User Manual

Time Stretch and Pitch Shift
Algorithms
In Cubase, time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithms are used for offline processes, in the
Sample Editor, or for the Flattening Realtime Processing function. Depending on the feature,
élastique, MPEX, or Standard algorithm presets are available.
RELATED LINKS
Time Stretch on page 431
Pitch Shift on page 427
Sample Editor on page 445
Flattening Realtime Processing on page 482
élastique on page 435
MPEX on page 436
Standard on page 436
Limitations on page 437
élastique
The élastique algorithm is suited for polyphonic and monophonic material.
The following modes are available:
élastique Pro
For best audio quality, without formant preservation.
élastique Pro Formant
For best audio quality, but including formant preservation.
élastique efficient
Requires less computing power, but has a lower audio quality than the Pro modes.
The modes support the following variants:
Time
Favors timing accuracy over pitch accuracy.
Pitch
Favors pitch accuracy over timing accuracy.
Tape
Locks the pitch shift to the time stretch as if playing back a tape with varying speed.
If you stretch the audio material, the pitch decreases automatically. This variant has
no effect if you use it with event transpose or the transpose track.
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