User manual SERATO PITCH N TIME LE

[. . . ] Digidesign Pro Tools 6 or Logic Pro 7. 2 Digidesign Pro Tools 7. 2 required to use Pitch 'n Time LE with the time trimmer tool Mac OSX 10. 3. 9 or Windows XP iLok key required for authorization 3 Using Pitch 'n Time LE with Pro Tools The Pitch 'n Time LE Interface 8 7 1 2 6 4 5 3 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 Input BPM Calculator Tempo Controls Output Length Pitch Controls Key Shift Varispeed Mode Attenuation Control Pro Tools Controls Assists calculating the input BPM of the selection. Set output BPM, express as a percentage, or directly manipulate the tempo slider. Constrain the output length in time or samples. Pitch shift by semitones & cents, express as a percentage, or manipulate the pitch slider. [. . . ] If you have a specific length to conform to, enter the value here in either minutes and seconds or samples and the tempo controls will update with their corresponding values. 5 Using Pitch 'n Time LE with Pro Tools Pitch Controls The pitch controls work similarly to the tempo controls. The pitch shift you require is displayed in terms of semitones and cents, and as a percentage. Moving the pitch slider updates these values, likewise entering values into the fields updates the slider. Key Shift To transpose between keys, you can enter the inital and target keys into the key shift panel. The corresponding pitch controls will update to reflect this key shift. Varispeed Mode To recreate a classic varispeed effect, use the link toggle switch to force the tempo and pitch sliders to follow each other. This feature is used commonly in sound design and to create an accurate tape stop. Attenuation Control Changing a signal in the frequency domain often affects the relative energy level. If the red overload indicator lights during preview, attenuate to avoid a clipped output region. 6 Using Pitch 'n Time LE with Pro Tools Pro Tools Controls To process an audio selection using Pitch 'n Time LE, use the standard Pro Tools AudioSuite buttons at the bottom of the plug-in window. Clicking Preview will loop the selected audio independent of the session. The Pitch 'n Time interface remains active while previewing, with control changes affecting the output immediately. While previewing, clicking Bypass plays the dry selection unchanged. The Process button applies your current settings to the selection, and generates a new region which either appears inplace, or in the region list, as per the use in playlist toggle in the top section of AudioSuite controls. The top section of the AudioSuite window has options for the behaviour of Pitch 'n Time LE within Pro Tools, as well as managing user presets for the plug-in itself. Clicking Playlist toggles the input between selected audio in the playlist (timeline) and selected regions in the Region list. When Use in playlist is enabled, the output region from Pitch 'n Time LE will replace the input selection on the timeline. When disabled, the output region will only be added to the region list. If the input selection is set to region list, and use in playlist is enabled, the output regions will replace all intances of the selected input regions throughout the session. When the input selection spans multiple regions, Create continuous file toggles between outputting a single consolidated region and creating individual files for each region when Create individual files is selected. Entire selection and Region by region are linked to the previous settings of Create continuous file and Create individual files, respectively. Multi-input mode enforces strict phase coherency between two tracks of a multi-track selection. Use this mode only when phase coherency is absolutely needed, as it can be detrimental to sound quality when applied incorrectly. Mono mode does not enforce phase coherency. [. . . ] The Original and Destination Lengths of the region are expressed as; Samples, SMPTE timecode, and Bars and beats. The Original values reflect the current selection length in the sample editor, and update on the fly as the selection changes, however the fields do not accept values directly. The Destination Length values default to match the Original length and will track changes made to the selection length, scaled by the values in the Tempo section. Likewise when the Destination Length is changed, the Destination Tempo will be updated. [. . . ]