Sample tuner

BiancaNeve

Is there an app which will record/load a sample then tune it to either a specific pitch say 440 or to the nearest note then tell me what that note is?

Will

I don't know of one that will do it automatically. I do it manually in NS by loading one synth with a sine wave and another with the sample. Then tune the sample OSC by ear.

Proto

@BiancaNeve said:

Im also searching for an app like you describe.
I'm now using tonestack's pitch detection in the output slot of audiobus. It can detect notes from apps you use in the input slot.

bri77

The GarageBand sampler can do this.

1. Create a new song in GB.
2. Add an audio track by selecting Audio Recorder then go to the sequencer time line. This will just show an empty audio track.
3. Paste a sample into the audio track. (I copied from AudioShare a 1 bar bass line in the key of A minor which I made in Groovebox).
4. In GB, Add a sampler instrument to a track.
5. From the sequencer time line drag and drop the sample from the audio track onto the sampler track.
6. The sampler seems to tune it to C1. You can then press the keys until it matches the original pitch which will tell you what the note is. In my example pressing the A0 key matches the original pitch.
7. You can also tune it manually by ear if you select "tune" in the sampler and it will play a reference tone. You need to be up a few octaves to hear the reference tone. You can then adjust the tune settings until it matches the reference tone. (this is similar method suggested by syrupcore using NanoStudio).

I have tried it a few times this morning using synth one shots with different pitches and synth bass lines in different keys and it seems to work consistently like this.

8BitSamurai

I use hakusai for pitch shifting

LucidMusicInc

Caustic has a hidden feature in the wav editor that will find the closest note of the sample and set it as the root note in the PCM synth. I had a lot of fun with that synth in my pre IOS days.

Proto

@LucidMusicInc said:
Caustic has a hidden feature in the wav editor that will find the closest note of the sample and set it as the root note in the PCM synth. I had a lot of fun with that synth in my pre IOS days.

Your awesome. Just tested and the stand-alone wav editor is brilliant for retuning samples. It can recognize bpm, root key, retune and export the samples back into other apps. Tested with some old samples i recorded once from old vinyls and opened them inside mood synth's sampler and it was running perfectly in-tune blended with the synth engine.

Many thanks for reminding.