How do I create a rewind tape effect?

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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Hi guys,
I need to create a rewind effect, as if you’re rewinding an old video or tape or something. I get that I have to reverse the audio and increase the speed, but with rewinds, the speed increases continually right? How do I do that? And do I have to add some sort of background sound too? I would greatly appreciate the help!

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reverse the audi with Effect > Reverse - the play with the Effect > Sliding Time Scale / Pitch Shift
See this page in teh Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/sliding_time_scale_pitch_shift.html

Try leaving the Initial Tempo Change at zero and try increased vlaues for Final Tempo Change

And similar with the pitch shift (Initial chage 0 and up the final) as you would want the pitch to go up too.

You will need to experiment to get suitable values.

I just experimented with a 25 second clip and used 0 => 350 % and 0 => 6 semitones - quite effective :nerd:

WC

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You are my hero. Thanks so much!

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Alternatively you can use a “Time Track” Audacity Manual

This was produced by reversing a section, then using a Time Track to change the speed:

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Oh good old times.
That’s like a sentimental journey. I see myself sitting there and winding up a tape with a pencil…