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Here’s one of The Beatles’ most famous recording techniques, and how you can give it a modern twist.
Use this music production trick to make variations on existing sounds, or to give samples and synths a different texture.
Made famous by The Beatles and Les Paul, engineers would record to tape at a slower speed, then speed the tape back up, giving a unique repitching effect called varispeed.
Here’s one way to use the effect in modern beats.
Try pitching a sound up an octave. Then HalfTiming it back down.
Using HalfTime in this way gives you a different texture to DAW repitching, and gives you more options for rhythmic variations.
TIP: Change HalfTime’s Loop Length and Smooth controls for new rhythms.
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