Audacity problem..?

[CplCuddles]

Hey guys, I am having a strange issue. I used to slow music with Audacity and it worked great. There was an update awhile back and I haven't really slowed music since then. I tried and I encountered a weird issue. The bass sounds muddy. I can't hear it on my computer sub, but my car sub I very much so can. It's not clipping I make sure of that. I can literally take a song I have slowed down in the past and slow it down again and the newer version's bass is @$$. Anyone encountered this before? I don't really know what to even look for online, since it is so specific.

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

@Jeffdachef is an audacity expert...see if he knows whats up.

 

[THATpurpleKUSH 5,000+ posts]

Its been 5 years since I used Audacity but I used to be pretty good with it lol

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

have you tried an older version... Download Old Versions of Audacity for Windows - OldVersion.com

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

I wouldn't use audacity, you'll need a more legit program. The current audacity stuff is not re-bass friendly at all.

 

[CplCuddles]

I mean I wouldn't say i'm "rebassing." Just slowing and pitch bending. Plus I like audacity because I can plot the spectrum and get the exact freqs I want with ease. It just produces tardy bass as of late, is gey.

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Hate when my bass is late.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Hate when my bass is late.

delayed bass?! ya...u an me both

 

[Jeffdachef 5,000+ posts]

delayed bass?! ya...u an me both

no op said "tardy" bass lmaooo. like tardy in school.

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Oh snap

Give yer subs detention //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

are you changing tempo without changing pitch?....

 

[CplCuddles]

are you changing tempo without changing pitch?....

No, I'm changing speed, then I might lower pitch if I want to.

This is my step by step process.

1.) This is just pulled in.

2.) Fixing Clipping

3.) Checking bass freqz

4.) Slowing..

5.) Checking Freq again, want it lower..

6.) Pitch Bending..

7.) Final Freq Check, This song was really high bass, so I went pretty ham on the slow and pitch, usually don't have to do that. This was just to show what I do normally.

My other thought was maybe it had something to do with the exporting, I noticed it had new settings with the update.. These are the setting I use..

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

so you dont just want to slow a song down? you want to mess with pitch too?

 

[CplCuddles]

so you dont just want to slow a song down? you want to mess with pitch too?

I don't care about slowing vs pitch bending. I used to just slow them but I've found that if I lower the pitch a little I don't have to slow it as much. It is all for the sake of lower bass freqs.

 

[nauc 10+ year member]

so in the past, you could tweak the pitch and the bass was ok, but a newer version of Audacity screws that up?