# Music for the MTV Generation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-the-mtv-generation/30026>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-the-mtv-generation/30026 "2000-08-20T05:17:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-the-mtv-generation/30026/1 "2000-08-20T05:17:59Z")

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I’ve been playing with Pacemaker for WinAmp for a while, and I gotta say, music sounds damn cool with the tempo up 50%, the speed up 10%, and the pitch down .2 octaves.

–Tim

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-the-mtv-generation/30026/2 "2000-08-20T05:23:30Z")

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I’ve messed around with programs like that. There were a bunch of settings I changed to make female singers sound eerily male. It didn’t sound like just lower pitch, it actually sounded like a guy singing the song. And of course you can “Chipmunkize” your mp3 collection in no time at all.

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-for-the-mtv-generation/30026/3 "2000-08-20T06:38:53Z")

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If you have a SoundBlaster Live! card, you can f with the Environmental Audio presets, that makes for some cool stuff, too.

–Tim