Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes

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The Twangler
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2016/12/01 13:09:48 (permalink)

Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes

Hi,
I am pretty new to Sonar Platinum. Pretty amazing what I have found so far.
 
Anyway....I have several 4-Track cassette tapes that I recorded back in the late 80's. The tape player died several years ago.
All the tapes were recorded at a high speed and when I play them back on other tape machines they are at half speed.
 
If I transfer my recordings to Sonar Platinum will I be able to play them at their previously recorded speed?
If yes.....how do I go about doing this?
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks
Donny
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    John
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    Re: Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes 2016/12/01 13:21:08 (permalink)
    You could try time stretching. Personally I would use Soundforge for that. I have Soundforge.  Also Reaper may be a better fit for that. I don't have Reaper.

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    John
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    The Twangler
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    Re: Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes 2016/12/01 13:35:08 (permalink)
    Hey John,
    Thanks for the tip on Sound Forge.
    Donny
     
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    Re: Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes 2016/12/01 19:03:33 (permalink)
    I think speeding them up in Sonar should work fine. You can SHIFT+CTRL+drag the edge of the clip to half size, that should effectively double the speed. Do "bounce to clip" afterwards for best sound quality.
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    Re: Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes 2016/12/01 19:15:04 (permalink)
    Thank you Sanderxpander! I will check it out!
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    Re: Newbie Needs Help with Old Tapes 2016/12/02 01:13:29 (permalink)
    Could they be recorded at 44.1 and played back at 88.2?

     
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