[iBook] Way to play MP3's slower?

[Larry Kollar]

Tom Legare wrote:

> Is there a way to make an MP3 song play SLOWER in iTunes? I have a
> 2-piano classical piece I'm trying to learn and the pros do it just about
> 300% too fast for me.... LOL 

Unless there's an iTunes plugin to do that, no. But you can use Audacity (Free 
from audacity.sf.net) to do it. Load up the MP3 in Audacity, do Cmd-A to 
select the entire track, then select "Change Tempo" from the Effects menu. 
Scoot the slider to the left until the "Percent Change" value is "-66" to make it 
play at 1/3 the original speed. Or you can type in the original and desired 
tempo in beats per minute (I think it just uses the numbers to determine the 
scale; you could type 300 and 100).

If the tempo is now slow enough, save it to a new MP3 and you're done. If you 
want to change it again, close the file, re-open it, and try a different tempo.

-- Larry