[Asterisk-Users] Faster Sound Files

[Douglas Garstang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon-o Addleman [mailto:jonathan.addleman at mail.mcgill.ca]
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 10:47 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Faster Sound Files
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 09:41:40AM -0600, Douglas Garstang 
> spake thusly:
> > I'd like to increase the speed of the Asterisk sound files. 
> Miss Alison talks a bit slow.
> > 
> > I can use sox to increase the speed, but then the pitch changes and
> > she starts to sound like a chipmunk. Any audio experts out 
> there know
> > how I can increase the speed a little bit, and change the pitch
> > accordingly so that she sounds ... normal?
> 
> I think the 'stretch' command in sox is what you need.

Thanks. I gave that try, and she no longer sounds like a chipmunk, but there's a rather loud background distortion. Hmmm.