# Quick and dirty audio editting advice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-dirty-audio-editting-advice/173679>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 7, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-dirty-audio-editting-advice/173679 "2003-05-07T15:42:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-dirty-audio-editting-advice/173679/1 "2003-05-07T15:42:20Z")

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So I’ve got a stupidly geeky need\* for a pumped up version of “A Warm Place” by Nine Inch Nails. I realize the futility in this, since the song is by nature pretty sedate, and I have pretty limited musical talent. I’ve found several remixes of the song, including a drum and bass mix that’s close to what I’m looking for, but not quite.

I downloaded some free audio mixing software and tried just speeding it up, but when I got the main part of the song to the right speed, the drum and bass track was too fast. I wish I could isolate the drum and bass track, but the software I was using didn’t seem to be able to.

And ideas?  
\*It’s the theme song of a recurring character in my D&D campaign and I want to be ready when the players fight him.

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**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-and-dirty-audio-editting-advice/173679/2 "2003-05-07T15:43:55Z")

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I don’t usually correct my typos, but that one’s particularly crytic.

“And ideas?” --\> “Any ideas”