User manual SERATO PITCH N TIME PRO 2.4

[. . . ] If anything is missing please contact your dealer immediately. 1x Serato plug-ins Installation CD 1x Pitch 'n Time Pro User Manual 1x Installation Guide + Serial Number System Requirements The following are the minimum system requirements for Pitch 'n Time Pro. Digidesign Pro Tools 6 Mac OSX 10. 3. 9 or Windows XP iLok key required for authorization 3 Basics What Pitch 'n Time Pro does Pitch 'n Time Pro is a high quality time stretching and pitch shifting plug-in for use with Digidesign's AudioSuite architecture. It offers time compression and expansion from a ratio of 1/8 through to 8 x speed, independent of pitch. [. . . ] This shows how the speed of playback will vary over time. The small boxes on top of the line are handles, and these let you specify the tempo you want at a particular time. Most handles are white, but the currently selected handle is shown in orange. The (input) time, BPM and percentage change of the selected handle is shown in the three fields below the graph. To select or move a handle, click within its box. To create a new handle, click anywhere on the line where there isn't already a handle. To delete a handle option-click it, drag it outside the graph, or move it on top of one of the handles to either side. The line always shows how the tempo will vary smoothly between the handles you have set. By pressing the Update Waveform button (at the bottom of the plug-in) you can have Pitch 'n Time Pro display a waveform overview as a visual aid behind the automation graph. Note: for large selections this can take a while to create. Tempo automation can be as simple as a ramp from 120 to 130 bpm or as complex as you wish. New markers can be created by clicking anywhere except on an existing one. Clicking Reset will remove all markers. 11 The Interface Length Panel No matter which time-stretching mode you are in, the length panel is always visible. It shows the start, end and length of your selection both before and after processing. You can change the output values at any time by typing into the appropriate field. When you do, the current time stretch panel is altered to match. Length / Position units Select from the pop-up menu at the top of the length panel between the following display options: Samples are the smallest units of audio that Digital Audio Workstations work with. The largest value allowed in these fields is 231-1 = 2, 147, 483, 647 samples, or approximately 13½ hours of audio at a sample rate of 44, 100 samples per second. Hours:Mins:Secs display lengths in hours, minutes and seconds, in the format HH:MM:SS. Hours and minutes will not be displayed if the length is less than one hour or one minute respectively. The default units are seconds when entering values, but colons can be used to quickly enter larger values. For instance, typing "1:" enters 1 minute, and typing "2::" enters 2 hours. Feet+Frames refers to lengths of film in feet and frames, where 1 foot = 16 frames, and there are 24 frames in 1 second of audio. [. . . ] At any time when you would like the current settings remembered, pull down the menu and choose Save Settings As. . . Type in a descriptive name and choose save. If the current settings do not match the most recently selected preset, the compare button will illuminate and the preset name will be italicized. 22 Appendix A - Pro Tools Shortcuts Mac Shortcut Option-clicking a slider or knob Command-dragging a slider or knob Pressing tab or shift-tab Windows Shortcut (if different) Alt-clicking a slider or knob Control-dragging a slider or knob Action Resets the control to its default value. Moves the control in `fine' increments. When a control value editor is selected, tab will advance from one text entry field to the next, and shift tab moves backwards through the text fields. [. . . ]