[MPA] Pitch & Quarter Inch Tape

[Paul Christy]

Hate to change the subject, but my only interest in pitch shifting is 
in creating weird, warped sounds for commercials.  In that process I 
know what sounds "right" and what doesn't, but otherwise....  I will 
say that Digidesign's built-in pitch plugin is as good (to me) as 
Pure Pitch and the Waves stuff.

But my question:  I foolishly offered to dub a friend's old precious 
quarter inch tape into Pro Tools & make him a CD.  I should have 
realized that the tape wasn't a standard 2-track, but an old consumer 
quarter-track ultra slow speed production.  It sure sounds 
horrible--but before I can apply any noise reduction, I need to 
isolate the tracks and get them slowed down to true speed.

Speaking of Pitch Control, I have tried playing them back with the 
pitch knob on my 2-track cranked as low as it will go, and then 
doctoring away with Speed, etc.  Can't seem to get it right.  (Not to 
mention the horror of having to split the channels via left/right 
into a stereo channel in Pro Tools.  It is a mess.)  Does anyone have 
an idea?  Aside from borrowing an old consumer tape machine, that is. 
I had one, but it has long since departed the garage.

PC
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