Pitch Automation in DP 4.6

dschmidt · Post by **dschmidt** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:35 pm

I see the pitch segments, and all the pitch automation stuff seems to work, but there is no pitch curve. I don't see any option to turn the curve on and off...what am I missing?

Also...i'm trying to do some "pitch stepping" effects via some sort of pitch quantization. However, the pitch quantization doesn't appear to be adjustable - it only snaps the pitch to the nearest root note. Is there any way to quantize pitches to some kind of "pitch map" or something?

Thanks!
Dave

dpdan · Post by **dpdan** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:37 pm

I just emailed Rob at MOTU to see what he says. I am in the same boat, as most others here, love it, love it, love it, then BAMB it's dead again.

Everything else in 4.6 is awesome and is absolutely rock solid!
Thank you MOTU, we are all waiting.
I tried duplicate track and it was no different.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't

dpDan

G5 dual 2.0, 3.5 gigs ram, MOTU 828 MK2, MOTU MIDI Micro Express

marreascotias · Post by **marreascotias** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 6:17 pm

I'm having the same Pitch Automation problems but I found it more secure to record it to a new track, just as I've been doing so far with Autotune. Actually I create a new track, move the Pitch-automated soundbites to it, then record it back to the original track, so any other automation is not moved.

It also happened to me a dead Pitch Automation that came back to life by itself!

I'm running DP on a dual 1.8 G5 with 1.25GB of ram and still hear dropouts when clicking or dragging windows buttons and menus! Do I need more ram? Anyone with a similar configuration?

Lets hope MOTU releases a 4.6.1 patch update for free!

sdfalk · Post by **sdfalk** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:15 pm

There usually at least a couple of point releases (free updates)
before Motu usually moves to the next big release.

Alan Craig · Post by **Alan Craig** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:58 pm

Which would you rather use: MOTU pitch correction, or Melodyne?

I've tried both ... melodyne is SO much better.

sdfalk · Post by **sdfalk** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:06 pm

Really?

Maybe that's why it costs so much more for it.
For Basic correction in the middle of a mix
(Simple little mistakes and the like) DP
is just fine.
If tweaked properly DP's pitch correction
is great. I wouldn't say Melodyne is SO much better.

chaim · Post by **chaim** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:32 pm

AMAZING: Copy and Paste Pitch info

Take 1 the singer sings D then glides into G below.

Take 2 (second track) is a better take but the singer didn't glide. (and I want the glide)

Set both tracks to the Pitch layer.

Select the glide part of take 1. Command Copy.

Select the exact time range in take 2. Command Paste.

DP will play the track using the pasted pitch info.

I did this today and I got a perfect result. The quality to me is 100%.

I was amazed! I made 2 mp3s of the better take. 1 is the original straight version, the 2nd is the 'pasted pitch information' taken from take 1.

PM me with your email address if you are interested in hearing them.

sdfalk · Post by **sdfalk** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:03 pm

sounded good

chaim · Post by **chaim** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:05 pm

Thanks.

marreascotias · Post by **marreascotias** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:43 am

Trying to use pitch control points but in almost all cases they stick horizontally!

Does it happen to anyone here? What could lock horizontal moving of the control points?

Aren't they supposed to be able to move horizontally?

marreascotias · Post by **marreascotias** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:58 am

I'm working with several double-tracked (double-miked) instruments, which need pitch adjustments.

Once pitch automation is not "groupable", it's being a real challenge to equally match both pitch adjustments so it doesn't sound "flangy".

Does anyone have a more practical solution for this purpose?

chaim · Post by **chaim** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:51 am

You can try the copy and paste idea I wrote above.

gearboy · Post by **gearboy** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:19 am

Just wondering if anyone has tried this?

I did a location session this weekend (and last). Some songs have 10 guitars (Sheraton, Tele Custom, Rick 360/12, strat...) plus two tracks of P- Bass. Unfortunately, the singer's "clean" Epi Sheraton tracks fall out of tune (g/b stings) about 2/3 of the way through two of the songs. I personally tuned every guitar this band had between every take to avoid this (including the 360/12... awesome guitar but... brutal!!!). I recorded to my HD24 and could not monitor EVERY track on every song (only 16 of 18-24 tracks). I got everything into DP tonight and now I see another session in the future.

I am assuming that Pitch Automation is for monophonic instruments only. Please correct me if I am wrong. Some small tweaks will save me another day's work.

Jeff

chaim · Post by **chaim** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 1:19 pm

Maybe a Solution?

I noticed that when Automation is enabled on an audio track, the pitch changes (done on the pitch layer) does not work. If I turn off Automation on that track, the pitch is back enabled.

bbowers · Post by **bbowers** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 11:00 am

??k??e same pitch correction flakeyness. Comes and goes intermittently. Duplicating track works for while. Turning track automation on or off does not effect it.

Any dependable solutions yet, that don't require double checking every few minutes?

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