Pitch shift
A Pitch Shifter is a music electronic effects unit for changing pitch ( pitch shifting ) without affecting the playback speed or duration.
Use
Pitchshifter are used in music production as a sound effect to influence the sound. For example, offer specialized on Karaoke music and playback systems this function to allow untrained singers an easy requirement to change the music to the difficult to change pitch of the voice. Even so can be equalized audio clips of different pitches and tempos when they can not be recorded or sampled again. In addition, this technique to extend the playable pitch of an instrument ( a guitar, for example, an octave be expected lower) enabled.
Recurrent pitch shifter are, inter alia, the Harmonizer Eventide of the company and the Super Shifter Boss of the company. By the feedback, a artificially increased tone at the output can be fed back to the input so as to be increased again, and so on. The result is a fast ascending arpeggio.
Software
There are numerous free and commercial software packages or modules for audio editing, which may alter the pitch or playback speed, for example:
- Audacity
- Kwave
- Nero Wave Editor
- MAGIX Music Studio
- SoundTouch