Well, someone has to start a thread!!!

[Seotaiji1982]

Yo, Tyler here.
I want this CUBASE forum section to get started. It seems like everyone else is afraid to write something. And yes, i know there is a special CUBASE forum at www.cubase.net. But, i figured we could also share some info back and forth here.
I've just upgraded from my little Tascam MkII analog 4-track to CUBASE SE3 on my computer.Welcom to the digital age, baby!!! This is the 90's!!! no...wait; oh yeah, i'm still living in the past. (with my giant cell-phone the size of a #*&%!ing mailbox).
Anyways, i'm still messing around with it and trying different things. Ive only done like 2 or 3 songs, but the difference in quality is amazing! You have soooo many more opions for recording and mixing. Best of all, i dont have to wory about running out of tracks and have to bounce things! And the effects you can add on there are amzing too. I can just record everything dry then go back and add effects/reverb, ect. so i have a much better signal and less noise.

So, lets get this rolling. Start writing people! This section exists for a reason.haha
-tYLeR

[Seotaiji1982]

Oh, yeah. that was a joke by the way. But seriously now. I wanted to know if anybody has any tips on the pitch-shifting thing. It seems like that function just makes things sound.....fake. Robotic almost. But then again, ive only tried it on vocals (probably not used for that purpose i guess. But cool, nonetheless if you want a robotic sound. Especially if you make the chord one octive below and over the root note.
Anyone know of a good vocal harmonizer? I want something to kindof make chords with my voice so i dont have to go back and double everything in different keys you know? Plus, its hard to sing in a different key over the original anyways. Oh, and i suck at singing. haha. Anyways, i wanted to know if anybody had a suggestion of something that wouldnt cost too much $ seeing as how i'm a starving musician (seriously, i had to eat my room-mate's leg last night.)
thanx for your help.
-tYLeR

[SuicideNote]

Yeah it sucks that the folks at cubase.net make you register your dongle number.

That was a joke.

[Chang]

I actually like the pitch shift function. I sometimes record acoustic guitar chords and pitch shift the track one octave up - It comes out sounding almost like a mandolin, and adds nice texture to the mix (i.e. when played along with the original acoustic chords track). Also, I've been recently experimenting with pitch shifting down one octave to get a passable acoustic bass sound. It sounds pretty good. Now I'm experimenting with electric guitar in the same regard.

[altitude909]

You really cannot get that crazy with pitch shifting since its designed for small changes. For big time changes, Anteres Autotune is worth looking at