Mix Smart

CHAPTER 8 Pitch Shift

 

 

The most irresistible and, all too often, unbearable effect: use your power for good, not evil.

 

MIX SMART QUICK START: Pitch Shift

GOALS

• Fix out-of-tune tracks that can' be re-recorded correctly.
• Fit bits of a crowded mix together with the help of a pitch-based spreader, thickener, or layering effect.
• Feature tracks with obvious new pitch qualities, composing new musical parts, and imparting a new shape to any melody or chord sequence.

GEAR

• Extraordinary signal processing sophistication is accompanied by complex and rarely intuitive user interfaces.
• Musical use of pitch correction tools requires mastery of the parameters and practice with the processor.
• Listen carefully. Pitch perfection is not always the best ...