Using "High quality stretching" creates distortion in a song | Audacity | Page 1

languid rune Jan 17, 2023, 1:13 PM

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try using the change speed option

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this will shorten the track a bit as well, but will keep the waveform intact without needing to decide what bits of audio to cut out or duplicate in order to achieve the increased pitch

sacred kindle Jan 17, 2023, 2:09 PM

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If it won't work satisfactorily in Audacity, you could use sox (will possibly introduce stutter) of ffmpeg ('atempo' filter, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiostfSkgs8)
I was also able to shorten the fragment without too much artefacts here: https://audiotrimmer.com/audio-speed-changer

languid rune Jan 17, 2023, 3:12 PM

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atempo is using WSOLA which tends to have better results for music content, so it's worth a shot

#Using "High quality stretching" creates distortion in a song