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Pitch & Time Elastique Pitch $149

Realtime Pitchshifting PlugIn version 2!

Elastique Pitch is the real time pitch shifting solution for RTAS, VST, AU and AAX. Powered by zplane’s élastiquePro pitch shifting engine which is used by millions of end users around the world, the plugin ensures the highest, program independent pitch shifting quality.

Elastique Pitch focuses on the essential things: you won’t find any unnecessary or confusing controls or functionality. Instead, the plugin offers you quality, stability, and ease of use.

In the second edition we´ve added a feedback delay and the infiniSTRETCH function of the new élastiquePro v3 engine. Both make it easy to use Elastique Pitch in a more creative way.

The key features of Elastique Pitch V2 are:

• multi channel: support for synchronous pitching of up to 8 audio channels
• real time: no offline pre-analysis required
• feedback with delay for more creative usage
• Three different views
• Program-independent high quality with the highly-acclaimed élastiquePro v3 engine (speech, single-voiced, classical/popular music, etc.)
• phase coherence: absolute phase stability between all channels
• MIDI input: for pitch control
• formant shifting: shift formants independent from pitch
• factory presets: for typical film pull-ups/pull-downs
• AU, VST, AAX and RTAS support for Mac & PC

technical specifications

• audio format: 1-8 channels (I/O), 44.1-192kHz sample rate
• plugin format: AAX, RTAS, AU, VST
• pitch range: ± 12 semitones = 50-200%
• timbre range: ± 12 semitones = 50-200%
• plugin latency: 150ms @48kHz
• min. system CPU: 2GHz
• OS: MacOsX >10.6.8, Windows 2000/XP, Vista, Win7/8
• Host: Pro Tools > V8

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Pitch & Time élastiqueAAX $299

Time and Pitch Manipulation for Pro Tools

élastiqueAAX is zplane’s time and pitch manipulation plugin for Pro Tools. It uses the élastiquePro V3 time-stretching and pitch shifting engine which is integrated in numerous DAWs and satisfies millions of users around the world. This ensures the highest, program independent time-stretching/pitch-shifting quality.

The plugin interface has been designed to allow quick and intuitive interaction with all parameters for maximum control. élastiqueAAX is an offline Audio Suite plugin, therefore allowing to apply time-stretching and pitch-shifting much faster than real-time.

Key Features and Technical Specifications:

• up to eight channels
• time stretching 25% – 400%
• pitch-shifting +/- 24 semitones or 25%-400%
• optional formant preserving
• presets for typical film pull-ups/pull-downs
• Audio format: 1-8 channels, 32-192kHz sample rate
• Plugin format: AAX32 / AAX64, Audio Suite offline
• OS: Mac OS min 10.7, Windows min. 7
• Host: Pro Tools ≥ V10

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Special Purpose deCoda $49

decode. practice. master. repeat.
deCoda can decode any song so you can learn to play it in minutes. In seconds deCoda will tell you the key, tempo, chords where the verses and choruses are and more.

Using deCoda is as simple as adding your favourite song and letting deCoda help you figure it out. Inspired and informed by those working in the music and recording industry, deCoda offers features that make learning a song more effortless than ever.

deCoda has been built by zplane. zplane technology is used to make many of the biggest hits in the world by top artist and producers, and that same know-how is used to power deCoda.

Key Features
• Advanced chord and tempo detection algorithms
• Flexible looping options
• Automatic song structure detection – Part A, B C, A2, B2 etc.
• Instantly transpose to a chosen key
• Change tempo whilst maintaining the pitch
• Focus EQ for isolating parts of the track
• Melody information displayed on a piano roll
• Exportable MIDI

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Special Purpose Vielklang 2 $119

Vielklang Instant Harmony 2 is an instrument for easy generation of harmonies from an audio or MIDI melody. The utilization of voice leading and harmony progression models allows vielklang to create harmony parts in a more musical way than traditional harmony processors and makes it a versatile and creative tool for musicians, songwriters and producers.

vielklang utilizes zplane´s widely-used élastique SOLOIST engine for high quality pitch shifting and time stretching.

The new version introduces the following features:

• advanced pitch editing with direct tool access
• new sleek interface
• vibrato and tremolo generator
• hybrid view for score-like harmony visualization
• MIDI harmonization
• multiple file harmonization
• Instant Harmony V2.0 & Advanced Pitch Editing
• Harmonize your melody with one single click – loading a single-voiced audio file – and create natural-sounding background choirs and brass arrangements.

vielklang Instant Harmony generates harmonies with 2-4 voices. It is packed with musical intelligence and music theory: it detects the best fitting harmonies for each individual input melody, and automatically synthesizes up to four voices with the voices not merely running in parallel but with their voicings selected to sound most natural (voice leading).

The advanced pitch editing controls (full version only!) give you fast and easy access to pitch, timing, vibrato control, formant shift, and to many more editing options.

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Pitch & Time reTune $149

Real-time Multi-pitch Modification

reTune ScreenreTune gives you full access to the pitch content of your audio samples and enables you to map each input pitch to any other pitch of the chromatic scale – all in real-time.

This allows you to re-tune your audio to any target key (e.g. from D major to C# minor), or to use it as a creative tool to modify the pitch content in any way you like. If you are unsure about the key of your input audio, you can let reTune estimate the key for you.

In addition, reTune can act as a pitch correction tool that quantizes pitches to the nearest semitone. Additional controls include the sensitivity of the pitch corrections, the treatment of transients as well as a smoothing of the pitch contours.

Key Features:

• Real-time processing
• Automatic input key detection using zplane’s TONART V2
• Fully configurable input-to-output pitch mapping
• Presets for major/minor scales, church modes, gypsy and chromatic scales
• Controls for pitch detection sensitivity, transient levels and pitch contour smoothing
• Automatic pitch correction to the nearest semitone
• Plugin formats: AAX, AU & VST

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Mastering Tool PPMulator+ $79

Peak & Loudness Metering Plug-in

PPMulator is a cross-platform plug-in meter for digital audio workstations which exactly mimics the look and feel of a professional broadcast Peak Programme Meter (PPM). This plugin provides a precisely calibrated workspace for recording, editing, mixing and mastering.

The plug-in is available in two versions: PPMulator+ and PPMulatorXL; the latter offers additional features such as EBU R128 loudness metering and batch audio file processing.

Key Features

• Customizable and resizable layouts and channel labeling
• Automated peak logging with export
• Mono gain trim to M3 (-3dB) or M6 (-6dB) standards
• Phase correlation meter & Goniometer
• Reference tone generator for meter alignment and calibration
• Multi-channel support up to six channels

Supported Standards:

• IEC 268-10 Type I: Nordic N9
• IEC 268-10 Type I: DIN 45406
• IEC 268-10 Type IIa: BBC scale
• IEC 268-10 Type IIb: EBU scale
• ITU-R BS.1770-2: True Peak Meter

Technical Specifications

• Audio format: Mono/ Stereo/ Mid-Side/ 5.1, 32-192kHz sample rate
• Min. system CPU: 1GHz
• OS: Mac OS min 10.6
• Windows min. XP
• Host: Pro Tools >= V9
• Plugin format: RTAS, AAX, AU, VST + Standalone application

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Mastering Tool PPMulator XL $119

Professional Peak and Loudness Metering

PPMulatorXL is a cross-platform plug-in meter for digital audio workstations which exactly mimics the look and feel of a professional broadcast Peak Programme Meter (PPM). PPMulatorXL has also included a EBU R.128 compliant loudness metering and a amazingly fast offline metering for audio files in standalone mode.
By adding this plugin to the master output of your audio editing program, you can record, edit, mix and export your audio within a precisely-calibrated workspace – something which is often impossible to do when working in a non-studio environment.

PPMulatorXL is designed to closely-follow the ballistics of mono, stereo, mid-side (MS) and surround (5.1) PPM meters (conforming to IEC 268-10/DIN 45406) and has a number of built-in additional features, including various display style options and a highly-useful Peak Logging process which logs all peaks/overloads against the time code in the host application where they occurred.

Key Features:

• Customizable and resizable layouts and channel labeling
• Audio file batch processing (PPMulatorXL only)
• Automated peak logging with export
• Mono gain trim to M3 (-3dB) or M6 (-6dB) standards
• Phase correlation meter & Goniometer
• Reference tone generator for meter alignment and calibration
• Multi-channel support up to six channels

Supported Standards:

• IEC 268-10 Type I: Nordic N9
• IEC 268-10 Type I: DIN 45406
• IEC 268-10 Type IIa: BBC scale
• IEC 268-10 Type IIb: EBU scale
• ITU-R BS.1770-2: True Peak Meter
• EBU R128 (2011): Loudness Meter (PPMulatorXL only)

Technical Specifications:

• Audio format: Mono/ Stereo/ Mid-Side/ 5.1, 32-192kHz sample rate
• Min. system CPU: 1GHz
• OS: Mac OS min 10.6
• Windows min. XP
• Host: Pro Tools >= V9
• Plugin format: RTAS, AAX, AU, VST + Standalone application

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Mastering Tool ppmBatch $299

Loudness Batch Processing
ppmBatch allows you to analyze and normalize your audio files according to various broadcasting loudness standards. It batch processes files in multiple real time and provides intuitive user feedback about each file’s compliance status and processing progress. Measurement results are displayed in a clearly arranged, customizable user interface.

ppmBatch comes with presets for the most common broadcasting standards. It enables you to modify these presets and to setup your own profiles. You can create summary report files for a selection of audio files, as well as more detailed reports for each individual file.

ppmBatch is the perfect tool for post production, archive converting and automatic normalizing of every-day broadcast reports.

Key Features

• fast scan & normalize of multiple files
• support for multi-channel and multi-mono files
• default loudness presets for EBU R 128, ATSC A/85, ITU-R BS.1770, ARIB TR-B32, FreeTV OP-59
• drag and drop
• support for broadcast wav audio
• single and overall status reports

Technical Specifications

• supported input formats: wav, aif, mp3, ogg, wma, flac
• Min. system CPU: 2GHz
• OSX min. 10.8, Windows min. 7
• AAX native, AU, Mac, VST, Win

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