How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

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Shane Collins
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How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by Shane Collins » Sat Jun 11, 2016 5:06 pm

Hi guys,

Just like it says, how do I change the pitch of a sample without changing the tempo. I want to chop up vocals and create vocal chops like here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY4kYdZ0tvY) and make a melody and cool pattern but when i drop it in a sampler whatever one i use and input the midi, the higher the notes the more chipmunk everything sounds. I know it can be done on other software like on the above link or even this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-O38h1fts4

The more convenient the better, I want to be able to use a sample and input it as midi so when i pitch it up its not chipmunk

Can I do this in Live?

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by yur2die4 » Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:39 pm

Use Simpler.

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by Stromkraft » Sat Jun 11, 2016 9:43 pm

Shane Collins wrote:
Can I do this in Live?
As yur2die4 suggest this is very possible in Simpler of Live 9.5 and later. You could also use audio clips and warping. Sometimes that's much more convenient.
Make some music!

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by Shane Collins » Sun Jun 12, 2016 12:47 pm

Stromkraft wrote:
Shane Collins wrote:
Can I do this in Live?
As yur2die4 suggest this is very possible in Simpler of Live 9.5 and later. You could also use audio clips and warping. Sometimes that's much more convenient.
It doesn't work in simpler? If you use simpler and input midi notes, the higher the note the more chipmunk it sounds and thats the problem.

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by yur2die4 » Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:09 pm

Have you tried different warp modes? And adjusting Formant in the Complex Pro warp mode?

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by Shane Collins » Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:16 pm

yur2die4 wrote:Have you tried different warp modes? And adjusting Formant in the Complex Pro warp mode?
That might well work but if you think about what im trying to do. Vocal chopping, that would be very time consuming and unintuitive :)

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by yur2die4 » Sun Jun 12, 2016 1:53 pm

Are you using Simpler or Sampler? Make sure it is Simpler. If you consider that difficult, you should consider a different hobby.

Experiment.

Edit: also consider that it's easy to make a slice-to-drum rack preset

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by Stromkraft » Sun Jun 12, 2016 5:35 pm

Shane Collins wrote: If you use simpler and input midi notes, the higher the note the more chipmunk it sounds and thats the problem.
That's simply because you're doing it wrong. You haven't even said what version of Live you use, but it doesn't sound like you're using 9.5 or later. Good luck.
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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by NoSonic822 » Thu Jun 16, 2016 12:19 pm

Shane Collins wrote:Hi guys,

Just like it says, how do I change the pitch of a sample without changing the tempo. I want to chop up vocals and create vocal chops like here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY4kYdZ0tvY) and make a melody and cool pattern but when i drop it in a sampler whatever one i use and input the midi, the higher the notes the more chipmunk everything sounds. I know it can be done on other software like on the above link or even this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-O38h1fts4

The more convenient the better, I want to be able to use a sample and input it as midi so when i pitch it up its not chipmunk

Can I do this in Live?
it will still sound chipmiunk like...if you turn up the pitch..it just will be t the same tempo....you cant do it sampler, only simpler, just turn the transpose knob

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Re: How do change the pitch without changing tempo of a sample?

Post by KMD666 » Wed May 01, 2019 7:27 pm

I know this is an old post but I was led here when I needed help with this issue.
Here you go: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/artic ... in-Simpler

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