Hi all

Just wanted to get some tips on tuning percussion to a key.

Do you do it by ear? Use Eq to bring out the freq in the key you are using?

Thanks

FJ

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What I do is find the key of my kick in cubase using the pitch shift tool...then I'll use the same tool to correct the rest of my purcussion. Its basically by ear. One thing I have learned though is that it make a Huge difference, and sounds much better.

I've been meaning to try this out, because my drums definitely sound a little off. It just makes so much sense to do it!

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Originally posted by Limit What I do is find the key of my kick in cubase using the pitch shift tool...then I'll use the same tool to correct the rest of my purcussion. Its basically by ear. One thing I have learned though is that it make a Huge difference, and sounds much better.

whats the picth shift tool u use??

i usually use the pitch shift in battery2 alough its basically speeding up/slowing down the wav sample!

I do it by ear, if it needs to be done. Usually i only adjust the tune of percussions with some tonal quality, like bongos and wood-things.

Ear's the thing... unless there's something I'm missing with a tuning fork...

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I think if you're trying to pitch something without any harmonics to a "key", you're not going to have much fun

Just go by ear.

Obviously you use your ear to hear when its tuned correctly, but what do you guys actually use for pitching it up and down? I use Sonar and it has a transpose tool in it, but you have to type in how many semitones to shift each time, whereas I would rather just be able to drag the pitch up/down until it sounds right. This also goes for tuning any other samples too, not just percussion...

I've only ever needed to pitch snares and tribal drums (bongos etc.), and that's only when they happen to be in the same register as some other instrument. If you don't actually hear anything that's obviously out of tune, don't bother. If you do, then you have to do it by ear - just adjust the fine tuning until it doesn't sound out of tune anymore, easy peasy.

Don't pitch too much, either, otherwise it'll make the drums sound horribly unnatural. If 3 or 4 semitones doesn't do the track, then replace it with a different sample.

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reason is great for pitching drums. but mainly i try and leave the kick close to the sample pitch of it , and just pitch the song around it. oh yeah and yes all by ear , i dont even know another way haha

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Originally posted by Limit What I do is find the key of my kick in cubase using the pitch shift tool...then I'll use the same tool to correct the rest of my purcussion. Its basically by ear. One thing I have learned though is that it make a Huge difference, and sounds much better.

how do you use the pitch shift tool to find key? ive been using melodyne. it's such a bitch to have to go open it though, do you find it by ear with the pitch shift tool or is there a way for it to detect it?

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