User Guide

• Off – incoming MIDI notes are ignored.
• Routed – each time a new note is received, the enabled voices’ intervals are set to the currently
pressed keys. The lowest note is mapped to the appropriate interval for Voice 1, the next lowest
to the appropriate interval for Voice 2, etc. If less than eight notes are pressed, the notes will be
mapped repeatedly until all the voices’ intervals are tuned. For example, playing a single note will
map to all eight voices.
• Gated – probably the most practical mode, Gated behaves very much like Routed, however voices
only pass audio when notes are pressed. Keep this in mind in the event you are hearing no audio
output from Octavox. This mode can be useful in ’playing’ the inputted audio much like you would
a synthesizer, with limitless sonic and performance opportunities.
Additionally, moving the Pitch Wheel on a connected MIDI keyboard sets the Shift amount for all voices,
up to +/-100 cents (1 semitone). Moving the Modulation Wheel sets the Randomize parameter (described
below), which can result in interesting chorusing effects.
NB: To maintain backwards compatibility for sessions with previous Audio Unit (AU) versions of Octavox,
there are two AUs included in the installer; one with MIDI support, and one without. If you are seeing
”Mode Disabled” in the MIDI Control field, please make sure you are using the ”Octavox” AU plug-in, and
not ”Octavox (No MIDI)”. ”Octavox (No MIDI)” functions the exact same as ”Octavox”, but without
MIDI control, and is included for legacy support. There is only one plug-in for VST and AAX.
3.4.2 Pitch Tracking
This is used to turn off the pitch detection entirely when using Octavox on non-pitched or polyphonic
instruments. By turning off Pitch Tracking, the plug-in will act as though the incoming pitch is always
the root note of the scale. This allows the plug-ins to be used on drum tracks and many other types of
instruments.
3.4.3 Instrument
This pop-up menu sets the Low Note and Crossfade parameters with preset values making pitch setup
more convenient.
3.4.4 Low Note
Low Note determines the lowest note that the pitch detector will be listening for. This can be very helpful
in filtering out any false readings that may be caused by extraneous low frequencies.
3.4.5 Crossfade
Crossfade sets the window of splicing that occurs during the pitch shift process.
3.4.6 Randomize
Inspired by the H949’s Random Pitch algorithm, the Randomize control will randomly apply a random
amount of micropitch to any enabled voices. This is a quick way to create the random detuning that can
be useful when creating chorused or choir effects.
3.5 Levels Section
This section offers the necessary wet/dry balance controls as well as the ability to add up to 24 dB of
gain through the product.
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