Slowing down tracks

If I'm trying to learn a guitar solo from an existing song, can I import it into Garageband and slow down the tempo without changing the pitch, so I can work out what the notes are taht are being used? If so, how do I achieve this or maybe someone can point me to a tutorial. Thanks in advance.

John Cellario1 wrote:
can I import it into Garageband and slow down the tempo without changing the pitch
yes:
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#changeimporttempogb6
This FAQ entry also offers a Minute GarageBand video tutorial
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)

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xcuse me if i jump in here without answering the original question, but that brings up something similar to me:
if i have a setup in the arrange with a combination of various audio-files, apple loops and midi-tracks, and i want to record something additional into that (midi over connected edirol midi-keyboard): can i slow down the whole song, just to make it easier to record the new part without destructively destroying anything?
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I've got a Bach piece I've midi'd, written in rather than played (it would take me days to learn to perform it decently). There are no dynamics in the piece.
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Just found it.
Select your track with song imported from iTunes, open the Track Editor window, and in the head of the track editor and press the "Flex" marker. Make sure "Enable Flex" is set,
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I'd like to increase the levels on an audio track that I've slowed down to 50% but I am prohibited from doing so because of a resultant hi-pitched background noise that seems to occur due to the speed change. I tried using a couple of the FCP audio filters (the ones for 'hum remover' and 'high pass filter') - does anyone have any suggestions for this problem? Using FCP 5.0.4.
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Jim,
Thanks for pointing out that filters could be applied prior to the speed change. I did just try out your possible solution, using both of the filters that I previously mentioned, but the problem remains.
Again - thanks for offering a solution though.

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How can Logic make tracks slow down like an old record slowing down?

If anyone skilled know this, I need to get my entire tracks to " slows down" as a record that just loosing the motor....I have audio tracks and some spectronics /ESX24 also in the set.
I need to make this goes down and efter 1 second to speed up again...
I am working in 48Khz and Logic 9.1.1 and 5.1 sorround.
Maybe I am missing something easy, or maybe it is are harder to get.....
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Danke, thank you....!!
I was messing around with flex and felt it was not really obvious to make it there.....
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Things You Can Do To Resolve Slow Downs
If your computer seems to be running slower here are some things you can do:
Start with visits to:     OS X Maintenance - MacAttorney;
                                  The X Lab: The X-FAQs;
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                                  Mac maintenance Quick Assist.
Boot into Safe Mode then repair your hard drive and permissions:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions Pre-Lion
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
Repair the Hard Drive - Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the Utilites Menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD disk icon and click on the arrow button below.
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Restart your computer normally and see if this has helped any. Next do some maintenance:
For situations Disk Utility cannot handle the best third-party utility is Disk Warrior; DW only fixes problems with the disk directory, but most disk problems are caused by directory corruption; Disk Warrior 4.x is now Intel Mac compatible.
Note: Alsoft ships DW on a bootable DVD that will startup Macs running Snow Leopard or earlier. It cannot start Macs that came with Lion or later pre-installed, however, DW will work on those models.
Suggestions for OS X Maintenance
OS X performs certain maintenance functions that are scheduled to occur on a daily, weekly, or monthly period. The maintenance scripts run in the early AM only if the computer is turned on 24/7 (no sleep.) If this isn't the case, then an excellent solution is to download and install a shareware utility such as Macaroni, JAW PseudoAnacron, or Anacron that will automate the maintenance activity regardless of whether the computer is turned off or asleep. Dependence upon third-party utilities to run the periodic maintenance scripts was significantly reduced since Tiger. These utilities have limited or no functionality with Snow Leopard or later and should not be installed.
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Helpful Links Regarding Malware Protection
An excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
Also, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware.
See these Apple articles:
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          OS X Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
          OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware
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Troubleshooting Applications
I recommend downloading a utility such as TinkerTool System, OnyX, Mavericks Cache Cleaner, or Cocktail that you can use for removing old log files and archives, clearing caches, etc. Corrupted cache, log, or temporary files can cause application or OS X crashes as well as kernel panics.
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Basic Backup
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2. A Time Machine application located in the Applications folder. It is
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Alternatively, get an external drive at least equal in size to the internal hard drive and make (and maintain) a bootable clone/backup. You can make a bootable clone using the Restore option of Disk Utility. You can also make and maintain clones with good backup software. My personal recommendations are (order is not significant):
1. Carbon Copy Cloner
2. Get Backup
3. Deja Vu
4. SuperDuper!
5. Synk Pro
6. Tri-Backup
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on backup and restore. Also read How to Back Up and Restore Your Files. For help with using Time Machine visit Pondini's Time Machine FAQ for help with all things Time Machine.
Referenced software can be found at MacUpdate.
Additional Hints
Be sure you have an adequate amount of RAM installed for the number of applications you run concurrently. Be sure you leave a minimum of 10% of the hard drive's capacity as free space.
Add more RAM. If your computer has less than 2 GBs of RAM and you are using OS X Leopard or later, then you can do with more RAM. Snow Leopard and Lion work much better with 4 GBs of RAM than their system minimums. The more concurrent applications you tend to use the more RAM you should have.
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Check for applications that may be hogging the CPU:
Pre-Mavericks
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time (>=70,) then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
Mavericks and later
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Numbers '09 stalls, slows down, shows incorrect formulas in Formula List

I developed a relatively simple spreadsheet for help in calculating federal and state estimated income payments and the totals that will be due for the year. I enter data thru the year as it becomes known.
It has a main table that shows information totals from 6 other auxiliary tables where I track interest income and payments, income calculations, withholding, payments made, state and local taxes, etc. Obviously, every data entry I make on these auxiliary tables updates the main table.
The main table includes a number of rows/cells that sum other rows/cells, or reference the auxiliary tables, or calculate taxes due based on the taxable income to date.
It has worked fine until today, when suddenly one table began to slow down, taking as long as five to ten seconds to update cells or navigate, and now the main table does the same. The other tables act normally.
I have been over and over the formulas trying see if they are correct (a slow process, as selecting a cell can take 10 seconds). I note that when I use the Formula List to analyze the problem auxiliary table, some of the formulas are different from what the cell says when I highlight it. For example, the E4 cell says "C4-D4", which is what I want, and the formula list says "C4-B4".
I guess I could dump this table and start over fresh with a blank table but for future reference I would really like to know where I went wrong. Can't find anything in the Help function but maybe I am looking in the wrong places. Can one of you experts kindly help me out of my misery?

Venetian Seeker wrote:
Excel didn't work like this.
VS,
Yes, Excel works like this too, if you sort the entire table. You may not have recognized it, but it does. If you sort only one column, something you can do in Excel but not in Numbers, you may not get an error, but you have certainly done some serious mashing of your data.
Whenever you sort, or otherwise move things around in a table, Numbers and Excel track the movements and adjust the formulas. This is normally what you would want.
In the rare case when you want to reference a particular cell, regardless if that cell's content is relocated, you should use an addressing method that resists the effects of sorting and moving. That would normally involve the INDIRECT and ADDRESS functions. A running balance calculation is one of those rare cases.
Using your example "D24 =D23+(B24-C24) i.e previous balance(cell D23) +cash in (B24)-cash out(C24) on date A24", we can instead write the following:
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Regards,
Jerry

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