{"id":471,"date":"2016-03-01T20:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/pitch-shifting-tips-and-tricks-with-reapitch\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T01:25:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T01:25:27","slug":"pitch-shifting-tips-and-tricks-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/pitch-shifting-tips-and-tricks-with\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch Shifting Tips and Tricks with ReaPitch"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pitch shifting is a valuable tool for working with all aspects of recorded music. It can be used to tune a note to a certain key or even change the key of a song. By applying it, you can provide a whole new dimension to a sample, keeping the familiar sound but changing it enough to fit in your song. I’m going to talk about all the ways you can implement it, from very basic, to fairly advanced. The plugin I will use to demo it is REAPER’s ReaPitch, freely available as a stock plugin for REAPER or downloadable as part of their free FX suite<\/a>.<\/strike> [EDIT: apologies for misinformation, this plugin is not included in their FX suite, I am in looking for a free plugin of quality to link here and will post one hopefully soon<\/i>]<\/div>\n
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While not pretty, ReaPitch is incredibly powerful <\/i><\/div>\n
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So the very first thing you are going to want to try if you haven’t used pitch shifting already, is the most basic of shifts. ReaPitch allows you to pitch up and down in cents (green), semitones (red), and octaves (blue).<\/div>\n
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With simple music theory, you will know that cents are 1\/100 of a semitone, and there are 12 semitones in an octave. Use this to your advantage when pitch shifting so you can use the correct resolution of adjustment. <\/div>\n
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If you want to change the key, use the semitones fader, if you want it to stay in key but play much more high\/low pitched, use the octave fader. If you want to make a minor adjustment, e.g. the sample or sound is a bit flat\/sharp, you are best using the cents fader.<\/div>\n
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To get the sample in key with your song, it helps to know what key the song is as well as the key of the sample. Then you can simply adjust the sample up or down to match the song. If you don’t know the key of the sample, there is key detection software<\/a> that will help you find it out. <\/div>\n
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Note that these are not always accurate so always use your ears (or someone else’s) to judge.<\/div>\n
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If you listen to a lot of dance music, you may recognise the pitch shifted sound of vocals. As heard below in Warrior’s Dance, by The Prodigy, the vocals sound sped up. This is because the voice resonates at frequencies according to the size of the vocal tract. <\/div>\n
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