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The included effect plug-ins
Pitch Shift plug-ins
This section contains descriptions of the plug-ins in the
“Pitch Shift” category.
Octaver (not in Cubase LE)
This plug-in can generate two additional voices that track
the pitch of the input signal one octave and two octaves
below the original pitch, respectively. Octaver is best used
with monophonic signals.
The following parameters are available:
Pitch Correct
(Cubase
Elements only)
Pitch Correct automatically detects, adjusts and fixes
slight pitch and intonation inconsistencies in monophonic
vocal and instrumental performances in realtime. The ad-
vanced algorithms of this plug-in preserve the formants of
the original sound thus allowing for natural sounding pitch
correction without the typical “Mickey Mouse” effect.
Furthermore, you can use Pitch Correct creatively. You
can create backing vocals, for example, by modifying the
lead vocals or vocoder sounds by using extreme values.
You can use an external MIDI controller, a MIDI track or
the virtual keyboard to “play” a note or a scale of target
pitches that determine the current scale notes to which
the audio is shifted. This allows you to change your audio
in a very quick and easy way, which is extremely useful for
live performances. In the keyboard display, the original au
-
dio will be displayed in blue while the changes are dis-
played in orange.
The following parameters are available:
Parameter Description
Direct Adjusts the mix of the original signal and the generated
voices. A value of 0 means only the generated and trans
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posed signal is heard. By raising this value, more of the
original signal is heard.
Octave 1 Adjusts the level of the signal that is generated one oc-
tave below the original pitch. A setting of 0 means that
the voice is muted.
Octave 2 Adjusts the level of the signal that is generated two oc-
taves below the original pitch. A setting of 0 means that
the voice is muted.
Parameter Description
Correction –
Speed
Determines the smoothness of the pitch change. Higher
values cause the pitch shift to occur immediately. 100 is
a very drastic setting that is designed mainly for special
effects (e.
g. the famous “Cher” effect).
Correction –
Tolerance
Determines the sensitivity of analysis. A low Tolerance
value lets Pitch Correct find pitch changes quickly.
When the Tolerance value is high, pitch variations in the
audio (e.
g. vibrato) will not be immediately interpreted as
note changes.
Correction –
Transpose
(-12 to 12)
With this parameter you can adjust (or “retune”) the pitch
of the incoming audio in semitone steps. You can set
positive and negative values from -12 to 12. A value of
zero means that the signal is not transposed.