Pluck Generator [SOLVED]

[dmbohn]

I'm working with the latest version of Audacity (2.1.2) on MacOS X.7.5.

I'm currently assembling a set of short pieces in Just intonation in Audacity.

Is there a way to either change the midi-note pitch input on the pluck generator to operate via frequency (like all the other generators)

or

To incorporate microtonal pitch deviation into the generator?

[kozikowski]

There is Effect > Change Pitch so you can do it in post production.

In general, anyone advocating an Audacity program change is advised to take a number and get on line. However you may have stumbled into a fortuitous event. The Click Generator is up for renewal. One of the considered options is split Click Track into "Metronome" and "Drum Generator." Once that happens, then it's not a stretch that the Drum Generator may incorporate the usual variations and settings.

I know you want this change by the end of business day, but it could take a year or more. They are firming up 2.1.3, so it's too late for that version which may hit the streets in a month or two. Next version could be 6 to 9 months after that.

Koz

[Gale Andrews]

They are firming up 2.1.3, so it's too late for that version which may hit the streets in a month or two.

Actually 2.1.3 is very unlikely before three or four months, as things are right now. There are four release blocking bugs.


Gale

[Gale Andrews]

I'm working with the latest version of Audacity (2.1.2) on MacOS X.7.5.

I'm currently assembling a set of short pieces in Just intonation in Audacity.

Is there a way to either change the midi-note pitch input on the pluck generator to operate via frequency (like all the other generators)

or

To incorporate microtonal pitch deviation into the generator?

On [email protected], Steve already explained you can modify Nyquist files yourself, and I already suggested (like Koz) that you could use Change Pitch afterwards. Did you try Change Pitch?

I am not expert enough to change pluck from MIDI to frequency without researching it, but if you want a "quick fix" you can try changing "int" to "real" in line 15 of pluck.ny:

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;control pitch "Pluck MIDI pitch" real "" 60 1 120

I can then hear a difference between entering for example note 60 and "60.3".

Does that work for you?


Gale

[steve]

Here you go.
If you open this in a plain text editor you will see what I've changed.
Basically just changing the midi note control so that it has a frequency range, then removing the "step-to-hz" command so that the generator uses frequency (in Hz) rather than "steps" (MIDI note values).

Installation instructions: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Downl ... ns#install
The new plug-in:

pluck-hz.ny

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[dmbohn]

Thanks, Steve and Gale.

I haven't had a chance to try the post-generation pitch change, mainly because I've been down with a virus for two days, and am just barely starting to feel human again. I will definitely give both the new pluck generator a try first, then the post-generation pitch change. My main concern about doing it would be that different pitches would require different shifts, anywhere from 2 to 28 cents.

I just thought I'd post here first to see if anyone else had come up with an alternate work-around.

And having done a _very_small_ amount of code writing back in the 80's and 90's, I know such things are not "immediate", and am certainly not expecting this change to magically appear in 2.1.3!

[Gale Andrews]

such things are not "immediate", and am certainly not expecting this change to magically appear in 2.1.3!

I don't recall anyone else complaining about pluck (usually a tuned note) using MIDI. MIDI may be easier than frequency for some.

It's mainly up to Steve if he wants to offer frequency instead, or a choice of frequency or MIDI.


Gale

[steve]

I don't recall anyone else complaining about pluck (usually a tuned note) using MIDI. MIDI may be easier than frequency for some.

I don't recall anyone asking for this before, but if dmbohn can checkout the new version that I posted and it works as expected, then I can upload it to the wiki in case anyone else wants it.

[dmbohn]

Been working with it all day. Works beautifully.

Muchos Gracias!

[steve]

If anyone else does want it, it's now on the Audacity wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqui ... k_.28Hz.29