General advice on pitch alteration

[AudioBabble]

Hi folks...

I'm wondering what the most transparent way is to shift pitch of samples and tracks recorded.

I'm not talking about vocals specifically, but rather anything from guitar to bass to synths, etc. and I mean a piecemeal pitch shift not fine editing of individual notes.

I'm only looking to shift less than a semi-tone and hitherto have used Adobe Audition CC2019 with no real complaints... however I'd be interested to know if there's anything else that might do the job even better, maybe a more precise method than Audition?

I use reaper DAW but as yet haven't tested its capabilities.. would it be any different is I were to alter the speed of the sample in audition, whilst allowing pitch to be effected, then use Reaper's time-stretching to bring it back up to tempo? Maybe Reaper's pitch shifting ability is superior anyway? I don't know, hence why I'm asking for advice!

Cheers

PS I know the adage: "If it ain't broke..." probably applies here since what audition does sounds fine to me, but just be interested to hear opinions from those with more experience of this sort of thing

[thecontrolcentre]

I haven't used Audition, so can't compare but I've always been happy with Live's pitch shifting. Even more since they introduced their Microtonal device. I've used Live a lot to put mashups together.

[AudioBabble]

I haven't used Audition, so can't compare but I've always been happy with Live's pitch shifting. Even more since they introduced their Microtonal device. I've used Live a lot to put mashups together.

Cool, thanks - I have Live, used to use it a fair bit and seem to remember the time-stretching was excellent.

Will have to do a compare/contrast in the pitch shifting when I get the chance.

That said, I suppose what I really want at the moment is a batch processing style setup that will do many files at once... which audition is very good at.. not so sure about live on that score.