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Re: Pitch Shifter
Title: Re: Pitch Shifter
At 9:58 AM +0200 5/21/04, Jens Wolters wrote:
"How
much do you want to spend?"
Since I just
but bought the really expensive Echoplex I cant spend that
much.
That's not a helpful answer. I was hoping for something along the
lines of "$500" or "$1500."
"How
good does it have to sound?"
Its has to
sound pretty good. I would like to use it for live n studio
work.
The more you spend, the better it should sound. In my personal
experience the processors that sound good enough for studio work are
in the price range above $1000. However, much depends on the
prevailing quality of sound and on the function of the processed sound
in the mix. You can get away with a lot in some situations. For
instance, if looped material doesn't need to match the live parts, but
rather can sound remote,it can be low pass filtered and/or
reverberated. This will camouflage a lesser quality of sound.
"What
type of material are you processing?"
I play in
jazz rock/fusion context. (drums, bass, guitar) On the one
hand Im looping rhythmic phrases and on the other hand
soundscapes.
Since were
playing jazz I dont wanna stay in the same harmonic context all the
time. But when I create a new loop with a different chord the
hole energy goes down to much. I want to keep the flow. So I want to
take the loop and just transponse it 4 notes up for
example.
You'll want to avoid pitch shifters that are designed mainly for
voice. Some of those from Digitech and TC are of that type. They have
the ability to independently adjust formants, but the method used
isn't optimal for instrumental mixes. In general it is a greater
challenge to shift complex mixes; therefore it can be more
expensive.
"Eventide and Lexicon have been pitch shifting the
longest and have excellent quality. Digitech has done a good job at a
lower price. tc electronic is good."
Those seem to be really expensive.
What do you consider not "really expensive"? Zoom?
Maybe someone on the list can suggest something cheap and decent
sounding. In my experience this can sometimes be found (in a reverb
shoot-out some years back we found that the Alesis Quadraverb stood up
pretty well even against the high-priced reverbs).
Since Im
owning a notebook and I might use Ableton/Reaktor I thouht about using
a software solution. What do you think about that ? Of course a simple
Hardware would be nicer.
There are some very good plug-ins. I'm particularly fond of GRM
Tools, SoundToys, Waves, and PSP. The best for pitch shifting are from
SoundToys, but unfortunately they're limited to TDM and RTAS.
Waves UltraPitch is also quite good and is VST compatible.
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