Positive Grid BIAS Pitchcraft

Bias PitchCraft corrects pitch problems in vocal or instrumental recordings, using its high-quality algorithm, while formant correction retains a voice's natural sound.

PitchCraft can also be used as a sound design tool — for effects such as voice disguise, changing an adult's voice into a child's voice, "gender transformation" and a wealth of other creative possibilities. PitchCraft also can be used for "exaggerated" vocal correction effects, made famous by many of today's leading artists.

Applications:

• Correct and/or change pitch in monophonic vocal or instrumental recordings
• Create pitch-based special effects
• Voice disguise

Reference Source Menu
Choose whether the reference source being fed into PitchCraft is a single (left or right) channel of a stereo file, or both channels simultaneously.

Pitch Range Menu
Select the desired pitch range to use in the pitch correction/transposition process.

A/B/C/D "Snapshots"
Use up to four temporary memory "snapshots" for quickly comparing different settings.

Tuning History Graph
Visually monitor the pitch correction & transposition process over time. The Tuning History graph shows the input and output pitch, displayed either in notes or frequency.

Tuning Meter
Displays the current amount of tuning in real-time.

Pitch Transposition Slider
Allows raising or lowering the pitch value in cents, while maintaining the original formant structure (i.e., the "timbre" or "tonal color" of the voice).

Formant Transposition Slider
Adjust the formant value, or "cavity size" of the source to help to maintain natural sounding pitch change effects. This control can also be used to transform a vocal from one gender or age to the next, or create other special effects.

Pitch Correction Scale Menu
Set the desired scale to be used in the pitch correction process. Select from common scale types to more exotic ones or create and save your own custom scales!

Pitch Correction Key Menu
Choose the root note of the scale selected in the Scale pop-up menu.

Pitch Correction Tuning Menu
Choose the desired type of tuning to be used in the pitch correction process.

Pitch Correction Detune Slider
Allows setting the reference frequency used for tuning (i.e., from 440 Hz to 445 Hz).

Pitch Correction Time Slider
Adjust the speed at which pitch correction is applied — for small corrections, generally a slower correction time works best while a faster time may be used for more exaggerated pitch correction effects such as those used by many popular artists.

Pitch Correction Custom Scale Controls
Define custom scales using the keyboard, a MIDI keyboard, and the Ignore Note checkboxes.

Compatibility:

This professional cross-platform pitch modification tool includes Audio Units, RTAS/AudioSuite, and VST plug-in formats, so it can be used within most popular professional audio editing hosts on Mac & Windows systems — such as Peak, Digital Performer, GarageBand, Live, Logic, Premiere, Pro Tools, Sonar, Sound Forge, and many others.

System Requirements:

Mac

• G4, G5, or Intel-based Mac (≥500MHz processor)
• Mac OS 10.3.9, 10.4.3, or 10.5.1 or higher (10.4.3 or higher recommended)

Windows

• Intel Pentium 3/4, or Athlon with SSE Instructions (≥800 MHz processor)
• Windows XP Home/Professional or Windows Vista

Both

• 128MB RAM minimum (256 MB recommended)
• 40MB available disk space
• Plug-in requires compatible Audio Units, RTAS or VST host application
• Color monitor, minimum 1024 x 768 resolution