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Elastic Audio
General information on the Elastic Audio editor
Elastic Audio
is a specialized editor for changing the pitch of audio material. Resampling and pitchshifting algorithms
can be automated, and a basic frequency recognition enables the user to change around considerably the
pitches of monophonic audio material.
Pitch-shifting algorithms are able to change a melody in the pitch without influencing the tempo.
Samplitude Music Studio 15 provides various pitchshifting algorithms that can be used based on existing
material.
Elastic Audio has the following capabilities
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Recognition of the basic frequency in monophonic audio material.
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Automatic and manual correction of the basic frequency process in monophonic audio material.
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Manual correction of the pitch of notes from monophonic audio material.
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Changing melodies in monophonic audio material.
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Harmonizer for creating additional voices
Note on timestretching: Timestretching cannot be automated, but can continue to be used statically
when using Elastic Audio
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Edit window
The pitch characteristic is shown in the editing window. To customize the pitch correspondingly, the
original pitch of the audio material must, of course, be known. Fundamental to the functionality is
therefore a preliminary pitch analysis of the material. This is basically only for tonal, monophonic material
like solo vocals, solo instruments, and speech.
The analysis function starts automatically when the editor is opened. The analysis requires more time with
longer objects. After the analysis is complete, the objects are split up into individual "slices" according to
the recognized pitches. The medium pitches of a slice determine its position in the graphic, independent of
the set progression of the pitch curve inside the slice. On the borders of the slice objects, two handles are
created on the pitch curve. These handles can be moved in order to produce an increasing or decreasing
pitch characteristic, but still keep the small changes in the basic frequency (vibrato).
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