 4 seconds longer. ...

thanks, for your reply, attached is what i am doing. let me know if this is correct. thanks,