Pitch Change - Yamaha D24 Owner's Manual

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Chapter 10—Editing Parts

Pitch Change

The Pitch Change function is used to raise or lower the pitch of recorded material with-
out affecting its length. For example, a 15-second section of material could be pitched
by +100 cents and the length would remain the same. The pitch can be changed by up
to ±1,200 cents (±12 semitones, or ±1 octave).
Individual tracks or a pair of tracks can be processed simultaneously. To process all
eight tracks, Pitch Change must be run four times, selecting a different pair of tracks
each time. The pitch of the selected material is raised or lowered and the result is
recorded to the specified virtual track, from which it can be copied or moved to its des-
tination track. The source material is not overwritten.
The following points, which can be adjusted in sub-frame steps, can be selected when
specifying the edit points: LAST REC IN, LAST REC OUT, A, B, or a locate memory
from 1 through 99. Note that you must set these points before entering the Pitch
Change function. See the Quick Locate Chapter on page 57 for more information
about setting these points.
Press the [EDIT] button.
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The EDIT indicator lights up.
Use the JOG/DATA dial to select "PITCH CHANGE," and then press the
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[ENTER] button.
"MODE—RATIO" appears on the display ("RATIO" being the units selected for spec-
ifying the amount of pitch change).
Use the JOG/DATA dial to select either "RATIO" or "CENT."
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RATIO —pitch can be specified from 50% to 200%.
CENT —pitch can be specified from –1,200 cents to +1,200 cents.
Press the [ENTER] button.
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If RATIO was selected, "MODE—RATIO 100.00" appears on the display. If CENT was
selected, "MODE—CENT 0000" appears.
Use the JOG/DATA dial or keypad to set the amount of pitch change, and then
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press the [ENTER] button.
"MODE—TEST PLAY" appears on the display.
Use the JOG/DATA dial to select a mode: "TEST PLAY" or "REC."
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Test Play mode allows you to audition the selected track with the specified pitch change,
while Rec mode is used to perform the actual pitch change and record the result to a
virtual track.
Test Play Mode
Having selected "TEST PLAY," press the [ENTER] button.
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"PITCH CHANGE—FROM TR nn" appears on the display ("nn" being the source
track containing the material to be pitched).
Use the JOG/DATA dial to select the source track.
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You can select individual tracks or track pairs: 1–8 or 1/2–7/8. To pitch a virtual track,
assign it to a main track first, and then pitch the main track.
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