I have a track that is originally recorded in F# and because I couldn't reach the high notes I've had to transpose it down to a lower key. I used Audacity to transpose the track down one semitone at a time and I had to go down 5 semitones to C# before I could manage the 2 octave vocal range of the track without falsetto.
At first I thought the C# recording sounded ok apart from deeper backing vocals and a slight drop in tempo but I've realised going down that much loses quite a bit of sound quality and there is an irritating vibration that sounds like distortion I can't get rid of or disguise by playing around with the EQs.
Are there any other techniques I could try to transpose it down that might not lose as much audio quality? I tried doing it in Traktor but couldn't work out how to change the pitch without affecting the tempo. If I could do that maybe Traktor would give a better quality recording. Something else I've not tried yet but I thought might be worth a go is using Audacity to transpose it down one semitone and then transpose that one down etc until I've got to C#. Could that give better results or will it be no different to just tranposing down 5 semitones in one go?
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