Posted by James Gibbon on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/subsmash-tp1507385p1507401.html

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 16:38:39 -0000
"JKS" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> "they slowed down the commentary to match the speed of the episode"
>
> I haven't heard the commentaries, but if this is the reason for the
> unusual sound then it's appallingly sloppy and/or cheapskate. Software
> to "pitch shift" the sound to make it sound normal after changing its
> length is so common that no half-competent facilities house dealling
> in sound be without it and many people have it on home PCs. It would
> take a matter of minutes to correct the pitch.
>

Your second sentence is quite correct, but the first is a tad
unreasonable.

Even if the original pitch was restored, and maybe it was - the
commentary would still have been "slowed down" regardless, and that
would have a minor detrimental effect.


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