Paul Stretch Demo

Hi y'all!

A while ago I discovered "Paulstretch", a tool in my free audio editor (Audacity) that slows audio and creates some really cool sounds. After much ado and fussing around I have refined my skills with the tool and focused on using it in my most recent composition for the summer composition challenge. I made a introductory video demo of what the tool is and how I use it. I'd love some feedback about whether this is any good or ways I could use it more effectively!!

Thanks and happy listening/watching.

Gustav

I thought I was a part of a niche to know about it haha. I use a standalone version and think it’s awesome to create crazy soundscapes. One way I love to use it is by taking a sample, for example a single note marimba hit, stretching it and resampling it in a synth like iris. It can create very nice textures if you’re into electronic/electro acoustic music.

Thanks Krys! I don't have a keyboard and am limited by my basic editing software, but I would really be interested to see how this could be applied by sampling paulstretched sounds for use with a midi keyboard or even a vocoder.

In the end the result is similiar to yours, it's just easier to do since you can play the stretched sounds directly. You also get more control over the volume enveloppe, filtering and such. I used it in the composition in the linked thread, mostly in the beginning. A more extreme example with nearly only stretched/sampled sounds besides the evident piano etc would be this n5 Shadowed Memory 1.mp3

https://www.youngcomposers.com/t35476/forest-rain/

On 9/26/2017 at 11:12 AM, Krys K. said:

In the end the result is similiar to yours, it's just easier to do since you can play the stretched sounds directly. You also get more control over the volume enveloppe, filtering and such. I used it in the composition in the linked thread, mostly in the beginning. A more extreme example with nearly only stretched/sampled sounds besides the evident piano etc would be this n5 Shadowed Memory 1.mp3

https://www.youngcomposers.com/t35476/forest-rain/

 

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Cool! I'll check those out when I have time!

Gustav

Just listened - this is exactly what I want to learn more about! How on earth do you do this?!?!?

@Gustav Johnson I recorded a video to show how I make these kinds of sounds, since it would be really hard to write about it. Sorry for my horrible accent but hopefully you can understand what I say ^^. Like I said, the result can be very similiar but you get more tools to control the sound and experiment. The process is also much easier with a DAW.

Wow!

You are miles ahead of where I am - this is awesome! It's cool to see the understanding you have of this tool, and the things you can do with it in your DAW. I will keep a sharp eye out for your next videos that you said you hoped to do!!

This is inspiring, monsieur, tres magnifique. (I took a few years of French in school , although I have forgotten much for lack of use)

Gustav

Glad you liked it! I wasn't sure if you were using a DAW or not so sorry if it was completely misplaced.

I was making electronic music for a long time, it was mainly about creating new sounds etc so I learned a few tricks like that along the way. But I don't have any idea about the topic I could make videos on, and I'm not sure if members of this forum would really be interested in that. And there's already plenty of tutorials on the internet for anything. But if there's a demand then why not.

Merci, my pleasure :D

As a drone/ambient composer I used this plugin a lot. It's good while you have no treble notes ( I mean above E6) or percussion. Because, when you listen to final product, it'll annoy ears. But generally, It's good to convert any sounds to an artistic drone or ambient track.