KVR Audio

Centro · Post by **Centro** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:09 am

Anyone know any good and free pitchbend vst? I would appreciate it.

Thanks

SWTrex · Post by **SWTrex** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:37 am

I assume a plug which has a virtual pitch bend wheel for generating PB messages?

Try Soma's NoteFX

SWTrex

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:19 am

i can't turn off key quantize. i'm using t1. why even have the quantize thing? i'd like a bend range

funkadil · Post by **funkadil** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:21 am

maybe you mean pitch-shifter? Theres lots around.

aetmos · Post by **aetmos** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:54 am

Here's three:
http://www.gersic.com/plugins/index.php?daCat=10

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:11 am

why has this turned unto a pitch shift thread? i too would like a pitch bend

aetmos · Post by **aetmos** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:12 am

What's the difference, if you can automate a pitch-shift, you have a pitch bend...

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:19 am

the pitch bend takes the place of a midi controller. the pitch is bent in the synth

aetmos · Post by **aetmos** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:23 am

Oh, that wouldn't really be a VST, then, would it? A lot of hosts have some way to do this buit in. I dunno, though, I just use the pitch bend on my controller...

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:28 am

soma's notefx is a vst. it just doesn't work the way i want it too. i'm glad you have a pitch bend but i still need one

aetmos · Post by **aetmos** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:36 am

I think what you want is a virtual midi controller. Something like these should do the trick:

http://www.analogx.com/contents/downloa ... usemod.htm
http://www.analogx.com/contents/downloa ... vpiano.htm
http://www.soundcosoftware.com/vmc.htm
http://www.csounds.com/maldonado/vmci.html

Or, like I said, depending on your host, their might already be something like this built in. I'm pretty sure Logic has a little doohicky that would do this.

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:42 am

nope. i just need a vst pitch bend like if the quantize off button worked on soma's note fx and it had a range

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:42 am

aetmos wrote:I dunno, though, I just use the pitch bend on my controller...

Yeah, what's wrong with recording movement of the pitch wheel of your controller? Even in T1 this should work fine, you should be able to edit the automation curve...

If you don't have a controller with pitch bend wheel, there are ways to work around that (e.g. virtual XY-controllers)

SWTrex · Post by **SWTrex** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:26 am

C00kie wrote:If you don't have a controller with pitch bend wheel, there are ways to work around that (e.g. virtual XY-controllers)

1) None of the XY-controllers I've come across have pitch bend as a generated parameter.
2) A pitch bend wheel should have a snap-release back to zero.
3) I think I've seen VST plugins which will convert a CC signal to pitch-bend, but by midi definition, pitch bend resolution is 14-bit, while CC messages are only 7-bit.

(Having said this, I now see that the PB in soma's noteFX is 7-bit).

androidlove wrote:i can't turn off key quantize. i'm using t1. why even have the quantize thing? i'd like a bend range

Doesn't the note quantize just affect note on/off messages? If all you need is the pitch bend, bypass noteFX with your midi in from your controller and use noteFX only for generating pitch bend (no midi input to noteFX).

Pitch bend range by midi definition is 0 - 16383 (min/max). How this translates into number of half-steps bent is always set in the receiving synthesizer.

The only shortcoming of soma's noteFX that I see is that the resolution is 7-bit, not 14-bit. I would also like to see the wheel in the gui to be a little larger for increased controllability with the mouse.

SWTrex

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:16 pm

C00kie wrote:what's wrong with recording movement of the pitch wheel of your controller?

my story? i have a casio ctk - 611. i found it for $100 when i needed a workstation

. the pitch bend is just 2 buttons. they send the pitch either direction at a set speed and then just snap the pitch back

. it's recorded in t1 a stepped increments (little blue vertical lines). soma's notefx gives me vectors

SWTrex wrote:no midi input to noteFX

i'll try that. thanks

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