User Manual

NEPTUNE PITCH ADJUSTER AND VOICE SYNTH
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The display
The big display in the center of the Neptune panel shows the following information:
• The Input Pitch of the incoming audio signal.
The detected Input Pitch is displayed as a yellow vertical line above the keyboard.
• The Target Note to which Neptune corrects the output signal.
The Target Note is displayed as a green vertical line above selected notes on the keyboard.
• An orange horizontal line between the Input Pitch and the Target Note.
The orange line shows the distance and direction from Input Pitch to Target Note.
• The Catch Zones, i.e. the pitch “window” which determines to what Target Note to correct the Input Pitch.
The Catch Zones are displayed as red horizontal boxes above each selected key on the virtual keyboard. As soon
as a detected Input Pitch lies within a Catch Zone, the Catch Zone box above the corresponding Target Note
switches to green. See “Setting Catch Zone Size”.
• The virtual keyboard, where you can select your own notes or custom scale to correct the audio to.
See “Setting Root Key and Scale”.
Setting up for pitch processing
The examples below describe how to connect and use Neptune in typical pitch adjustment situations. We assume
here that you have a MIDI keyboard connected, or use the On-screen Piano Keyboard (see “On-screen Piano Keys”).
Setting up for pitch processing of recorded audio tracks
The most flexible method of performing pitch adjustments is to apply it to already recorded audio tracks in the se-
quencer. Doing so will give you total freedom to edit and change the pitch adjustment settings afterwards without
needing to re-record any audio.
To set up Neptune for pitch adjustments of recorded audio tracks, proceed as follows:
1. Select the Audio Track in the sequencer for the track you want to pitch-adjust.
2. Create a Neptune device.
The Neptune device will be created as an insert effect in the Audio Track device and will be automatically con-
nected to the appropriate connectors.
D If you want to control the pitch adjustment via your MIDI keyboard, create a sequencer track for the Neptune
device and select the Neptune track in the Track List.
Now, you are all set for pitch adjustments of the audio on the Audio Track. For information about pitch correction, see
“Using pitch correction”, for information about pitch-shifting, see “Using pitch shifting (Transpose)”, and for info about
creating additional vocal harmonies, see “Using the Voice Synth”.