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Cakewalk FX Pitch Shifter

The Cakewalk FX Pitch Shifter raises or lowers the pitch of an audio signal, while leaving the duration of the audio event unchanged. This is a fast pitch shifter that uses minimal computation time.  The Cakewalk FX Time/Pitch Stretch command, described below, can produce higher quality output, but requires a lot more computational time. The FX Pitch Shifter dialog box has the following fields::

Preset

Use this field to choose and enter presets, including a Bypass preset that resets all settings to leave the signal unprocessed. Click the Save button [image] to save any group of new settings after you enter a name in the Preset field. Click the Delete button [image] to delete any selected group from the Preset field. The Reset and Cancel button [image] (real-time version only) closes the dialog box and restores your settings to the way they were the last time you closed the dialog box.

Settings

•	Pitch Shift—The amount by which the pitch is changed, in semitones.

•	Dry Mix (%)—The volume of the original, unprocessed signal passed to the output.

•	Wet Mix (%)—The volume of the processed signal passed to the output.

•	Feedback Mix (%)—The amount of pitch-shifted signal that is fed into a delay line.

•	Delay Time (ms)—The length of the delay in milliseconds.

•	Mod. Depth (ms)—The amount the delay time will vary.

Mixing (offline version only)

You can create several kinds of output tracks by choosing options in the Mixing tab:

•	Process In-Place Mono Result—Choosing this option processes your selected track and puts the resulting mono track in the place of the original track.

•	Process In-Place Stereo Result—Choosing this option processes your selected track and puts the resulting stereo track in the place of the original track.

•	Create a Send Submix—Choosing this option processes your selected track and puts the resulting track in a new track that you choose in the Return Track drop-down menu. If you also click the Keep Original Data checkbox, Cakewalk leaves your input track  alone and creates a new, processed track in the location you choose.

Audition button (offline version only)

Click this button to hear the results of your effect on the first three seconds of the selected audio.

See also:

Cakewalk FX Time/Pitch Stretch command