5 minute tones - Pitch Follower

[simeon]

and i would add, that attaching pitch to input gain in the delay (with some damping), rather than mix would be a better option. the delay won't cut off dead when you go back to rhythm playing and your dry level won't be affected.

 

[hippietim]

my favourite use for this is to create portamento in the pitch block. set the tracking mode to envelope and then attach the pitch mod to the frequency parameter. you'll have to fine tune the start, mid and end values, so that it tracks pitch perfectly in tune, but you can then add some "damping" (in the II), or some attack and release time (in the III) to make the transition from one note to another slower than instantaneous.

That's a cool idea. Gonna try that!

 

[simeon]

That's a cool idea. Gonna try that!

there's a preset in my synth lot called moog superlead that uses it

 

[2112]

@simeon I'd love to see what you could cook up with the extra power on a III. Can't wait to try the portamento trick.

 

[warlockII]

Great idea and tutorial as usual!

 

[cnaufel]

Awesome feature and tip! Thank you!

 

[creativespiral]

This is a really cool trick! If playing two or more notes, does the pitch follower try to stay locked to the lowest note / fundamental?

 

[hippietim]

This is a really cool trick! If playing two or more notes, does the pitch follower try to stay locked to the lowest note / fundamental?

That's a question for @FractalAudio. What I've observed is that it seems to find what I would essentially call the most dominant note. Usually it seems to be the lower note but I don't think it works that way 100% of the time. This sort of thing is one of the reasons why you set the attack/release on the modifier parameters so that the value doesn't jump around erratically for anomalies like this.

 

[Bakerman]

This is a really cool trick! If playing two or more notes, does the pitch follower try to stay locked to the lowest note / fundamental?

It tries, and usually does an okay job if there's a large enough interval (octave or more) between the lowest two notes. A fourth or fifth is typically read as a lower missing fundamental. Other intervals/voicings might be read as other lower notes or jump around unpredictably.

 

[Nuno Bernardes Vilabril]

Very nice.. Thanks

 

[RossE]

Did not know about this, but I can already see using it often. Killer bring Leon (and hippietim). Thank you.

 

[moo cow]

Just when I thought I'd mastered 10% of the Axe's capabilities, I realize that I'm now back down to 4%.
Thanks guys for sharing.

 

[bdrepko]

Some brilliant ideas here! "Dynamic talent control" is my favourite!

Exactly. Just set this up. I need all the talent I can get.

 

[is9582]

Great stuff Leon! Thanks again to all that share these very useful tips!

 

[normanaj]

Consumed this great material several days ago and now I have “5 minute tones” GAS.

 

[hippietim]

Each time I read a notification of another reply to this thread, my mind goes here first:

 

[Timo]

I can't get my FM3 to respond to pitch. Any ideas?
The follower just stays in one position whatever i play.
Now it moved to 9 from 7 after changing the output ... still one position.

 

[Timo]

I found it, somehow the Pitch controller input was input 2 by default ..

 

[Pinkycramps]

I'm late to this party. I just wanted to say thanks to Leon for this. This little trick is amazing, and though I've been using an AXE FX since 2014, I've actually never tried this before. I love it! This thread deserved a bump anyway.

 

[Bruce Sokolovic]

This is..........amazing