Elastique Pitch

Pitch is the perceivable quality of sounds that helps us determine how “high” or “low” they are. The attribute is determined by the rate of the vibrations that produce the sounds, and has similar characteristics to frequency.

In sound recording and music production, the pitch of an instrument or vocal will often be modified through a process called pitch bending or pitch shifting. In order to achieve this with an electric guitar, one would have to use a pitch bending effect pedal, while an analogue synthesizer would come with pitch wheel, strip or lever.

The process continues to be used widely in the era of digital productions, so, naturally, many tools have been created for this exact purpose. Any digital audio workstation will enable you to easily modify the pitch of a sound, while other plugins will offer you more control over the process.

One such example is Elastique Pitch, a tool which enables you to adjust the pitch of a sound from an interface resembling an x-y axis. In this plugin, the pitch is linked to the timbre (another quality of sounds that helps us distinguish them from one another) through a diagonal line. While linked, you can only move the slider that modifies both properties on that diagonal, but unlinking them will allow you to move the slider anywhere on the axis.