How do you raise pitch and stay on key?

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I'm not sure if worded the correctly but, how do i change the pitch of a sample, like raising the pitch of a singers voice, yet still be able to play to the sample on a keyboard. I notice that often when I raise the pitch, it becomes impossible to play a keyboard accompaniment because it sounds off tune. Thanks.
 
try increasing it by increments of 12 semitones... I believe that moves it an octave higher and keeps the same key... I think if I remember!
 
If you raise the pitch of a sample , you raise its' pitch !

Work out what the pitch of the original sample is so you can understand where it will be moved to when you alter it .
 
ohh another thing is you can use programs like melodyne and fix them in the pitch you want... Cubase 5 has a built in program to let you do that too... or you can autotune it... but most def start off with what Foggy said!
 
It depends on what notes the singer is hitting during the phrase or verse. It may still be technically in key but may not sound "right".

Technicalities aside, when you pitch shift the entire passage you're changing the tonal center of it so all of your accompaniment has to modulate to the new tonal center/key as well. i.e if you pitch the passage from A up a semitone you're now in Bb or maybe G minor depending.

This is why it's good to know how to construct basic major and minor scales and chords. You can transpose easier and faster and it'll take you all of a few days 10 minutes a day to commit it to memory. Don't worry about memorizing each note sequence in each scale or chord. Memorize the interval patterns and you only have to learn a handful and can apply it across the board. (i.e. WWHWWWH for major scales) After awhile you'll internalize the notes without even trying, just from familiarity.

W- whole tone/two semi-tones
H- half tone/ semi-tone
 
what program are you using? you can time stretch which is a pain or if you are using logic use the AU Pitch
 
if u change the pitch of a sampled loop u also have to change fine tune it to your keyboard or vice versa
 
What ever root key the singer was in or (key sig) simply transpose to however many semitones you move it from its original state! each semitone is a 1/2 step on the key board for example B to C is a semitone... You can always play relative/parallel key sigs and see if that sits will with it! Also many plug ins can help as well like ks1 mentioned! tdubl had good points as well...

Hope That Helped!
 
Really?

This is rediculous, but I have to give credit to the people who answered, all have great suggestions.

Not being a jerk, but really man, this is stuff that isn't all that hard.

Music Fundamentals, transposing a "root key" isn't that hard.

Also, if you learn the WWHWWWH thing, its easy to translate that to pitch, as an octave is 1200, then a half note is 100. (C to D is 200, since C to C# is 100. This continues as G is 700, A is 900, B is 1100 and the next C is 1200)

The reason I use G as an example is for ease of transposing. A lot of MAJOR C will directly translate to MAJOR G without fail.

I think Melodyne is the best piece of software out, AUTOTUNE IS JUNK, DOA!
 
PhobikONE said:
Really?

This is rediculous, but I have to give credit to the people who answered, all have great suggestions.

Not being a jerk, but really man, this is stuff that isn't all that hard.

Music Fundamentals, transposing a "root key" isn't that hard.

Also, if you learn the WWHWWWH thing, its easy to translate that to pitch, as an octave is 1200, then a half note is 100. (C to D is 200, since C to C# is 100. This continues as G is 700, A is 900, B is 1100 and the next C is 1200)

The reason I use G as an example is for ease of transposing. A lot of MAJOR C will directly translate to MAJOR G without fail.

I think Melodyne is the best piece of software out, AUTOTUNE IS JUNK, DOA!
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while i agree its fundamentals when u are playing the sample it still does feel way off key if u change the original pitch sometimes.
 
Just play the "right" pitches and you won't have that problem
 
X - I hear ya, but that's why i was using the Major C and Major G as examples. A lot of music is in the C Major and its easy to tune something up 700 to a Major G and not have to worry about messing with a bunch of stuff.

Obi - I agree, if it sounds right and not all off pitch, then it most likely is on key.
 
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