Pitch shifting samples

Pitch shifting is the opposite of time stretching because it changes the pitch of a sample or sound without affecting its duration or timing. Again, pitch-shifting technology uses its own set of complex mathematical operations to increase or decrease the pitch of a sample.

1. What are some uses for pitch shifting?
2. How do you pitch a shift without losing quality?
3. How do you transpose a sample?

What are some uses for pitch shifting?

Pitch-shifting lowers or increases the pitch of an audio recording. This technique has been used in recording studios since the 1960s, many Beatles tracks being produced using analog pitch-shifting effects.

How do you pitch a shift without losing quality?

If you want your sample to be faster and higher in pitch, increase the session's sampling rate. If you want your sample to be slow and lower in pitch, decrease the session's sampling rate. Notice that when you select the 192kHz sampling rate, the track plays exactly twice as fast, and at twice the pitch.

How do you transpose a sample?

Remember that when you're pitching something up or down with transposition, you're bumping it up by a semitone (st) each time. For example: if you want to change your sample that's in C to a D (a whole tone), you'd have to bump it up by two semitones.