Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch Portable

[Emka]

Added to the database: http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=1995

[webfork]

So this is like an audio toy, the most primary use being to turn normal music into ambient? Can anyone else think of something that an extreme sound stretch would be useful for?

Incidentally the stretched, "ambient" song they linked to is surprisingly good.

Edit: Whether it strictly speaking does anything else, its a very fun audio toy. So many other freeware audio tools I seem to work with over time are either partly-functional or have a high learning curve.

[Emka]

I can imagine it may be helpful when you want to listen to audiobooks in foreign languages and slowing it down (maybe not by 800%) will make it easier to understand.

[webfork]

I can imagine it may be helpful when you want to listen to audiobooks in foreign languages and slowing it down (maybe not by 800%) will make it easier to understand.

Agreed.

Edit: updated entry with that.

[JohnTHaller]

I can imagine it may be helpful when you want to listen to audiobooks in foreign languages and slowing it down (maybe not by 800%) will make it easier to understand.

Not really. You'd be better off doing that with Audacity or similar. Paul Stretch is completely geared towards extreme stretching, essentially making new sounds/songs out of existing ones.

[webfork]

I can imagine it may be helpful when you want to listen to audiobooks in foreign languages and slowing it down (maybe not by 800%) will make it easier to understand.

Not really. You'd be better off doing that with Audacity or similar.

I tested them side-by-side and found that Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch will change the audio in a dramatic way. I could not find a way to play audio in its default form and then gradually stretch/modify. It sounded distored and high even at 1x (no stretch). This program is just an audio toy. Updating entry.

[freakazoid]

Rather use a Winamp plugin.