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The Slow Down

If you couldn’t tell, that is Justin Bieber’s U Smile slowed to less than an eighth of it’s original tempo (pitch remains unchanged). That’s right: It’s 35 minutes. And it sounds incredible. The ability to slow down recorded music has been around for a long time. All you had to do was spin the record or move the tape slower. But with computers it’s easier and it sounds better than ever before. Here’s something on the funnier side of the spectrum:

As you can see, the speed of the recording was changed and therefore the pitch was altered.