User Manual

Pitch Mapping Sliders

These are the main GUI controls for mapping pitch. By dragging these up or down, you are mapping a source pitch (as shown by

the Lower Keyboard) to a destination pitch (as shown by the Right Keyboard). Think of this like a routing matrix or patchbay, “this

goes there”. Or you can think of a slider as a transpose/pitch-shift value that is available per source pitch. While dragging a slider,

the relevant pitch is soloed. Holding alt/option while dragging drags along the sliders of the same pitch class across all octaves (so

dragging the slider of a C drags the sliders every C). The body of the slider shows a level meter for the pitch that is referenced. The

head of the slider adjusts the mapping behavior, and can be switched through 4 states by shift-clicking it.

Square Slider Head

Pitch is mapped within the octave of the source pitch only, exactly defined by setting a slider. WYSIWYG.

Round Slider Head

Mapping is automatically performed towards the nearest octave. For example: when you’re mapping a C to an E, the E in the same octave as

your source pitch will be used (it has a distance of +4 semitones to the C). If you mapped the C to an A (+9 semitones), the lower octave will

be used (-3 semitones). The purpose of this mode is to keep transposition as low as possible to maximize sound quality, and it is actually quite

similar to the way musicians voice their chords.

Downward Triangle Slider Head

Mapping always uses the octave below, effectively transposing your slider down by an octave. The purpose of this mode is to allow

transpositions outside of the range visualized by the Right Keyboard, while keeping it easy to read the map.

Upward Triangle Slider Head

Performs the same thing as the Downward Triangle Slider Head, but transposes up by an octave instead of down.

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