Huge pitch drop

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jedi warrior
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Huge pitch drop

Post by jedi warrior » Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:29 am

Hi guys, anyone no how to do a huge pitch bend on a track. I have a real phat sustained bass synth one note over 4 bars and on the last bar I want it to do a huge pitch drop to make it sound like a big slow down in the synth. The pitch bend wheel doesnt seem to drop the pitch enough any other way of doing this so it sounds massive drop, please.

Dr Venkman
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by Dr Venkman » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:11 pm

Try mapping a slow LFO to pitch?

Slightlydelic
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by Slightlydelic » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:18 pm

you probably need to alter the pitch bend range on the synth your using.

rap masta rj
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by rap masta rj » Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:34 pm

If you were willing to bounce it to audio you could use the transpose envelope in the audio clip.

awesomesauce
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by awesomesauce » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:22 pm

rap masta rj wrote:If you were willing to bounce it to audio you could use the transpose envelope in the audio clip.
+1

life becomes so much easier when you render your midi to audio.

LeifonMars
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by LeifonMars » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:29 pm

Slightlydelic wrote:you probably need to alter the pitch bend range on the synth your using.
This. Pitch drop can only be as huge as pitch bend setting of your synth preset allows.
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Matt_Quinn
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by Matt_Quinn » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:35 pm

If it's made with Operator, you can automate the pitch envelope or the transpose parameter.
the_planet wrote:Trap music is not supported in the current version.

infernal.machine
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by infernal.machine » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:05 pm

rap masta rj wrote:If you were willing to bounce it to audio you could use the transpose envelope in the audio clip.
But transposing audio clips doesn't sound as buttery as a nice pitch bend, glide, or portamento...

jedi warrior
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by jedi warrior » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:35 pm

rap masta rj wrote:If you were willing to bounce it to audio you could use the transpose envelope in the audio clip.
That sounds like a good idea, i will try it thanks.

jedi warrior
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Re: Huge pitch drop

Post by jedi warrior » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:37 pm

LeifonMars wrote:
Slightlydelic wrote:you probably need to alter the pitch bend range on the synth your using.
This. Pitch drop can only be as huge as pitch bend setting of your synth preset allows.
Interesting how to you alter the pitch bend range for instance on the VST plugin pro53 pitch wheel, sorry im pretty new to using ableton.

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