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Transposing parts of a project to different keys

You can change the pitch of, or “transpose,” parts of a project using the master pitch curve. When you change a project’s pitch using the master pitch curve, the Software Instrument regions (green) and Real Instrument loops (blue) are transposed. Software Instrument regions that use Drum Kit instruments, Real Instrument recordings (purple), and audio files you add from the Finder (orange) are not transposed.

To transpose part of a project to a different key:

  1. Choose Track > Show Master Track.
  2. Choose Master Pitch from the pop-up menu in the master track’s header to show the master pitch curve.
  3. Add a control point at the place where you want to change the project’s pitch (transpose), then drag the control point up or down to the value you want.
  4. To transpose back to the original key, add a control point, then drag it to the zero (“0”) position.

You can change recorded Real Instrument regions (purple) using the Region Pitch slider.

For more information about the master pitch curve, see Related Topics below.

Related Topics

About the master pitch curve

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