raised recorded pitch for lower playback?

larryo wrote on 8/30/2004, 2:50 PM

Is there an effective way to raise the pitch of playback (say from A to C) to facilitate recording a vocal that can then be pulled back down to the original key for a deliberately slowed vocal effect? I have a track that I want to do and short of finding someone with a baritone voice, need to record the track in my comfort zone. I want it to sound deliberate and have had no luck hitting it in real-time or using an assortment of plugins. I have Vegas 2.0 (yeah, I know) and Sound Forge 5.0.

Thanks,

Larry O

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Geoff_Wood wrote on 8/30/2004, 3:04 PM

Vegas 2 . Yeah- you know.

In Vegas 5 highlight the events to be raised, hit "=" 3 times, and record your new vocol. Then on the accomp and new vox track hit "-" 3 times. However vocals are mores likely to be noticably affected.

In V2, copy the accomp track and do a pitch change on the copy. Record the new vox to that, then do the pitch change on the vox back to the same key as the orig accomp.

geoff

larryo wrote on 8/30/2004, 3:52 PM

Thanks Geoff, I'll try that. I somehow knew that would be an option, just thought there might be an easier way. My "vintage box" (P3,1 ghz,win 98se, vegas 2.0, SF 5.0, CD Architect 4.0 (!), 4x SCSI CD-R(!!), Delta 44) is due for an upgrade. But I've been afraid to touch it, actually. Years of tweaking got me 24-35 tracks @ 24/44.1 w/plugs and thats usually more than I need for home wanking...

Geoff_Wood wrote on 8/31/2004, 4:05 PM

Talking about home wanking, I have 8 X SCSI CD-RW on a 1G1 Celeron !, but that's my editing/CD dupe machine rather than my studio multitrack...

geoff

larryo wrote on 8/31/2004, 5:18 PM

Geoff, I took your suggestion about altering pitch - worked exactly as I wanted. Definitely can't go much farther than about 3 steps before things get flabby.
Thanks again,

Larry O