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Attack recognition threshold
Use this fader to set a threshold for beat recognition. When the wave project displayed,
you can follow the placement of beats visually. This also works with VIP objects if the wave
project is open at the same time.
Reset Beat-Marker: All Beat markers are removed.
Beat markers can be corrected manually. Beat markers can be re-positioned, copied,
deleted etc. by activating the applicable marker commands.
Hint: If you wish to set new beat markers manually, right-click on the marker bar and select
"Save marker -> Markers with names...". Name your new marker as "Beat".
We encourage you to set the value of the velocity detection threshold to a high value
before editing and then to delete the superfluous markers - this is far quicker than trying to
expand missing markers manually.
With the Timestretch/Pitchshift Patcher (view page 571) in the "Object" menu you can
easily set the markers. This give you the option to edit the Beat marker, if the dialog is open
(non-modal window). Thus you can check the fruits of your labors immediately, without
having to close the dialog. Moreover in the patcher, the tempo (BPM) and Timestretching
mode used by the object editor can be saved directly in the wave project.
Monophonic voice
This is a special Time Stretching and Pitch Shifting function for vocal solos, speech, or solo
instruments. The audio material should not contain background noise – strong reverb may
also this method's effectiveness. With suitable audio material, the audio quality will remain
high.
The "Use formant correction" option preserves formants during Pitch Shifting, i.e. the
"Mickey Mouse effect" does not occur. This allows realistic-sounding background choirs to
be compiled using one solo voice. The formants, however, may also be moved by +/- 12
semitones in order to achieve desired vocal distortions.
Typical uses of this algorithm include:
 Intonation correction: The note with the imprecise pitch should be cut out as an object
so that it may be manipulated independent of the other notes.
 Harmonizer effects: Copy the object containing the singing. If the pitch is altered now, a
second voice will be generated.
 Creating background vocals from existing vocal samples
 Time Stretch distortion of a spoken sample, e.g. grandfather's voice.
The "Monophonic voice" algorithm is especially useful for: Speech, single-voice
singing, single instruments without overlaps/with low levels of reverb and background
noises.