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If you intend to edit pitch by clicking & dragging, ensure that Snap To Semitone Guides is checked
in the View menu. With this, any edits made to the pitch of a note by clicking & dragging it
vertically, or by pressing Up/Down whilst it is selected, will shift it up or down only through pitches
that are on the chosen scale as indicated by the semitone guides.
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Applying Pitch To Scale, Quantize Pitch or Flatten Pitch to notes from the Adjust/Effects
menu will cause them to snap to these guides.
Finely edit pitch
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Hold down
z
/Alt whilst clicking & dragging a note, selection of notes and/or their parts up/down
to raise/lower their pitches by minute amounts, less than a semitone.
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Tip: First zoom in on pitch by positioning the mouse pointer over the area you would like
to zoom in on and using the mouse wheel whilst holding down
x
X
/Ctrl+Shift.
Alternatively, click & drag vertically over the piano keyboard in the region of pitch that
you’d like to zoom in on.
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Tip: Once zoomed in, scroll vertically by using the mouse wheel whilst holding down
x
/Shift or by using the vertical scrollbar to the right of the Rip.
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Where no musical scale has been set, use Pitch To Scale in the Adjust/Effects menu to quickly
correct the pitch of selected notes and/or parts of notes that are out of tune.
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Tip: Snap all notes in the Rip to the nearest semitone by clicking Set Musical Scale at the
bottom-left of the Rip, choosing a Chromatic scale and ensuring that Auto Pitch To Scale is
checked in the same menu.
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DeepAudio only: See
DeepAudio: Advanced Editing Techniques
to learn how to finely adjust a
note’s pitch over time.
Quickly flatten, slide, or add constant vibrato to pitch
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Remove all variation in pitch across all selected notes and/or their parts by clicking Flatten Pitch in
the Adjust/Effects menu.
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Click Flatten Pitch again to remove this effect.
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Click & drag the slider button left/right to reduce/increase how much they are flattened.
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Tip: Use Flatten Pitch to reduce or remove vibrato from a note. (DeepAudio only: Any
associated vibrato in volume can be removed with Audioshop’s Smooth Region Tool – see
DeepAudio: Audioshop & Other Tools
).
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Make all selected notes and/or their parts slide in pitch by using the slider next to Slide Pitch in
the Adjust/Effects menu.
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Click & drag the slider button to the right/left to slide the pitch up/down.
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Subsequently click & drag the slider button in the opposite direction to reduce the amount
of slide or reverse the direction of the slide.
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Click Slide Pitch to remove this effect.
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DeepAudio only: See
DeepAudio: Advanced Editing Techniques
to learn how to apply
slides with finer control and more complicated contours.