Rubber Band Library: audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting library and command-line tool
Rubber Band is an audio library and utility program that changes the tempo and pitch of a recording independently of one another.
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Source: https://github.com/breakfastquay/rubberband
What it supplies: Rubber Band is an audio library and utility program that changes the tempo and pitch of a recording independently of one another.
Useful for: - Stretch or compress a recording and shift its pitch from the command line, for example 50% longer and up a whole tone.
- Choose the finer R3 engine for complex mixes, vocals and bassy music, at higher CPU cost.
- Embed time and pitch changes in an application with the RubberBandStretcher and RubberBandLiveShifter classes.
- Use the bundled LADSPA and LV2 pitch-shifter plugins.
First action: - Build the library following COMPILING.md.
- Run rubberband with a time ratio, a pitch shift in semitones, and input and output wav files.
- Try -3 for the finer engine, or the -c crispness option with the R2 engine.
Prerequisites and limits: - The command-line tool needs libsndfile to load audio files.
- Other libraries may be linked depending on build configuration, each under its own licence.
- The R3 engine uses much more CPU than R2.
- Many options apply only to the R2 engine.
- The licensing terms restrict closed-source distribution without a commercial licence.
The README states Rubber Band is under the GPL, version 2 or later. Distributing code that uses it under other terms needs a commercial licence, and Apple App Store distribution is not possible without one.
An application using the library must be published under the GPL or a compatible licence unless a commercial licence is obtained; linked libraries and the .NET interface have their own terms.
Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was built or run and no audio was processed, so quality claims are the README's own.
Based on README text only; COMPILING.md, the COPYING file and the project website were not read. No build or run was made; quality statements are the README's own.
Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/breakfastquay/rubberband/e4296ac80b1170018a110bc326fd0d45a0eb27d6/README.md ; 8288 bytes ; sha256 e7a6fc0fd3177e3a166a67e1cb834f6bfdec74c8d8928c71543367558d104ad6 ; 15 exact pinned excerpts in the draft pin map
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