TH Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 How do I make a microtonal pitch correction on entre mixed down track? I imported a fully mixed audio track which is about a microtone flat. Either the instruments recorded were flat during the session or the original cassette tape deck recorded fast, or the playback deck was slow during the audio capture / conversion to a wav file. Can I correct the pitch in CW - which only seems to process in semitones, not cents, and/or is there a free plugin I can use in CW instead of first processing the audio in an external program such as Audacity (transpose by percent) or RX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Celemony Capstan has a demo and may be rented instead of having to buy it. Alternately Zynaptic Pitchmap has I/O frequency adjustments in addition to the key mapping which may work in this case but can't do anything about analog pitch drift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Oakes Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 You can pitch correct in Audacity without changing the tempo J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Microtonal? An entire finished mix? I'd just let it ride. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnTuneTech Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 I know I keep referencing this link, but again - if you don't mind also changing the tempo of a performance, Cakewalk can natively adjust audio pitch in cents & semitones, in a way that mirrors the varispeed tape technique in the analog world. -P.S. I have only used it on 3-4 minutes of audio at a time, but never had an issue so far, even though the tool is mostly designed to adjust loop clips & such. And the numbered directions start somewhat assuming you are using the tool (Loop Constuction) stated in the preamble after having selected the loaded audio clip... https://craiganderton.org/how-to-do-true-tape-type-varispeed-in-cakewalk-sonar/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 4 hours ago, JnTuneTech said: I know I keep referencing this link, but again - if you don't mind also changing the tempo of a performance, Cakewalk can natively adjust audio pitch in cents & semitones, in a way that mirrors the varispeed tape technique in the analog world. -P.S. I have only used it on 3-4 minutes of audio at a time, but never had an issue so far, even though the tool is mostly designed to adjust loop clips & such. And the numbered directions start somewhat assuming you are using the tool (Loop Constuction) stated in the preamble after having selected the loaded audio clip... https://craiganderton.org/how-to-do-true-tape-type-varispeed-in-cakewalk-sonar/ There's a missing step here to make this work... after switching on looping, change the splice resolution from 1/8 to "no slice", otherwise moving the threshold down to zero will leave the markers in place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnTuneTech Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 2 hours ago, msmcleod said: after switching on looping The instructions are to not turn on looping at all, and he's very clear about that. You don't want to make a loop clip at all. -As I say, I have used it many times, and it's rather easy, once you get past the idea of using a loop clip tool for only changing pitch & speed. -Oh, and the advice about slip-editing the clip in advance, or trimming later to make sure the new clip length gets captured for your export is a bit I had to play around with as well, when doing big changes in the pitch & speed on longer clips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH Posted June 4, 2023 Author Share Posted June 4, 2023 Great recommendations! The solution suggested here worked perfectly! https://craiganderton.org/how-to-do-true-tape-type-varispeed-in-cakewalk-sonar/ Thanks everybody! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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