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Table of Contents Introduction!..................................................................................3 User Interface!..............................................................................4 Using Bitspeek in your Host!.........................................................5 Change History!............................................................................8 Requirements!..............................................................................8 Credits and Contacts!........
Introduction INTRODUCTION Bitspeek is a real-time pitch-excited linear prediction codec effect. Right now you are probably thinking, "oh, another one of those"? Or perhaps not. Chances are that you have never heard about "linear prediction", although most of us use it daily when we talk on our cell phones. Linear prediction coding is a voice compression technology that appeared in commercial products in the seventies and was implemented in some well-known speaking toys of the early eighties.
User Interface Figure 1 Bitspeek Interface Rate (kHz) Bitspeek performs its calculations at a designated fixed sample-rate, regardless of the sample-rate your project is running at. The possible settings are 8 kHz, 11 kHz, 22 kHz and 44 -> 48 kHz (the last mode will actually adjust to the project samplerate and select a rate between 44 and 48 kHz). Notice that Bitspeek is still compatible with any host sample-rate by performing automatic sample-rate conversion.
MIDI Enable MIDI to control the pitch and envelope of the effect via MIDI. You will need a host that is capable of transmitting MIDI to effect plug-ins in order to use this feature. Please read the documentation for your host for information on how to set it up. When enabled, Bitspeek will play only when it receives MIDI and it will transpose the pitch according to the MIDI notes it receives. Turn down the Tracking parameter to zero to achieve a vocoder / auto-tune like sound.
Ableton Live 8 1. Turn the MIDI switch to “On” in Bitspeek and turn down Tracking to 0%. 2. Create a MIDI track. 3. Assign “MIDI To” to the audio track that contains Bitspeek. 4. Make sure “MIDI To” is assigned to the Bitspeek effect and nothing else. Apple Logic Pro 9 1. Turn the MIDI switch to “On” in Bitspeek and turn down Tracking to 0%. 2. Create a new instrument track. 3. Click the “I / O” button and select Bitspeek under MIDIcontrolled Effects. 4.
PreSonus Studio One 1. Turn the MIDI switch to “On” in Bitspeek and turn down Tracking to 0%. 2. Add an Instrument track. 3. Select Bitspeek as destination for the new track. Image-Line FL Studio 10 1. Turn the MIDI switch to “On” in Bitspeek and turn down Tracking to 0%. 2. Select a free input port under the MIDI section in the plug-in settings. 3. Add a “MIDI Out” channel. 4. In the channel setting, select the same port number as you did for Bitspeek. Cakewalk Sonar X1 1.
Change History Version 1.0.2 (2011-10-07) • 64-bit support. • Changed to Stereo I/O configuration (although the effect is monophonic) • Improved compatibility with older VST 2.3 hosts and wrappers. • Many other minor compatibility improvements. Version 1.0.1 (2011-01-01) • Solved a problem that prevented registration from working if you had not installed MicroTonic or Synplant before Bitspeek.
Credits and Contacts Sonic Charge Bitspeek v1.0.2 (2011) Created by: Magnus Lidström Graphical design and additional development: Fredrik Lidström Used technologies: (see Copyrights section below for more info) NuXPixels & AU/VST Symbiosis by NuEdge Development libpng by G. Randers-Pehrson zlib by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler VST Plugin Technology by Steinberg Audio Units SDK by Apple Sonic Charge website: http://soniccharge.
