Automating time compression/expansion?

[Audio Bob]

Hello everyone,

Does anyone know of a way to have time compression/expansion automate and change during playback? I'm doing sound design work for a theater which involves many unorthodox, or at least non-musical, sound effects. Specifically, I'm trying to simulate the sound of a 45RPM record (remember those?) that has been shut off while playing, so the pitch AND speed would drop off until gone.

If anyone has a good idea for a technique, I'd be much obliged.

I'm running PTLE 7.1 on 002R

Thanks!
AudioBob

[Shawn Simpson]

Serato PitchnTime has that kind function. You can try the demo version and see if it works for you. You might also give the D-Fi package from Digidesign a try. VariFi is in that package and it will do speed-up and slow-down effects like you're describing.

[Stiff]

I used an effect like that in a session not long ago. I played with the speed knob on the Digidesign Reel Tape Delay and with Ohm Force Ohmicide. I guess Ohmicide didn't really have much to do with that effect, but it [bleep] it all up even nicer

[sumedho]

If you know anyone with a tabletop cd DJ system then use that and record it into pro-tools (it replicates that effect). Thats what i do, its fast and easy.

[Audio Bob]

Thanks for all the good suggestions. It seems Vari-Fi in the D-Fi bundle works to my liking.

Regards,
AudioBob

[CapnChem]

I've used the poor man's version ("Look ma, no plug ins") for some tweaked out similar effects. I imported the audio on a track, then using a separate unit, recorded myself scrubbing the track. I imported the "processed" audio back in.

[guitarmongoose]

You can always bring it into a sampler and then use the pitch bend function. I use the NN-19 in Reason because the price is right.

-Brad

[RadioMoo]

jk audio piczer, on this page. You'll need to install Pluggo Runtime.