Adjusting clip speed distorts audio

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Adjusting clip speed distorts audio

When I adjust the clip speed to 200%, the audio becomes very high pitched ('Alvin and the Chipmunks' style). Is there a way to speed up a clip while keeping the pitch at a normal level? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

iMac (early 2006), Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jul 3, 2009 11:42 AM

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Jul 3, 2009 11:45 AM in response to bcmartinez

You can turn the volume of the audio to zero/ Use the audio tab in the inspector.

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Jul 3, 2009 11:52 AM in response to AppleMan1958

Well, I want to keep the audio, I just don't want it to be super high-pitched. For example, in QuickTime, if you play a video at 2x speed, the audio is at 2x, but the pitch is normal.

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Jul 3, 2009 11:56 AM in response to bcmartinez

wait...I'm not sure this will work.....just brainstorming here......what if you duplicated the footage and used it as a cutaway. The cutaway would be at 200% speed, but the audio would remain the same. You would need extra footage i think for the film to keep up with the not sped up audio.

Just a thought.

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Jul 3, 2009 12:19 PM in response to Sheryl Kingstone

That's a good thought, but I need the audio to sync up with the video. Think of watching someone give a speech, or an anchor reporting the news at 2x speed. The audio would have to match exactly with them sounding like a chipmunk.

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Jul 3, 2009 12:23 PM in response to bcmartinez

but i thought you didn't want the chipmunk sound....i guess maybe it was tooo alvin sounding....sorry...at a loss. It's kinda hard to speed something up without effecting the audio along with it unless you didn't need it pinned. The only other option is to potentially extract the audio--speed that up. Speed up the sound and somehow pin it back together in precision editor.....way beyond my attention span......sorry.

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