ESI ESI2000 Operation Manual page 61

Tip: If you really want to mutate a
sample, repeatedly tune the pitch up and
down. Try the same thing using Time
Compression.
7. Move the cursor to Type on line four. Select Exp 2, then press
ENTER. The sample should now smoothly fade out instead of
ending abruptly. And remember that Digital Processing, 9. Undo will
cancel the effects of Taper. You can use this feature to further experi-
ment with different Taper settings.
Pitch Change
Finally we're getting to the fun stuff! Pitch Change allows you to change
the pitch of a sample without changing the time relationship between
events.
1. Take a sample of your voice speaking... anything.
2. Activate the Digital Processing module.
3. Select Submodule 0, Select Sample. Since you may have multiple
samples in memory at this point. Use the Select Sample function to
pick the one you want to Pitch Change. Use the data entry knob to
select the samples, then press ENTER. Each sample will be placed
over the entire keyboard range.
4. Select Digital Tools II (8), Pitch Change (5). The display shows:
Tune:
Type:
Set the Tune control to about +700 cents (a perfect fifth up). Set the Type
to mid-2. The pitch change Type is not critical, but mid-2 seems to work
well for voice. Press Enter to begin the pitch change.
If you have a hard disk connected, the ESI will automatically back up
your sample before processing it. If you don't like the resulting pitch
change, press Digital Processing, Undo.
PITCH CHANGE
-700cts
mid-2
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