How do I transpose all the audio tracks in my project in X2?

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October 16, 13 7:40 AM (permalink)

How do I transpose all the audio tracks in my project in X2?

Just received a project from a client. All audio tracks. Mostly various guitars and vocals. She wants the key taking up one semitones.

The last time I tried transposing audio was a few years ago. The results were useless. I created groove clips and played around with them. Couldn't get it not to mess around with the timing. I don't want any time stretching. Just simply take all the audio clips or tracks up one semitones and have it still sound great.

Do I have another tool in X2 that will do this job flawlessly? Is it R-Mix. I've never touched R-Mix yet I must confess. How should I proceed? And no I don't have time and funds right now to upgrade to X3. The session is tomorrow. Just in case you were to tell me that Melodyne is the answer.

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    stevec
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    Re: How do I transpose all the audio tracks in my project in X2? October 16, 13 12:46 AM (permalink)

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    Re: How do I transpose all the audio tracks in my project in X2? October 16, 13 3:13 PM (permalink)
    Hi Zoff,
    There are solutions in the SteceC 's link but :
    If I well remember, select  the clip you want to transpose, select (in the upper menu) Process > Transpose. The transpose dialog box appear and check : "Transpose audio" and choose the "Type" according the type of your clip : "Radius solo" if it deals with a monophonic source; "Radius Mix" if your clip is a mix... I don't touch to the other parameters and it works nice for me ! It is recomended to stay in a limit of 4 semitones up or down but you have to experiment if you perceive artefacts if you go further...
    But I have no idea if this process uses the new pitch shifter algorithm (n°2 I think) which was supposed to appear with the new Sonar X serie ??
     
    Ah , I've found out the manual page which explains how to transpose : 
    http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation/default.aspx?Doc=SONAR%20X2&Lang=EN&Req=EditingMIDI.32.html
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    Re: How do I transpose all the audio tracks in my project in X2? October 16, 13 5:27 PM (permalink)
    Is it possible to do track transposing by using melodyne editor ?
    And save that " Transpose " as a preset, and use that preset for the next track !

    I know melodyne is almost artifact free, more or less
    so it would be a suitable plugin ?

    I don't have melodyne, so someone have to try a couple of track's to see if it's possible !

    post edited by Soundblend - October 16, 13 5:48 PM
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