Speed up old tascam cassette recording?

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2012/09/24 15:43:43 (permalink)

Speed up old tascam cassette recording?

I have recorded the audio from an old 4 track cassette into Sonar onto 4 individual tracks. The old cassette was originally recorded using a Tascam Porta Two 4track recorder at high speed. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to the high speed tascam recorder. However, I do have another, older 4track cassette recorder (Tascam Porta One), but it will not play back at the higher speed the cassette was originally recorded on.
 
I have just recorded these slower-speed tracks into Sonar, and the recording is, of course, "slow motion". I basically need a way in Sonar to speed up the playback so I can hear the originally recorded music in it's correct pitch/speed (ike the vari-speed slider on the Porta Two high speed machine).
 
Can anyone tell me how to do this, or if this is possible? I would very much like to work with these old recordings.
Thanks in advance!
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    THambrecht
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    Re:Speed up old tascam cassette recording? 2012/09/24 16:11:02 (permalink)
    Install the free software Audacity:
    http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=us
     
    Export the files from the tape to wav (best 24-Bit)
    Load the wavefile(s) from your tape with audacity. It is perfect to pitch or speed up/down tapes from 4,75 > 9,5 or 9,5 > 4,75. Without loss of quality.
    Then save the new files and import it into Sonar.
    We digitaze thousands of tapes for customers. This is the best and fastest way.


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    originalmusicman99
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    Re:Speed up old tascam cassette recording? 2012/09/24 17:26:30 (permalink)
    Thanks so much for that information. I just tried out Audacity and it works great for what I described. Really nice of you to share your expertise!
     
    Now I can user Sonar to further enhance my old projects.
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