Take it down an octave...

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Please help me bring this snippet of audio down an octave without altering it's length... I know about autotune, but honestly can't afford it... Any free progs out the that can do it?

I have:

ProTools M-Powered 7
Reason 2.5
Audacity
Abelton Live Lite 4.1
Recycle 2.1

The clip is piano and the notes range from F3 to E4...

Thanks!!!

P.S. I've tried the Rex player in Reason.. It just doesn't sound very good.. Maybe I'm doing something wrong..
 
Okay.. I'm reading the manual doc on PitchShift in PT....

Please help me verify something...

I would want the separate the region of piano into regions containing an individual note/chord before PitchShifting to preserve quality and timing... Would this produce a higher quality result?
 
Audacity will do it. There is an effect patch for pitch shift, it doesn't affect the playback time. I've never really used it, except for a quick test, so I can't vouch for quality.

You apply effects by selecting sections of audio, and transforming them, it takes a few seconds, but you can zoom in, and edit as small a section as you could ever want.
 
I'll look into it.. Thanks


Update: PitchShift in protools brought my machine to a halt multiple times.. Blah!!!
 
It's not possible. An octave is a huge range for pitching. Simply pitching a sound up or down will not sound the same as if it was actually played in a different region. Most sounds will sound unnatural with even a pitch of 2 semitones or so. You'll have to redo it if you want anything near decent.
 
Halion said:
It's not possible. An octave is a huge range for pitching. Simply pitching a sound up or down will not sound the same as if it was actually played in a different region. Most sounds will sound unnatural with even a pitch of 2 semitones or so. You'll have to redo it if you want anything near decent.
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Gotcha.. Thanks!
 
Halion said:
It's not possible. An octave is a huge range for pitching. Simply pitching a sound up or down will not sound the same as if it was actually played in a different region. Most sounds will sound unnatural with even a pitch of 2 semitones or so. You'll have to redo it if you want anything near decent.
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I've made a guitar into a bass before. its possible. not spectactular, but possible. instead of pitch-shifting; try resampling.
 
FALKEN said:
I've made a guitar into a bass before. its possible. not spectactular, but possible. instead of pitch-shifting; try resampling.
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Hmm.. Interesting... Thanks broham...
 
peritus said:
Hmm.. Interesting... Thanks broham...
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Download the demo for Adobe Audition, and see if that works correctly for you. Sometimes, just using pitch shift sounds good, other times, it sounds fake. It does have the otion of keeping it the same length though. Worth a try.
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Well the only software i know that has very similar characteristics as Autotune is Sonar 5's v-vocal effect. And that's the one i use. i gotta say that it's much easier to use than Autotune. infact, i dont even know how to use autotune!
 
Most programs have this feature. It seems you already have found it in Pro Tools.
It's possible but it's not going to sound spectacular.

Separating regions isn't going to do anything.

For best results, retrack it an octave lower. :P
 
Melodyne sounds amazing, the demos are very convincing, so perhaps that might work (melodyne is a more advance autotune-like program), but retracking is still the smartest thing to do.
 
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