SlowTube
Creative
music practice tool
SHOW HN2019
143points
45comments
#310of 2,195 in 2019
Top 15%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
8 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Design: 3 for, 2 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Looping feature is a useful addition
From 1 comment
The looping feature is a nice addition
waiseristy on HN
Name fits the idea of slowing songs
From 1 comment
Imo, not everyone knows they can slow things down on youtube, and "slowtube" transmit the idea they're trying to build much better than "looptube" despite it being slightly…
felipellrocha on HN
Useful for learning songs by ear
From 1 comment
Reminds me of a simplified Soundslice[1]. I believe soundslice was started by Adrian Holovaty, one of the originators of the Django web framework. For what it is worth, learning…
reggieband on HN
Objections
Slowed audio has ripples and poor sound quality at low speeds
From 3 comments
This is cool. But the name is a bit misleading. I have the same 0.25x - 2x speed range on Youtube anyhow. What it adds is the looping capability. So this is rather LoopTube then…
TooCreative on HNTrying it now. At 0.3x it also has these weird ripples in the sound as if it just loops very short sequences. There must be a better way!
TooCreative on HNok this is awesome. I've been doing this manually in reaper for years! One thing though, the "slow down" algorithm you're using is really wack sounding. Have you looked at…
unlinked_dll on HN
Name is misleading since YouTube already offers slow playback
From 1 comment
This is cool. But the name is a bit misleading. I have the same 0.25x - 2x speed range on Youtube anyhow. What it adds is the looping capability. So this is rather LoopTube then…
TooCreative on HN
Speed steps too coarse; wants fractional speeds
From 3 comments
Good, perhaps, in a pinch but I and all musos I know already have their favourite looping / slow-down / EQ / song segment apps. I use Anytune Pro on an iPad, myself, and for one…
mb_72 on HN0.75x please
postit on HNThis. Also 0.95x and 0.90x. Even better, let user put whatever speed feels better. That way can also be used for improvement in foreign language accent reduction.
lhuser123 on HN
Requests
Add 0.75x and finer speed control
From 3 comments
0.75x please
postit on HNThis. Also 0.95x and 0.90x. Even better, let user put whatever speed feels better. That way can also be used for improvement in foreign language accent reduction.
lhuser123 on HNGood, perhaps, in a pinch but I and all musos I know already have their favourite looping / slow-down / EQ / song segment apps. I use Anytune Pro on an iPad, myself, and for one…
mb_72 on HN
Better pitch-preserving time stretch algorithm
From 2 comments
ok this is awesome. I've been doing this manually in reaper for years! One thing though, the "slow down" algorithm you're using is really wack sounding. Have you looked at…
unlinked_dll on HNYeah, unfortunately, YouTube's algorithm causes a lot of noise so I may try one of the approaches you mentioned down the road. Thanks for the pointers!
dkthehuman on HN
Frequency isolation and mono/left/right channel selection
From 1 comment
A recommendation would be isolating frequency ranges and also selecting mono/left/right to isolate a single guitar/instrument.
schoolunch on HN
Alternatives named
VLC, mpv, mplayer and YouTube speed controls
From 4 comments
In my experience VLC is pretty good at slowing sound down. It can also play videos straight from Youtube.
aasasd on HNI have used mpv for something like this before. '[' and ']' changes playback speed and 'l' sets the loop-points. Using the --af=rubberband=pitch-scale=<value> command-line option…
leni536 on HNThis works well, if you want to reproduce a song and get every single note right, been using mplayer myself so far which also works to slow down songs.
1337shadow on HNThis is cool. But the name is a bit misleading. I have the same 0.25x - 2x speed range on Youtube anyhow. What it adds is the looping capability. So this is rather LoopTube then…
TooCreative on HN
Anytune Pro, AIMP2, Audacity and PaulStretch
From 3 comments
Good, perhaps, in a pinch but I and all musos I know already have their favourite looping / slow-down / EQ / song segment apps. I use Anytune Pro on an iPad, myself, and for one…
mb_72 on HNI do this using AIMP2 (AIMP3 has a worse pitch shifter/tempo adjuster) along with the vocal remover (as most guitar parts you want to know are off to one side or another so they…
lightedman on HNThere are very specialized filters for extreme stretching, e.g. ‘PaulStretch’ is popular among the ‘800%’ stretch-meme crowd. But it adds a distinct ethereal quality. Audacity…
aasasd on HN
Soundslice and Guitar Instructor G-Plus
From 2 comments
Reminds me of a simplified Soundslice[1]. I believe soundslice was started by Adrian Holovaty, one of the originators of the Django web framework. For what it is worth, learning…
reggieband on HNI developed a web app to slow down music arbitrarily, isolate tracks, set loops, and sync with video lessons a while back to solve my own needs when learning to play new songs on…
mtb2718 on HN