Multiple tunings - One guit - pitchshift DIs ?
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egan.
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nezvers
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^^^if that's not done with ReaPitch, but for such task I'll never use ANY pitch effect.
D standard isn't that low tuning you couldn't get with same string set. But I would suggest record all E standard stuff and than records all D standard stuff (maybe other way around), so you don't change tuning too much and wear out strings.
D standard isn't that low tuning you couldn't get with same string set. But I would suggest record all E standard stuff and than records all D standard stuff (maybe other way around), so you don't change tuning too much and wear out strings.
Nuno Filipe
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Reaper has a pitch shifter that works well. Last time I used it, didnt noticed nothing fake at all. There is also soundshifter from waves but is expensive as fuck.
nezvers
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^^^ that's one of many reasons I love Reaper - DAW + a lot of plugins are WAY more cheaper than some pitch shifting plugins (Itried quickquack pitchwheel and it sucked + cost way more than REAPER).
If you look at it as plugin (standalone) its even more bad-ass than Swiss knife on steroids and cost cheaper than most commercial pugins.
If you look at it as plugin (standalone) its even more bad-ass than Swiss knife on steroids and cost cheaper than most commercial pugins.
bryan_kilco
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Yeah just retune. No matter what, if you pitch shift the DI, the pick attack will also be slowed down making it sound weird.
Wont be slower. Just do whatever you want if it sounds ok. E to D isn't too bad and likely wont be noticeable. I'd probably just do the E stuff first, then get a slightly bigger set of strings and then do the D stuff. Got a friend with a decent guitar? Borrow it for the D stuff. Lots of options.
Daybreak
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What the others above have siad. If you're serious enough about your album, then you'll record the songs in one tuning, then restring your guitar, intonate and such, record the songs that are in the other tuning and so on. Anything less than that will sound inferior, in my opinion.
buy a kemper and pitchshift. Is da shit.
Now really, i just upgraded my kemp and the new firmware brings new pitchshifting effects. I just recorded this to try it out
Standard 7 string guitar and 5 string bass, both in factory tuning (BEAetc...) pitchshifted to Ab (a minor third)
It has a lot of options so still trying them out.
Oh, by the way, it was recorded in real time with the pitchshif on (that was the test about)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18143303/kemp test.wav
Cheers
Ignore the last part and cheesy vocals haha
Now really, i just upgraded my kemp and the new firmware brings new pitchshifting effects. I just recorded this to try it out
Standard 7 string guitar and 5 string bass, both in factory tuning (BEAetc...) pitchshifted to Ab (a minor third)
It has a lot of options so still trying them out.
Oh, by the way, it was recorded in real time with the pitchshif on (that was the test about)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18143303/kemp test.wav
Cheers
Ignore the last part and cheesy vocals haha
Daybreak
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^Don't wanna be that guy, but I would say that I notice somethings "wrong" with the guitar tone in that clip. Might be placebo, but I would say it's pretty obvious on especially the higher notes that it's pitch shifted. I would love for someone to make a blindtest, one pitch shifted and one actual tuning, to rule out any placebo effect. But yeah, after listening to it a couple of times, I'm sure I notice that it's pitch shifted.
And on another note, I doubt you really need the Kemper just for the pitch shifting, for that money you can get some REAL quality pitch shifting plugins..
And on another note, I doubt you really need the Kemper just for the pitch shifting, for that money you can get some REAL quality pitch shifting plugins..
Pretty sure that if i didnt say anything no one would have guess... but now we will never know hahaha.
Of course you dont need a kemper, just change strings, retune and do things as you are suppose to =)
Oh and MAYBE what you notice wrong in the highest parts of the riff, that is just my playing i guess, i like to "semi pinch" the string to produce a... (fuck i dont know how to say it english) weird armonic with some of the natural tone of the actual pitch you are playing. But yeah, when i return home i will make an a/b blind test.
I think it would be better if you just used one tuning. Like DGCFAD for everything. Once you get used to the difference, it will sound fine. It only sounds weird at first because the old sound is still in your mind and you A/B with the new one. I mean I could understand if we were talking about 4 semitones difference but this isn't that big.
egan.
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I disagree. Some riffs work better in different keys. Maybe the pure science disagrees but my experience as a songwriter tells me tuning can make a radical difference even if it's only a step or two.
Anyway, there are lots of cheats and pitch shifting options but changing strings is nearly as easy and far more reliable. I'd only pitch shift if it was for a demo and I had a floating trem.
Anyway, there are lots of cheats and pitch shifting options but changing strings is nearly as easy and far more reliable. I'd only pitch shift if it was for a demo and I had a floating trem.
