Changing the Tempos

We have recorded the mixes at three speeds so that you shouldn't need to do this; however, we appreciate that you may want to choose different speeds from the ones we're providing.

There are many software packages available which can change the tempo of music files, many of them free. You will usually get better sound quality from 'speeding up' rather than 'slowing down' your files, so for example if you want to practice at a tempo between 'Slow Jam' and 'Performance', use the 'Slow Jam' file. If this is at 90 bpm, and the Performance file is at 120 bpm. Put 90 in the 'BPM:From' box, and 105 in the 'BPM: To box'. This will give you a tempo half way between.

If you want to practice along with the 'Performance' file, it sounds perfectly okay slowing it down to around 112bpm. You may notice that there is some shifting of the stereo clarity when you slow down a track, and the more you slow it down the more one side will sound 'out of time' with the other; there is nothing we can do about this.

If you don't have software on your computer which can do this, we can recommend a free cross-platform music editor, Audacity. For more information on this, click here. (See also Changing The Key.)

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