Acoustica Mixcraft 7 - Manual (Page 77)

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 Time Stretch
In this mode, the sound is simply time stretched by a fixed amount. The sound
will not adjust to the project tempo. You’ll most likely use Use Project Tempo mode
most of the time, but there are situations when automatic tempo change isn’t
desirable. For example, if you had a long drone with no inherent tempo, and you
didn’t want its length affected. Fortunately, Mixcraft’s audio playback is mode is
settable on a per-sound basis, so you can mix and match modes as you please.
To set the loop speed by percentage, click the Time Stretch and enter a percentage
value by clicking in the field, or by using the up/down arrows.
 Double/Half-Speed
If the current clip is set to Use Project Tempo mode, clicking on the 2x button will
play loops at double speed. Clicking once will play the loop at half-speed, a second
click will play the loop at double-speed, and clicking a third time will return the
loop to standard playback speed.
Note: Loops can be slowed down or sped up by up to four times their normal
speed (i.e. 25% - 400% of normal playback speed). If values set are above or below
this, Mixcraft “maxes out” at 25% - 400% normal playback speed.
 Key/Pitch Adjustments
Mixcraft plays audio clips in one of three key/pitch modes:
 Use Project Key
 Transpose
 No Pitch Adjustments
 Use Project Key
Mixcraft adjusts the pitch of the sound based on the difference between the project’s
key and the sound’s key. (The project key can easily be seen and adjusted in the
transport bar display.) For example, if the project key was F# and the sound’s key
was F, it would adjust the pitch of the sound up by one semitone so that it was in
tune with F# instead of F.
However, you can have more than one key change in a project. A sound in Use
Project Key mode will adjust in real-time to the correct number of half steps in
order to play in the correct key based on the most recent key change. To continue
the example, if the sound was in F and there were two key changes to A and then G,
it would correspond to shifting the pitch of your sound by four semitones up to A
and then by two semitones up to G.
Changing The Key Of
A Sound, aka Songs In
The Key of Right
Assuming that the key
of the sound is correct,
you can change the
key of a sound by
adding markers with
key changes and/or by
changing the project’s
key. You do not need to
change the key of the
sound on the Sound
tab. It’s recommended
to change the project
key or add key change
markers. In short, if
you want to change
the key of a sound,
change the project key.
(Changing the key of
a sound should only
be done if the detected
key is wrong!) If the
sound’s key is wrong,
you can adjust it with
the Original Clip Key
control.