Hello Cubasers,
I have old 4-track cassette tapes that I’m trying to import into cubase to digitize and remaster. Unfortunately, my old Yamaha MT120 no longer plays at a consistent speed, so I have been importing the tapes by recording the tracks directly off the tapes using a regular cassette player. Of course, this means I play “Side A” and get tracks 1 & 2 forwards, and then “Side B” and get tracks 3 & 4 in reverse. I have been solving this by processing the wav files of track 3 & 4 using “Audio-> Processes → Reverse”, then manually syncing the resulting wav with the original wav of tracks 1 & 2. This works totally fine. However, here is my issue…
As long as I am importing tapes I recorded at normal speed (4.8) it works ok. However, I need to speed up the wav files from the tapes I originally recorded at double (9.5) speed. Is there a way to use Cubase to double the speed of a wav file AND have the pitch increase proportionally? I know Cubase can time-stretch and keep the pitch the same, but I want the pitch to actually change along with the speed change. I’m not sure if I’m being very clear, but I know there are some other “old guys” out there like me who know the trials and tribulations of using an old tape-based 4-track (ahem, no “undo” function!), and will understand what it is that I’m trying to explain.
And to all you younglings – you have NO idea how nice it is to have Ctrl-Z whenever you need it. So many tears and broken personal items after punching in with the wrong track armed…