Change Speed

I’m sure the Change Speed effect has many practical applications, but I always seem to end up using it for amusement because it changes both tempo and pitch, just like messing around with turntable speeds. So, you can speed up your audio to play fast and high, like an over-caffeinated Alvin and the Chipmunks, or low and slow like Samuel Ramey, the famous bass-baritone opera singer, on tranquilizers. It supports the standard turntable speeds of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM and a range of arbitrary speeds controlled by a slider or by typing in a percentage value (Figure 12-11).

Change Speed changes both pitch and tempo.

Figure 12-11. Change Speed changes both pitch and tempo.

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