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Slomo Help

Slomo – Song learning and phrase training – the easy and intuitive way OVERVIEW The application window splits roughly into two parts. An upper overview waveform and a lower waveform which allows to zoom in to have a more detailed view of the audio track. Open a music track with the menu or simply drag a track from Finder or iTunes onto the application window. Play the whole track or make a selection with the mouse in the lower waveform. This selection will be looped over and over again. Refine it by dragging on the left or right side until it loops flawless. Zoom in to have a more detailed view of the music track. Slow down the playback rate (↓-key) to pickout the notes and to practice this part. If needed, adapt the pitch to your instrument's tune or to transpose the song. LOOPS Save a loop by clicking on the plus sign above the selection. Save as many loops as you want. The active loop is bright while the inactive ones are dark. Recall a saved loop by clicking on the selection in the upper overview waveform or cycle through them with ⌘ + →. All loop markers are saved with the song and are available next time you open the song. FILTER The Tone filter helps to emphasize the instrument you want to hear. Try to catch the fundamental frequency to get the best effect. E.g. if you want to pick out a bass line go for 100Hz. You'll find a guitar solo around 800Hz. Push the frequency label to turn the filter on and off. PITCH Use the coarse pitch slider to transpose the whole song or just adapt it to your instrument's tune witch the fine pitch slider.

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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Play/Pause | SPACE
Return play position | ↩︎
Speed up/down | ↑ / ↓
Move cursor | ← / →
Scroll waveform | Scroll Wheel | Trackpad L/R
Zoom into waveform | ⇧ + Wheel | Pinch Gesture
Add loop | ⌘ + A
Remove loop | ⌘ + R
Remove all loops | ⌥⌘ + R
Next loop | ⌘ + →
Last loop | ⌘ + ←
Shift loop selection left | ⌥ + ←
Shift loop selection right | ⌥ + →
Set loop start / end on the go | L

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FAQ

"Which file formats are supported?" Slomo handles .wav, .aiff, .mp3, .aac, .m4a, .m4b and .caf-files. Currently no .ogg, no .flac. "I cannot drag a song onto the app from iTunes" Be sure to use your local library. Tracks from an iTunes server or another computer's library can't be dragged anywhere. "Nope, I just can't open that song" It is probably a copy protected track, which we do not support for now. Be sure that the track is locally on your mac and not coming from a streaming service "Why is there only one track regardless of stereo or mono files?" The waveform shows the left channel in the upper half and the right channel in the lower half of the view. "I've found a bug. Shall I rate the app with one star?" Hmm..., No. Please contact us. We're always happy to help" We always love your feedback. If you have any suggestions or problems write to support@friendlyscientist.com. If you enjoy this application, make us happy by rating Slomo in the Mac App Store!