I have for MMEPP 18.0.1.209 - Music Editor 3
I would like to stretch a music track that is 2 mins long to 20 mins to match the length to a video.
Can anyone let me know if the time stretching in Music Editor 3 can do that
without distorting the music by slowing it down?
If it is possible, can someone please explain as I am still learning. I appreciate your help.
Kind regards.
Hi
. . . . Can anyone let me know if the time stretching in Music Editor 3 can do that . . .
You do not need to use Music Editor to do this - it is possible directly in Movie Edit Pro (MEP) as shown below - note the mouse pointer changes to a stretch symbol when over the correct point in the audio for stretching:
Note: stretching the audio will not change the pitch, however it will slow the tempo down, try and keep stretching to less than 10% of the audio length to maintain a reasonable tempo.
HTH
John EB
I would like to stretch a music track that is 2 mins long to 20 mins to match the length to a video.
Can anyone let me know if the time stretching in Music Editor 3 can do that
without distorting the music by slowing it down?
Hi,
No, it can't; nothing can stretch music 10 times without distortion as far as I know.
What I can suggest is that you add verses to the song by duplicating it onto another track, moving it out of the way, and then cutting the first one at a strategic point, like where it would start repeating at the end of a verse or bridge. Keep both sides but move the right part way off to the right, close to the end of the video. Then trim the copy at a strategic point at the start of the first verse by trimming the beginning part (the head), and trim the end (tail) at the same location as the first original part. Now you have a middle part that you can duplicate over and over again. Move the first copy to after the first split audio, then duplicate the copy using Ctrl+C and dragging to the right to snap it into place. Keep going like this until you've reached the right hand part, the ending that is, and adjust the ending to fit. Etc.
This will be very monotonous for a listener. You would be better off having several songs.
John CB
Thank you everyone, much appreciated.
Note: stretching the audio will not change the pitch, however it will slow the tempo down, try and keep stretching to less than 10% of the audio length to maintain a reasonable tempo.
HTH
John EB
Hello and my apologies for interjecting on this post,
But just watched that video above , wow , that's so cool, ,,,, a person could do some awesome music videos having that time stretch feature,,, many years ago I used to try to match up music to video on my old fisher dubbing VHS machine(that was a time consuming pain to say the least),,, but what I just saw in your video tutorial above takes music video editing into a whole new realm,,,so glad I came across this post,,,thank you for sharing this tip...
Hi John Just wanted to add that I used the audio time stretch feature outlined in the
video and it worked great! Thanks again