Modules: Pitch

Pitch Shifter

This module is as straightforward as it gets. It shifts the pitch of the incoming signal in semitones and cents. You can go anywhere between two octaves higher and two octaves lower than the original signal. It can also act upon a selected frequency range; any frequencies that fall outside of this range will not be affected. The selected band of frequencies is determined by the Frequency range slider located in the Main window.

Pitch Follower

The main channel is pitch-shifted to the dominant frequency detected in the side channel (via External audio or via Settings / Input mode). The Speed parameter determines how quickly the pitch-shifting to the target frequency should be done, in order to provide a smoother result.

TuneWorx

You know the sound: it’s the classic Autotune effect. The main channel’s pitch is detected and shifted to the nearest selected semitone. If all semitones are selected, you’ll get a chromatic scale. Check out the Autotune subfolder in the Presets browser for some musical scale presets!

Pitch Magnet

This one forces the input channel pitch to the pitch selected with the Target knob. The Strength knob determines the speed with which to reach the target pitch.

Sumo Pitch

What happens when your channels are pitted against one another like Sumo wrestlers? The input signal and side channel are analyzed with the internal pitch detector. Both are then pitch-shifted towards each other and towards a center pitch. The speed of the shift is selectable with the Speed knob. After both signals have been shifted, they are blended together. The amount of blending is controlled with the Blend knob: when set to 0, only the main channel is output; a setting of 100% sends only the side channel to the output.

Pitch Spring

This is a pitch oscillator. You can choose the Depth and Period (rate) of the oscillation. There is also a direction combo box where you can select how the “spring” oscillates:

• Up will cause the spring to oscillate between the incoming pitch and a positive (higher) pitch determined by the Depth knob’s setting.
• Down will cause it to swing from the incoming pitch to a negative (lower) pitch as determined by the Depth knob.
• Symmetric will result in the pitch oscillating back and forth from a negative pitch, through the original pitch of the incoming signal, and towards a positive pitch.

Octaver

This is an octaver effect: it adds two (or just one) octaves onto the original signal. It can add an octave that is two octaves down or one octave down from the original signal (to turn your guitar into a bass, for example), or it can add two or one octave up from the original sound to achieve a kind of harmonizer effect (a 12 string guitar, for example). It can also mix down and up octaves. Each octave has a gain control, and both octaves share a common cut-off frequency to limit the operation to only the low-passed signal. Fun!