KVR Audio

azra · Post by **azra** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:40 am

Ok heres my question ,i have a loop , guitar , struming in Dmaj and I want to convert that in lets say C or Amaj.

is it possible an if it is how can i do that ?

Does it affects in quality of sound.

I have some reduced version of Ableton live and Reason which came whit my m-audio soundcard so can i do it whit them ?

Thanks

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 12:42 pm

The type of conversion you described (change the tone but keep the rhythm/tempo) is called "pitch shifting". Depending on the software you already have, there are several ways to achieve it. Some audio editors feature it, som sequencing hosts can do it also, and there are some VST effects able to do it. The quality will vary, and depends on what you feed it with.

I think Live can do this. Can't tell you how though, since I don't have Live.

Oh, for super-quality nothing can beat just re-recording the riff in another key. Just practice playing it a lot

azra · Post by **azra** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 3:10 pm

Thanks again

Polychrome · Post by **Polychrome** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 5:51 pm

It's super easy to do in Live. Just load the sample into a clip slot. In the editing window at the bottom will be a "transpose" knob for the clip. This will pitch shift the clip without slowing it up or down. So, just set it to -2 to transpose Dmaj down to Cmaj, etc. Assuming your version of Live can do Render to Disk, you can use that to save a new version of the loop at its new pitch.

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