The Pitch Envelope in REAPER

[@studio.kaedinger]

Hey Kenny, just selecting a range and CTRL-Shift-Drag the envelope up or down creates all the necessary points for you. No need to create them manually...

[@REAPERMania]

Thanks

[@JarkkoKokkonen]

Sounds good, but what do you mean by "selecting a range"?

[@kaedinger_]

@@JarkkoKokkonen create a time selection

[@JarkkoKokkonen]

@@kaedinger_ ok, thanks kaedinger. I tried it and it didn’t work, but I did google search and turns out it’s shift + command for Mac. Thanks for the tip!

[@Themis781]

Great video Kenny. I love your videos dude. Reaper is the best DAW I have used and your videos help so much with things that I did not know about. Thanks for all that you do Kenny!

[@Rene_Davids]

With a per-take pitch envelope range of (say) 48 and a quick fade-out you can also imitate the sound of a stopping turntable or tape recorder.

[@REAPERMania]

Nice

[@alkazaryyy]

I would add a tempo envelope on that too

[@juansaavedra145]

I know it’s been 2 years lol but just in case you don’t know, there’s a rate knob that controls both speed and pitch, so it’s easier to achieve that effect

[@compoundaudio]

@@juansaavedra145 does the Rate Knob control the whole project or a single audio event?

[@juansaavedra145]

@@compoundaudio The entire project. The automation thingy is on the master track

[@mikebee888]

Thanx Kenny, you're the King of Reaper!

[@SkyRidesMTB]

These videos are awesome man. Anytime I’ve needed a quick yet detailed tutorial for a project, you got it covered. Thanks!

[@jimtripp9088]

Kenny, I've enjoyed your simple, clear, concise, and informative videos for nearly 10 years. You are my "go to" guy for Reaper and I am never disappointed. I haven't said thank you enough.

[@UncleEti]

Straight to the point, clear, no pub, just generosity. Thank you Kenny.

[@MarceloMazza]

loving your videos!! thanks for the help! you solved me a lot of envelope questions :) greetings from argentina.

[@funnyfyr]

Hi Kenny. Just wanted to say that I enjoy your tutorials immensely. They are so thorough and well done.

[@genkibald]

I seem to continually be surprised how powerful this program is

[@byebyegiomar]

Hi Kenny, you're the best teacher I ever watched, thanks for the lessons!

[@pvalenti]

Brilliant Kenny! Never knew that existed. I can fix single note problems without needing to deal with Auto-Tune or Melodyne. AWESOME...this is definitely going into my 'arsenal' of tricks! Gold Star for Kenny!

[@GusWMusic]

I never stop finding new ways of using Reaper. Absolutely fantastic.

[@bhold]

Super helpful for something I needed to do quickly. Thank you!

[@kinglexxar4886]

Hello Kenny.....I wanna ask if you could do an in-depth tutorial for the MIDI pitch shifting , and notes slides for Bass Guitar VST. I am actually struggling with adjusting the pitch bend on the VST in terms of writing the MIDI automations for pitch bend.

[@michelrivera7491]

Just want to thank you for all your videos ... Thank you for being so precised

[@Weechoo]

This reaper always surprises me. I just came up with an idea that it would be so great to do things like this in reaper, then I searced it and there it is, I found another one of your videos. :D You're a genius, you know every little secret, congrats :)

[@graoulishbarden1090]

As always, thank you Kenny!!! You've tought me soooo maaaaanyyyy things in Reaper....

[@ekoedelarubawa562]

Following and learning... A big thanks to kenny Reaper.

[@farben_]

Nice one, there was no way I could have figured this out without checking a demo, on Live it's so much more direct and simple but Reaper everything is more hidden.

[@WooBright]

Used this to fade out a sound that kept repeating over and over on a track, worked great.

[@Levi-ef7cn]

Your work here is so awesome and helpful! I just want to thank you

[@stephendunn2733]

An excellent video. Just need to explain that the stem changes to the pitch envelope. You don't actually see it as a seperate active envelope as you do with say Pre-Fx. And also useful to mention how grouping allows all stems to follow the change.

[@alexanderparks7180]

Great Lessons you bring to us, Kenny. Thanks...

[@DeWRecordings]

This is great, thanks! Just wondering, is there a way to use the pitch bend controller with this function?

[@midnightAlchemistOfficial]

Just in tie for my project. Thanks Kenny. :)

[@eboyus]

one of the top 2 Kenny G's

[@ulfsvensson9710]

I was going to do somthing like that this afternoon, but in a much more difficult way! Thank you!!!

[@LongStraightLines]

Kenny the Reaper King!

[@andreivaughn1468]

I wonder how useful this could be for restoring bad tape recordings, where speed has noticeable fluctuations. I already use reaper to automate EQ envelopes to get rid of microphone feedback, and momentarily distorted high end frequencies. The reaper envelopes take ages to get right for precise tasks, but theoretically it could work.. interesting.

[@Braindizruptor]

if i do that on a dry signal and then send it to a delay/reverb channel, wouldnt it be smoother with the echo/reverb sounds? they sound a bit weird in here, like they get pitched up too....gonna have to try that.

[@moscowlove5840]

I want to create LFO for pitch envelope with LFO generator. And how can i do this?

[@jasonfella265]

Perfect! This is just what I needed. I KNEW there had to be a way to automate pitch, but I couldn't figure it out.

[@abrotherinchrist]

Is there a way to pitch bend multiple notes in a MIDI item?

[@davogotland]

these are always so helpful!

[@REAPERMania]

Glad you think so!

[@catonlsd3]

ctrl+double click env point!! many thanks, missed this one and it's very useful to me!

[@Alexico007]

My mind is blown, you are the man.

[@s.w.3604]

Thanks Kenny! Very helpful and much appreciated! Cheers!

[@public_hell]

Is there any way to move pitch envelopes on several items simultaneously??

[@meethhathwer6402]

I think you can't. Reaper doesn't link audio clips. There are two ways for you to handle this. One is creating a subproject for the loops and once you edit the subproject it would render the loop back into the main (and you can copy the render in main instead of having one giant render). Second way is using ReaPitch, automating the pitch and using linked automation items for the loops.

[@public_hell]

@@meethhathwer6402 If I need a straightforward pitching on several items I use Shift+0 or Shift+9, but if I need a curved envelop - it is a problem.

[@MrMapacheco]

thanks Kenny! I needed this

[@TuNguyenArtist]

Hi Kenny. I am having pitch problem. When pitching up or down, it only gets 3 semitones when plotting on waves as well as filling in values. How can I change more values??? I am using version 6.56. Thank you

[@friendsfrommoon5485]

This is awesome but it would be really cool if you could add a formant envelope along with it. I know you can automate formant in ReaPitch but yeah...

[@KPSoundCo]

How do we get this to work on the midi takes? I am trying to use this mainly for 808 bass?

[@persiaguitar]

What about if we want to change it just a few cents?

[@exysness]

Amazing tutorial, thanks for dropping this knowledge on us. Subscribed as a pay back.

[@mellowmel2012]

I have been able to use pitch envelop in the past, but now I attempt to use drawing tool or shift and nothing selects or alters the pitch. Can you help?

[@ThenameisAntti]

Can you apply an LFO to the pitch envelope?

[@yutehube4468]

Can this be done if the item is MIDI notes, without converting the item to a WAV sample?

[@musicrelatedinformation1294]

Hi sir I am blind person and I also use daw Reper with the help of Screen reader and I can't to do peach band, please sir can you help me?

[@plummetplum]

Two days into Reaper, I always wanted an easy way to do this easily in Sonar 8.5, this is a dream feature for me.

[@adityabali1939]

Hey man, I tried this with a virtual instrument (piano roll note) but it did not work. Any tips?

[@agustindaponte7730]

I had the same issue. Apparently this doesn't work with MIDI items, so you can right click on the track - move track to a new subproject. So the MIDI tracks is rendered to an audio file on the current project that you can work with :)

[@adityabali1939]

@@agustindaponte7730 I found another hack. Just open the piano roll of the midi sequence that you programmed and on the bottom left you can add automation commands. The default is set to "velocity" but you can add a parallel command from a bunch of options, ranging from pitch, volume, panning, EQ etc. It is much easier that way but thanks!

[@agustindaponte7730]

@@adityabali1939 so awesome!!! Thx bro 🤙

[@jimmahbee]

Awesome..luv Reaper

[@jimmyjumbo2006]

Wow! This is fun! Thanks Kenny.

[@pascalmacaigne]

vital stuff, thanks! Do you think it's possible to override the pitch "snap" with some modifier key? Or the other way around: make it snap with a some modifier key when it's not set to "snap" in preferences (preferences > Editing behavior > Envelope display > Range, Snap )

[@CoreyHunter]

Just what I was looking for. Thanks.

[@gabibonza]

Man, this is awesome!

[@LintRiggs_]

Can I only do this with a wave file? Trying it with midi to no avail.

[@Tyrannocaster]

How are you getting curve lines? I just get a line of unconnected dots...it curves but they aren't connected like your are. This must also be buried somewhere in the Prefs.

[@MrAndromedean]

Gioia saves the day again.

[@homerobaroni1655]

Is it possible to assign specific pitches to kbd keys and play in realtime? Thanks!

[@PanidaOCE]

damn.. will use now

[@EJohnDanton]

Cool and useable - thanks

[@paddyhitler]

1:50 nice

[@thiago_mu]

Amazing!!!! Thx from Brazil!!

[@DreErdna]

This is so cool. Thanks K

[@BrijeshSarin]

You are a reaper Guru 🍻

[@bcain5823]

Is there an easy way to select and adjust several tracks at once? For instance; The vocalist can't quite reach some high notes and need to shift down a couple semitones on all the instruments.

[@JoelBouchillon]

Is the Pitch Envelope feature also in Protools ??

[@tuneboxmusic]

Android where is pitch option wich is stretching a sample?

[@duetoalasdecrystal2085]

Thank you Kenny. This is useful.

[@radylatorre8141]

Is it possible to control a sample's pitch in reaper using a midi keyboard?

[@parikshitmusic510]

Alt+shift to pitch shift the audio sample right from the main view

[@artemi-music]

thanks Kenny

[@pingosimon]

Awesome! I've been splitting my item, and editing the item pitch. This should be way faster. Thanks!

[@TheCampnFool]

Kenny, you #&@%ing rock!

[@underscoreisnotvalid]

Is it possible to do the snap to pitch and 12 semitone range with MIDI rather than audio? I haven't had any luck with reamidicontrol or within the midi editor cc lane

[@andreyklochok]

Thanks!

[@amsedelm]

How do you raise the pitch of a vocal with out it sounding like Donald Duck?

[@jppagetoo]

I had no idea that was there. Very useful.

[@TommyBrothers75]

Thank you for your great videos!

[@larslendzian6186]

hey kenny is there a way that i can pitch multiple items at once? i know how to group items but when i have grouped them and adjust the pitch it just apllies to that one item. Thanks for all the information u give out here for free btw

[@stephendunn2733]

Exact opposite issue with me . Mine aren't grouped and it changes all of them, and I don't want it to. Not excatly intuitive.

[@saxmidiman]

Yep!

[@flamindigo]

good one

[@DEEP_WOKE]

Does this work in midi????

[@basstentacles]

You are the rule!

[@fernandobaetajr]

Very good!

[@николайквак-я1м]

Благодарю, отличная идея.

[@ricardoflores5961]

Thanks kenny

[@ksanavengsar4050]

Thank you for information

[@SonidosEnArmonia_1992]

great tool.

[@HugoRibeiroDrummer]

Can this substitute Reatune for vocals, guitar solos, etc...?

[@REAPERMania]

Yes but it's completely manual.

[@HugoRibeiroDrummer]

@@REAPERMania usually Reatune is used manually. With pitch envelopes, it's seems faster, easier and more cpu friendly.

[@dougsmith9679]

Super vid, Kenny! Thank you! 😊

[@nusushika]

Thank you!

[@monloose769]

Hi Kenny, thank you for another one of your great tutorials! I tried this on some midi track notes but it didn't work. Is there a different way to change the pitch of midi items?

[@Andre7414]

Wow wow wow

[@drutgat2]

Thanks for this, Kenny. Is there any advantage or difference between using the Pitch Envelope and using some of pitch FX tools in Reaper (e.g., the ReaPitch VST - for some reason, the ReaPitch VST is not working for me)? And is there a way to input a numerical value for the pitch (e.g. +1 semitone), rather than dragging the Pitch Envelope line?

[@cristianaguilar8445]

very useful sir ! thanks!

[@dejvdou]

killed that! thanks :

[@ricardorodriguezvargas8409]

Escelenteeee mil gracias !!!

[@laskholt]

Nice, thanks a lot!