User Manual

NEPTUNE PITCH ADJUSTER AND VOICE SYNTH
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Hard pitch correction of a vocal track
1. Use Neptune as an Insert Effect on the vocal audio track.
2. Use a suitable scale setting and set the Correction Speed parameter to max and Preserve Expression to mini-
mum in the Pitch Adjust section.
If needed, adjust the Scale to fit the song key. If necessary, override certain passages manually with MIDI (see “Us-
ing automation for temporary pitch correction” above for a practical example).
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.
q If you like, you could freeze your pitch processed track with the effects - see “About “freezing” pitch adjust-
ments on audio tracks”.
Pitch correction with changed voice character
If you want to pitch-correct your lead vocal but make is sound like another person is singing, you can easily do that:
1. Set up the Pitch Adjust section for automatic pitch correction as desired (see “Using automatic pitch correc-
tion”).
2. Activate the Formant section.
3. Adjust the Shift parameter up or down to change the voice character of the output.
Adjust down to generate a deeper (male) character and up to create a more soprano-like female character.
Octave dub
1. Use Neptune as a Send Effect in the Main Mixer Master Section.
2. Turn off the Pitch Adjust section and activate the Transpose section.
3. Set the Semi parameter to +12 to transpose up 1 octave.
4. Play back, or input audio in real-time on your mixer channel.
5. Use the Send FX control on the mixer channel strip to balance the level of the octave-shifted voice.
D Use the Formant Shift control to make the transposed voice sound more natural (or unnatural, if that's what
you want).
Pitch-shifting drums (non-pitched input)
1. Route the drum sound to the audio input(s) of Neptune.
2. Turn off the Pitch Adjust section and activate the Transpose section.
3. Set Semi and Cent parameters to desired values.
q Use the Pitch Bend control for special bend effects.
q Activate the Formant section and experiment by shifting the formants if you like.