Okay guys,

so I've been doing a bit of research lately to come up with a way that works well and for most of the people to multipitch your sounds the "real" way.

I came up with a solution that is not practical but works, although I see some issues. It uses free softwares, will work on both macs an pcs and is (hopefully) quite fast.

Step ONE :

- download Mulab Free Here.

You can get a "unlimited" version of this Software for 39 EUR, which is not to expensive, but this is not necessary for our purpose

- Install the thing on your computer

(if you do not have an ASIO soundcard, install the ASIO4ALL Driver to get Mulab working.)

- Download SFZ player free Here.

- Add SFZ to your plugin manager in Mulab : FILE>VST PLUGIN MANAGER>ADD VST PLUGINS

Step TWO :

Now check the attached file : it is a Mulab session file
Open the file (SP_Pitch.musession) in Mulab . Check Rack A in the Rack Desk.

note : There should be SFZ loaded. if not right click On the first slot of Rack A, and then select SYNTHS>VST>SFZ

- Click on the slot were SFZ is, and load the wave file you want to pitch

Step THREE :

Now I've done the work for you, you can choose from 4 seq :

- 1st one is your sound pitched on two full octaves, centered on original pitch

- 2nd one is your sound pitched on the lower octave starting on original ptich.

- 3rd one is your sound pitched on the higher octave starting on original ptich.

- 4th and last is your sound pitched on individual pitches, starting at -12 half steps (one octave below original pitch) and ending at +12 halfsteps

Step FOUR :

- Select the sequence you want and click FILE>MIXDOWN TO AUDIO FILE.

- Save your file

- and voila...

NOTES :

- You get ONE file per export, meaning you get all 13 pitches on one single file in case you chose the 2nd or 3rd seq, or all 25 ptiches on one single file in case you chose the 1st seq.

- You get 4 second tones, if it is not long enough just decrease BPM (double click and enter value).

-If you are lazy and need multiples pitches on separate *.wav files, you can use audacity to do beat slicing on the resulting files. It works great and is automated : use Analyse>silence finder, and then File>export multiple. (oh and don't forget to set audacity to 16-bits in Edit>preferences>quality)

CONCLUSION :

OK ! I know this isn't great, but since I gave up coding the whole thing, here is my shot at it. It seems long but once you get the hang of it you get what you want in 30secs max...If you feel like improving on it, feel free to do so.

nice ! thats really dope man. Good lookin out on that.

thank you for this man, it seems to be a very effective and easy way to do a pitch shifting.

Peace.

thanks guys
I am preping something ... went back to scripting to code some more efficient stuff...

Some news soon

Billyboy

Here you are... info from the readme1st.txt...Hope you appreciate the efforts. I tried to keep the 404 feelin' : straigth to the point


404 Companion by A.KASTNER A.K.A billyboy A.K.A Al Kay (c) 2008
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"real shiftin' comin at ya"

VERSION History
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08/03/29 0.11beta
Corrected: lopitch button, which would give you only one file an octave above the original, now works as described
Corrected: changed the description of the lopitch/hitpitch to fit reality

08/03/28 0.1 beta

Basic functions working : file input, output directory, output name, hipitch, lopitch, 2octaves.
Basic GUI


Intro
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Ok, So this is basically a wrapper around a very cool program I found out on the net, "soundstretch"
The software does everything you'd want from a 404 in just 116 Ko, and more. The only thing is...

...there was no graphic user interface and you could only get one file per operation.

SO I learned VBScript "overnight", and less than a week afterwards, it is yours.

Operation
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It couldn't get easier.

Put the application and its folders wherever you wish. One cool place is on the root of your
CompactFlash Card, so wheerever there is a pc running windows, you can pitch shift !

You can run the app. 2 ways:

1. Fast "hardcore" method

-Put your wav file where the file "404 companion.hta" is.
-Rename your file to "input.wav"
-Run "404 companion.hta" by double clicking on it
-Choose your option :

- "Hipitch" Gives you 13 files from "output14.wav" (the pitch one semitone above the original pitch)
to "output25.wav" (doubled speed, sounding one octave higher).

- "Lopitch" Gives you 13 files from "output01.wav" (halved speed, sounding one octave lower)
to "output13.wav" (original pitch...included for convenience).

- "2octaves" Run Hipitch and Lopitch one after the other,
giving you two full octaves of 25 chromatically spaces samples.

1. Slow "userfriendly" method
- Select the wav file you want to pitch from the browser
- Select the folder you want your output files to be
- Select the name of your output files (if you enter "hitme", the result will be "hit01.wav" to "hitme25.wav")
- Choose your option as explained above, the resulting operations are exactly the same


Troubleshooting
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Q: The app runs ok, but I can't get no output
A: manythings may have gone bad :
- the output files are "somewhere" inside your pc,
but not where you expected them to be. Solution : search again
- check first possibility again.
- the file you selected is not a *.wav. Solution : be smart

Q: The app runs, but some strange sript error happens
A: Ok, the App is tested and tried, but there may be bugs. The most probable solution although is that
you are running Vista or windows 2000. If not, well...I take no complaints anyway.

Q: The app does not start
A: Your not on a pc, or you you do not run windows...I take no complaints anyway.

Requests
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I take requests on sp-forums.com, thread

SP-FORUMS Forum Index»SP-404 Tips 'n Tricks»Pitchin'

Possible future features :
-One note pitch, "piano-like"
-timestretch,
-pattern copy
-Sound copy

Contact
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Contact me through the sp-forums
username : "billyboy"
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Legal shit
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This HTML application is provided "as is", I'm no responsible for the nasty shit
you could do to your system, files or hardware by using it.

That's really cool. Thanks man, I pitch stuff differently but I might try that on a beat.

Just edited a new version, corrected a major bug, see above...

I'll appreciate feedbacks if you use it...

billyboy

VERY cool.

I enjoy the idea of using little tools like this on my computer to get some sounds just right and then putting them on my 404. Rather than just using ACID of FL to basically make a song and then copy it over to the sampler.

And it worked fine for me. Does it job just fine.