percussion, pitch-shifting and fxs (re:pitch-shifting percussion in realtime)

["David Kuckhermann" <david.kuck@web.de>]

Hi!

Ok, so I was searching the web for infos about effect units which can 
change the pitch in realtime with a midi controller, and after the 
eventide, which are just too expensive for me, I came across the tc 
-helicon voiceprism, which is already much cheaper, but a vocal effect 
machine (i would be curious to try it with the drums actually). When I 
searched on, I saw that the behringer virtualizer (I think less than 150) 
does this also. A friend of mine has one, and I will try it soon. But the 
next morning, suddenly I realized (I didnīt think about it at all before) 
that my sampler (yamaha a4000) actually does this. 
So I programmed the midi controller which was quite the work because of 
the way the a4000 converts the controller numbers and started to try. And 
yes, itīs quite nice and fun, but not as amazing as I thought, because the 
pitch of the drums is not so clear when you go down so my plan to play 
bass-line kind of things doesnīt really work out so good. 
But than I started to play around with the fx part of my sampler which is 
actually really nice for strange things. Did you ever hear a framedrum 
through a pitch shifter, chorus and gated reversed reverb? Itīs wonderful. 
I really love it. There are great possibilities. I just started to try out 
and play with all the fx, pitch, filter etc and there is so much more, but 
already now itīs really crazy.


All the best,
David