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124 Chapter 9 Pitch Effects
The Pitch parameter is expressly used to change the pitch of a voice, not its character. If
you set negative Pitch values for a female soprano voice, you can turn it into an alto voice
without changing the specific character of the singer’s voice.
The Formant parameter shifts the formants, while maintaining—or independently
altering—the pitch. If you set this parameter to positive values, the singer sounds like
Mickey Mouse. By altering the parameter downward, you can achieve vocals reminiscent
of Darth Vader.
Tip: If you set Pitch to 0 semitones, Mix to 50%, and Formant to +1 (with Robotize switched
off), you can effectively place a singer (with a smaller head) next to the original singer.
Both will sing with the same voice, in a choir of two. This doubling of voices is quite
effective, with levels easily controlled by the Mix parameter.
Using Vocal Transformer’s Robotize Mode
When Robotize is enabled, the Vocal Transformer can augment or diminish the melody.
You can control the intensity of this distortion with the Tracking parameter.
The Tracking slider and field feature is enhanced by four buttons, which you can click to
set the slider at the most useful values, as follows:
• -1 (sets the slider to -100%): All intervals are mirrored.
• 0 (sets the slider to 0%): Delivers interesting results, with every syllable of the vocal track
being sung at the same pitch. Low values turn sung lines into spoken language.
• 1 (sets the slider to 100%): The range of the melody is maintained. Higher values augment,
and lower values diminish, the melody.
• 2 (sets the slider to 200%): The intervals are doubled.
The Pitch Base parameter is used to transpose the note that the Tracking parameter is
following, for example: the note that is spoken if Tracking is set to 0%.