User Manual

NEPTUNE PITCH ADJUSTER AND VOICE SYNTH
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Setting up for pitch processing of “live” audio
Neptune can of course also be used for performing pitch adjustments in real-time. This is great for live performances
and can also be used for recording pitch-processed audio on an audio track.
To set up Neptune for pitch adjustments in real-time, proceed as follows:
1. Create a Mix Channel device.
2. Create a Neptune device, ether by double clicking the Neptune device icon on the Device Palette in the Effects
location in the Browser, or by selecting it from the Create menu.
The Neptune device will be created and routed as an insert effect in the Mix Channel device.
3. Connect a microphone to your audio interface and manually patch the appropriate Audio in jack on the Reason
Hardware Interface to the Left Input on the Mix Channel device.
D If you want to control the pitch adjustment via your MIDI keyboard, create a sequencer track for the Neptune
device and select the Neptune track in the Track List.
D To make the tracking of the Input Pitch faster you could try and activate the “Live Mode” button.
This will reduce the latency even further, but could in some situations make the pitch tracking a little unstable.
Now, you are all set for live pitch adjustments. For information about pitch correction, see “Using pitch correction”, for
information about pitch-shifting, see “Using pitch shifting (Transpose)”, and for info about creating additional vocal
harmonies, see “Using the Voice Synth”.
If you want to record your processed audio on an audio track in the sequencer, perform the following additional steps:
4. Create an Audio Track.
5. Click the Rec Source button on the Mix Channel device you use for the Neptune.
6. Select the Mix Channel device as input source in the Input Selector on the Audio Track in the sequencer.
This will route the pitch-processed audio from the Mix Channel to the Audio Track. This setup is identical to what
you would use when recording with effects, as described in “Creating an input channel for recording with effects”.
Using pitch correction
Pitch correction is great if you, for example, have a vocal track in your song that contains flat notes. Instead of having
to overdub the flat parts on the audio track, you can automatically adjust the pitches of the flat notes using Neptune.
You can also sing through the Neptune in real-time and get a beautifully pitched voice!
There are two basic ways of using pitch correction in Neptune:
• Automatic pitch correction using Scales, see “Using automatic pitch correction”.
• Manual pitch correction using MIDI note input, see “Using manual pitch correction”.
You can also combine the two methods if you like. First of all, though, you will need to make some basic settings: