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Percussive Notes August 2006

"Digital Audio: Understanding Pitch and Time Manipulation" by Kurt Gartner



Audio Example 1 is the original marimba motive, as shown in Figure 1.



Figure1


Audio Example 2 demonstrates the pitch-bend effect, as shown in Figure 3.




Figure3

Audio Example 3 is the original marimba motive with 200% time expansion, as shown in Figure 5.




Figure5

Audio Example 4 is the original motive with 200% time expansion, drums-specific algorithm, as shown in Figure 7.



Figure7

Audio Example 5 is the original motive in Melodyne with 200% time expansion, as shown in Figure 10.



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