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Modifying the pitch of a sample to create a
new sample—Pitch Change
You can modify the pitch of a sample to create a new sample.
1. Press PAD RECORDING [TEMPO MATCH] twice.
Alternatively, press [TEMPO MATCH] and then press CURSOR [ ].
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The Pad Edit menu are displayed as icons.
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2. Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] to select the
Pitch Change icon.
3. Press [YES/ENTER].
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The Pitch Change screen appears.
4. Press CURSOR [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] to select the pad bank number and
pad number for each item, and specify the desired number for each.
To set the pad bank number, turn the TIME/VALUE dial. To set the pad number,
either press a pad or turn the TIME/VALUE dial.
Source: Specify the sample whose pitch you want to adjust.
To: Specify the pad to which the pitch-adjusted sample will be assigned.
5. Press CURSOR [ ] to move the cursor to “NewPitch” line. Turn to
TIME/VALUE dial to set the interval of the pitch changing by semitone unit.
6. Press CURSOR [ ] to move the cursor to “P.Fine” line. Turn the TIME/VALUE
dial to make fine adjustments in one-cent units (1/100th of a semitone) to the
amount of change from the original pitch.
7. Press CURSOR [ ] move the cursor to “Grade” line. Turn to TIME/VALUE
dial to select the quality of the sound after the pitch changing process, adjustable
in three levels.
“Grade” can be set in three levels (1–3) to specify the quality of the resulting sound.
Higher settings will require more processing time.
8. Press [YES/ENTER].
After a while, the changing pitch sample is assigned to the destination pad.
* If the destination pad already contains a sample, the “Overwrite?” message appears. If it is OK to
overwrite the existing sample, press [YES/ENTER]. If you do not want to overwrite the existing
sample, press [NO/EXIT].
9. Press [DISPLAY] to return to the Basic screen.
Pitch Change requires more
processing time than other
sample editing operations.
Also, the audio quality of the
stretched sample may be
inferior to that of the original
sample.
1 semitone = 100 cents
For sound with
a sharp attack.
For sound with
a dull attack.
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"Grade"