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Answer» Playing a midi file with my Dell XPS400 integrated sound card results in music that is just enough off key - - - I don't know if there are sound cards that would let you do that. I do know of software that claims it will do that. It is free. You could download it and TRY it out, - your time would be your investment. Go here to read about it: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/features Here is a line, cut and pasted right from their list of features: "Change the pitch without altering the tempo, or vice-versa." This program is ACTUALLY an editor. Its got a LOT of features. I hope you can wade through them to find the small part of its functionality that you actually need. Then again, if you are into music and sound, you might find some of those other functions and features to your liking. I hope this helps. Hey, nice catch. Audacity can do that and much more, it really is a great piece of software. I've been using it for about 2 years now, great stuff. As for sound cards . . . I can change the pitch on my sound card, I have an Audigy 2 ZS Notebook. But you need a fairly good sound card to do it. My suggestion is the same as WillyW's, try Audacity. And then, if it doesn't do what you want/it's too hard to use, then decide whether or not it's worth a new sound card. It won't cost you anything but some time to try out Audacity. God bless open source software.Thanks WillyW and Calum I will give your suggestions a try. I will let you know how I make out in a few days.Hello again WillyW and Calum. Just downloaded Audacity and it appears to have great capabilities. Unfortunately it does not yet support MIDI files. Most of my "music" files are MIDI at the moment. I did note on their web site that they are considering adding MIDI edit, play, etc. CAPABILITY some time in the future. I'll keep my fingers crossed. Thanks again for you HELP. Quote Hello again WillyW and Calum. Just downloaded Audacity and it appears to have great capabilities. Unfortunately it does not yet support MIDI files. Most of my "music" files are MIDI at the moment. Would something like this help? http://www.sharewareconnection.com/midimeow.htm That looks fairly decent. Also, DBPoweramp CONVERTER would convert your music to something like MP3, and then you could convert it back when you'd finished editing it. WillyW's suggestion looks easier to use though, and free forever, so I'd try that first. Edit: Shocking spelling and link mistakes. Sorry, fixed now.WillyW and Calum, Thanks again for your suggestions. I chickened out and found an inexpensive Sound Blaster Audigy SE sound card and that solved my problem. OK, well at least you got it sorted one way. You should find that the SB will give you better sound quality too. |
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