User Manual

NEPTUNE PITCH ADJUSTER AND VOICE SYNTH
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! Note that MIDI control of the pitch is monophonic.
• When pitch correction is controlled via MIDI, the corrected audio signal will also respond to Pitch Bend and Vi-
brato modulation.
! If you transpose pitches several semitones compared to the input pitch, there could be strange formant effects
that may or may not be desirable. To make heavily pitched signals sound more natural, you can use the for-
mant correction function described in “Using Formant control”.
! Note that MIDI control of the pitch correction will only momentarily override the Root Key, Scale and Catch
Zone settings. As soon as there is no MIDI Note present, the automatic (scale) pitch correction settings will
take over again.
q It’s also possible to generate polyphonic voices (harmonies) via MIDI using the Voice Synth function, see “Us-
ing the Voice Synth”.
Using pitch shifting (Transpose)
Pitch shifting basically means altering the pitch of the input audio by a set factor - the transpose value - and output
the result. As opposed to pitch correction, pitch shifting can be made on any type of monophonic audio input signal;
it doesn’t even have to have a regular pitch (tone). Pitch shifting can be used to generate a number of cool effects, for
example:
• Voice doubling effects by using slight transposition of only 5-10 cents.
• Adding an additional voice one octave up or down from the original lead vocal.
• Creating dark spooky monster voices by transposing speech down heavily.
• Creating chipmunk effects by transposing speech up heavily.
The list goes on...
Use the Transpose function as follows:
1. Click the Transpose button to activate the Transpose section.
2. Adjust the transposition using the Semi and Cent spin controls in the Transpose section.
The Transpose range is ±12 semitones with a fine tuning range of ±50 cents.
D If you want to transpose pitch corrected signals, make sure the Pitch Adjust section is on and has the desired
parameter settings.
D If you want to transpose non-pitched signals, such as speech, switch off the Pitch Adjust section.