Pitch Bend Wheel Techniques

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Could you guys post some song clips of good use of a pitch bend wheel in a song? I am looking mainly for piano type sounds, or electric piano, something of the like, but would not be averse to some other instrument sounds that make good use of pitch bend.

The wheel on my keyboard has the ability to go to the maximum of 24 semitones (2 octaves) up or down in pitch bend. I am trying to learn some techniques and cool ways of using my wheel in my songs.

Thanks!
 
Generally, you won't find Pianos/Electric Pianos using pitch bend, since the real instruments physically can't do that.

Though I have heard it done on Hammond Organ and I have no idea how they do it....
 
Well pitch bending I find treat it like an electric guitar and make sure you really listen to what your doing. Make sure it makes sense thats all I can say.
 
yeah, i usually use it in a place where a guitarist would do a string bend. or if i'm playing organ i rock the wheel up and down about a semitone to get an out-of-tune warble sound.

another use is when you're playing a lead and you want to jump up (or down) an octave; just bend the wheel up an octave.. it gives it a cool portamento effect.
 
I usually set mine +7/-5, +7/-12, or +12/-12 for lead sounds. But if I am shooting to emulate a vibrato technique or something I'll only set to +1/-1 as these settings afford you more fine-tuning control. I RARELY ever attempt a 2 octave jump with the pitch wheel as it almost always reveals the digital nature of the synth (a low-res stepped (aliased) sound, which could be fixed if manufacturers would utilize higher-res controls). If you are going to use multi-octave sweeps frequently in a song it is often best to turn to the old portamento function if your synth offers it.
 
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