Raising or Lowering Pitches

Prerequisite

The audio file is segmented and the segments are correct. You have opened the audio in the Sample Editor and activated Edit VariAudio in the VariAudio section.

Procedure

  1. Optional: Activate Acoustic Feedback to audition pitch modifications while editing.
  2. Select one or several segments, and move the mouse pointer over it.

    The mouse pointer becomes a hand symbol.

    Note

    If you hold down Shift and double-click a segment, all following segments of the same pitch are selected.

  3. Do one of the following:
    • Drag the segment up or down and release the mouse, or use the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys to take the Pitch Snap Mode setting into account.

    • Hold down Shift while using the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys to change the pitch in cent steps, and ignore the Pitch Snap Mode.

    Note

    You can change the Pitch Snap Mode on the fly. Use Shift to enter Off mode, Ctrl/Cmd to enter Absolute mode, and Alt to enter Relative mode.

Result

The Solo algorithm is selected automatically and the segment pitch is raised or lowered according to your settings.

Note

The more the pitch deviates from the original pitch, the less likely it is that your audio sounds natural.

After Completing This Task

To compare your pitch changes to the original audio pitches, activate Bypass VariAudio Changes in the VariAudio section.