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ogbertsherbert
ogbertsherbert
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September 14, 2020
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Pitch Shift Glitch

  • September 14, 2020
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I record dialogue for animated cartoons on Audition v. 13.0.9.41 and sometimes have to pitch shift the character's dialogue track down one or two semi-tones using the Pitch Shift Rack Effect. However, when I play it with the pitch shifter, it sounds like the vocals on the pitch shifted track are quickly wobbling between the left and right stereo channels. This happens in Audition and persists after exporting via a multitrack mixdown. What's strange is that if I play it over and over again, the "wobbling" quality doesn't always occur at the same moments in the clips. Does anyone know what is going on and how to export this audio without the glitchy quality? Thanks!

 

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Correct answer SteveG_AudioMasters_

All you have to do is apply the pitch shift to the file in Waveform view and save it. If you subsequently import the file into Multitrack and don't do anything else to it, the pitch shift will remain as it is.

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
SteveG_AudioMasters_
Community Expert
September 14, 2020

It's far from ideal to rely on a pitch-shift working fully correctly during a mixdown, when a lot of other stuff is happening. If you feel that you must have this in Multitrack rather than applying it to the original file, then the thing to do is to pre-render the track:

This will apply the process before the mixdown, and you will be absolutely sure that it's correct. Yes you can undo this and change it if you need to, but always put it back afterwards. This works on any track, and can in fact make many mixdowns a lot smoother.

    ogbertsherbert
    ogbertsherbertAuthor
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    September 14, 2020

    Thanks for the response Steve! I tried pre-rendering, but the glitch persists after the mixdown. You mentioned applying the pitch shift to the original file -- could you briefly walk me through what you mean? Do you mean dropping the source file into a new multitrack session, pitch shifting it, and then exporting thatas my new source file for my more complicated multitrack session?

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Correct answer
    Community Expert
    September 14, 2020

    All you have to do is apply the pitch shift to the file in Waveform view and save it. If you subsequently import the file into Multitrack and don't do anything else to it, the pitch shift will remain as it is.

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