Setting the song key in Pitch Editor?

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Is this possible? I can do that in Melodyne, but I can't seem to find that in Reason. Is it not there?
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Siberian Khatru wrote:Is this possible? I can do that in Melodyne, but I can't seem to find that in Reason. Is it not there?
No, it cannot be done in Reason. That said, Reason's audio pitch editor should detect the pitch of the material automatically by the key it's in (assuming it's a monophonic recording - and best being a monophonic dry vocal recording).
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I ask because I took a vocal and acoustic track I'd recorded in SONAR and drag/dropped them into Reason (same Tempo of 120)and they sound completely different. I'm trying to figure out why that is lol
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Siberian Khatru wrote:I ask because I took a vocal and acoustic track I'd recorded in SONAR and drag/dropped them into Reason (same Tempo of 120)and they sound completely different. I'm trying to figure out why that is lol
They sound different key/pitch-wise?
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EnochLight wrote:
Siberian Khatru wrote:I ask because I took a vocal and acoustic track I'd recorded in SONAR and drag/dropped them into Reason (same Tempo of 120)and they sound completely different. I'm trying to figure out why that is lol
They sound different key/pitch-wise?
Yep, it's weird. Deeper and richer (within the blinds of my so so voice) on SONAR, much higher pitched and tinnier. I probably did something wrong somewhere.
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I just did it again and this time it worked fine. Thanks.
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Siberian Khatru wrote:I just did it again and this time it worked fine. Thanks.
So, "operator error"? ;) Perhaps it was the sample rate that it was exported in your first attempt? I have no idea why it sounded off the first time but fine the second attempt. Anyway, congrats on getting sorted though! :thumbs_up:
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Yeah, no clue here either but there was a glass of scotch involved lol. Appreciate your input any way around it!
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Separately from the example/problem above, to me, it has always been a major omission in Reason that there is no part of the Tool Window Pitch box giving Key choice and Mode choice to select or change the song key for a selected or highlighted clip or area. Especially now that they have almost completely solved the midi programming in the new Scales and Chords Player that will do it live! And they have done it for audio (studio quality with the new Pitch Editor and live with Neptune)! It could be applied to any selected area in the new pitch editor.

If Ludwig had such a tool, he would have composed 50 symphonies, not just 9.

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jfrichards wrote:Separately from the example/problem above, to me, it has always been a major omission in Reason that there is no part of the Tool Window Pitch box giving Key choice and Mode choice to select or change the song key for a selected or highlighted clip or area. Especially now that they have almost completely solved the midi programming in the new Scales and Chords Player that will do it live! And they have done it for audio (studio quality with the new Pitch Editor and live with Neptune)! It could be applied to any selected area in the new pitch editor.

If Ludwig had such a tool, he would have composed 50 symphonies, not just 9.
Do other DAWS have such a feature?
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Why pay for it? I use this free database to find keys of songs and also apply harmonic mixing using their tool: https://getsongkey.com/mixing. Never had a problem and the keys are accurate. Also I can sort by genre which can be cool when I want to mix up different genre tracks but keep the harmonics on point.

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