[Ti] (OT) iTunes missing plugin - speed control

[Les Posen]

Interesting discussion while I was having a sleep on this side of the  
world.

Pity my question only prompted a philosophical discussion and no  
answers!

I teach folkdance  
(http://homepage.mac.com/israeli_folk_dances/Menu1.html) and  
occasionally it is helpful to teach a dance using music slightly slower.

Occasionally, the music I receive is too slow or fast and needs to be  
modified. Occasionally the creator of the dance has used music which is  
sped up making the vocalist sound like a chipmunk, and so a tempo  
control can be helpful in re-adjusting the final sound.

In this form of dance, choreographers often commission music, obtain  
the permission of the musician to manipulate the music, or pay a small  
commission to the Israeli equivalent of APRA.

All these videos were created with iMovie 2. My tribute to Israeli  
astronaut, Ilan Roman, appearing on the same page, was created with  
iMovie 3 makimg full use of the Ken Burns effect.

Now, could we return to my original question??

Les


On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 02:46  AM, PowerBook G4 Titanium  
List wrote:

>
> Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:18:28 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Ti] (OT) iTunes missing plugin - speed control
> From: Bill Reburn <bill at pacificcoast.net>
> Message-ID: <BA6FA5C4.57E3%bill at pacificcoast.net>
>
>> On 2/12/03 6:48 AM, "Lisbeth Zachs" <zachs at swedenmail.com> wrote:
>>> onsdagen den 12 februari 2003 kl 14.18 skrev Les Posen:
>>
>>> iTunes is missing one element that would make it perfect -
>>> pitch/tempo/speed control.
>>
>> Isn't that violating the original artist's performance?
>
> It's just playback, so no. DJ's have been doing it forever. It's  
> intent is
> probably for minimal adjustments anyway(?)
>
>> When I'm
>> listening to a piece music played by an orchestra and its conductor, I
>> trust they have choosen to play it like that.
>
> But that music would sound horrible if you move the pitch up.. I do  
> not know
> what the original request was addressing, I am assuming for mixing  
> music?
> Most music is clearly defined to be played at a certain tempo, esp.  
> behind a
> conductor. These days - there are no rules though. Want to listen to  
> it at
> 400BPM? Go ahead.
>
>> I even find the Equlizer, now available, intruding so never use it.
>
> What kind of sound system do you have? An EQ is one of the most
> overused/misunderstood beasts.. It's purpose is not to make this song  
> sound
> really bassey or to tweak the sounds into something different than  
> original.
> (like all the boom cars do) It's purpose is to help you manually tweak  
> out
> the shortfalls of your sound system and the room it sits in. If you  
> happen
> to have really bright highs or floppy sounding bass, you simply tweak  
> those
> levels out of the EQ so you have even volume across the board. Given  
> that
> mp3's come from a variety of sources, I would expect the EQ necessary  
> when
> listending to say radio recordings or low budget single microphone  
> voice
> recordings.. You could leave the EQ alone, especially if you always  
> listen
> to (better quality) mp3's you ripped yourself.
>
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