Simple pitch shifting of an entire soundbite

[shoegazr]

Hi. I'm still figuring out DP, and I'm stumped on something that doesn't sound too complicated, but I can't find anything in the manual.

I recorded an acoustic guitar part using a close mike and a distant mike. So, two tracks of the same guitar part. Turns out I was out of tune by almost a half step (I know, I know, always tune before you record).

What I want to do is pitch shift both tracks up by the same amount. I've tried the PureDSP pitch correction in DP, but it's not getting me where I want to go. Selecting hundreds of tiny pitch bands and trying to mouse them all up is producing terrible results. This tool seems designed to pitch correct individual botched notes.

What I want to do is much more simple. Just grab the entire close mike track and pitch shift it up by a known quantity so I can apply the same process to the distant mike track.

Does DP do this?

Any help much appreciated.

[musicarteca]

Take my advise, tune up, and record the guitar again.

[stephentayler]

PureDSP can only work on monophonic material...... try standard pitch shift, but I think you are best doing the part again..... pitch shifting is not an exact science.

All the best

Stephen

[Tritonemusic]

Turns out I was out of tune by almost a half step (I know, I know, always tune before you record).

Rerecording it is the best solution. I have to ask; how can you sit through a recording session and not know that you were almost a semitone off? I don't mean to stir things up here but, I'd very much like to know what kind of circumstances you were in, to have this happen. I find it to be quite baffling...

[shoegazr]

Ha. I was actually just messing around, trying to get a decent acoustic sound and ended up liking the part and thought I'd build on it. When I went to add some keys I realized I was off pitch by quite a bit.

Anyway, I thought I'd take the opportunity to learn about DP's pitch capabilities. Which I take from your replies is a pretty easy topic to master.

Much appreciated.

[jlaudon]

Yep, just go to Transpose, and make sure audio soundbites box is checked, then choose how much you want to transpose, and voila! (make sure you've also highlighted the soundbites you want to transpose).

Unfortunately, you'll find that acoustic guitar doesn't quite transpose, no matter what software you have.

[Dwetmaster]

Though I'm in the " do the part again" party, Apple pitch plugin can be of help in simple pitching stuff...

[Phil O]

Turns out I was out of tune by almost a half step (I know, I know, always tune before you record).

I agree that you should re-record, but if for some reason that's not possible, you could change the key for the other tracks if they're not recorded yet. If indeed you're close to a half step off, then change the key by a half step and tune slightly up or down as necessary. Can the vocals handle it? Just a thought.

Phil

[shoegazr]

Apple pitch plugin can be of help in simple pitching stuff...

Yep, that's what I wanted. Did the trick--I could change both tracks by the exact same amount--but yeah, now I will re-record the part.

Thanks again for all the replies, guys.

[muxlow]

Though I'm in the " do the part again" party, Apple pitch plugin can be of help in simple pitching stuff...

I had to use this last week. Did an entire song of L / R rhythm guitars only to find it was off a smidge. Found that Apple Pitch tool, nudged it up by "32 cents" and voila.

Handy when you don't have time to / can't re-record.

[dix]

...or vari-speed. The only way I've ever been able to pitch-correct instruments with a lot of harmonic content satisfactorily is using Ableton Live to change the speed of the file (but of course you end up with a new tempo).