How to properly change pitch on sp-303?

[vaziri07]

I need you guys' help badly! Im tryin to make a bassline, (never have on the sp-303), by putting in a single bassnote and changing the pitch. Yet, when i try to change the pitch (not just for bass but any sound), they always get all weird and distorted, and i can only really use a range of pitch between like 10 and 2 o'clock on the 1st knob...i make sure that ctrl 3 knob is turned up all the way, ctrl 2 down all the way, then use ctrl 1 to actually change pitch.

[Euclid Ov Oåklånd]

This is not the machine for accurate pitch shifting, this free program can ptich shift nicely though.http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

[vaziri07]

thank you for the response and the link, however it doesnt really answer my question. If you watch this video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf_VPz2hTPY

at 0:55 to about 1:12 he just changes the pitch and it also changes the tempo, easily without any weird feedback like i get...maybe im not doing it the way he does, i cant really tell in the video.

once again, any help is greatly appreciated (but try to answer the question instead of link me to audacity =D)

[UbiquitousCanuck]

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7876

That video is brought up a bit further down in the topic, Formal and Ill Green will have your answer.

The 303 really isnt useful for pitching at all unfortunately.

[vaziri07]

Thank you very much for the link to that thread, cleared everything up for me. So i guess I should use the alternative that the previous person mentioned, just use Audacity for changing pitch

[UbiquitousCanuck]

Yeah man, audacity is a nice little program if you have a computer where your making music. But if your like me and dont, you could even look into a 4 track recorder of some sort. I often use my tascam for pitching sounds, not a bad alternative.