FL Manual 21 Newtone Flashcards
FL STUDIO - Newtone
What is Newtone?
- Newtone is a pitch-correction and time manipulation editor. Slice, warp, correct, edit vocals, instrumentals and other recordings.
- -A related plugin for live pitch manipulation is Pitcher.
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How can you drag around the view in newtone?
-CTRL+ALT+LEFT Click drag
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How to mousewheel scroll horizontally in Newtone?
-SHIFT+Mousewheel
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How to create doubletracked vocals from one vocal sample take?
- Use Newtone to create small differences in pitcn and timing.
- -Change Center, Variation, Transition knobs
- –Then ALT Left click drag to change notes start and end times slightly.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Detected notes display as blocks on the Piano roll. Note volume appears as a background waveform. There are three indicators:
Orange Rectangles
Orange shaded blocks
orange line displays
- Orange rectangles show the average pitch for the detected note.
- -Orange shaded blocks indicate the nearest semi-tone.
- –Orange line displays the detected pitch at each point.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Global Pitch Control Knobs
Center
- Global pitch correction.
- -Scales all notes toward 100% nearest pitch.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Global Pitch Control Knobs
Variation
- Global pitch variation correction.
- -Controls vibrato and pitch errors.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Pitch Mode
Global Pitch Control Knobs
Transition
-Global pitch transition speed between notes.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Cut mode
- Select and slice notes by clicking on the desired cut location.
- -In Cut mode hold (Alt) and click on the two slices to be joined.
- –Otherwise use (Shift + Alt) when not in Cut mode.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Advanced Edit mode (Double-click)
- There are two advanced edit modes selected from the Edit menu.
- -Pitch edit - Allows the note’s properties including Pitch, Formant, Volume etc., to be edited.
- –When Vibrato edit is selected the tool shows the vibrato functions including frequency, start and end intensity and vibrato volume.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Slaved Playback mode (H)
- Playback position will sync to FL Studio’s transport controls (make sure FL Studio is in Song Mode).
- -The bars in Newtone and the Playlist will also be aligned.
- –To start Newtone from a point later in the FL Studio project make a selection in the Playlist from the point where you want Newtone to start.
- —You can disable this behavior by switching ‘Ignore host selection’ (right-click the slave button to access).
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Mode Buttons
Auto-Scroll mode
- (A)
- -The Piano roll will scroll to follow the playback cursor.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch Pitch correction (single note)
- (Right-click) notes and they will snap to the nearest semitone.
- -For unsnapped re-pitching click the Pitch handle, hold (Alt) and drag vertically.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch Pitch correction (of a selection)
- Make a selection by holding (Ctrl + click-n-drag) vertically through any note/s to select them and then click a note on the Piano roll ruler to the left.
- -The selected notes will snap to the selected pitch.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch Pitch correction (all notes)
- Use the ‘Center’ (pitch center), ‘Variation’ (pitch vibrato/ drift) and ‘Transition’ (legato) knobs.
- -These scale values for all notes simultaneously.
- –For most corrections you will probably just use these controls and make a few specific note-by note adjustments in Advanced Edit mode.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Fine tune pitch Hold
-(Alt + drag) the center of the note vertically.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Pitch variation correction
- Enter Advanced Edit mode and then double-click the note to activate it.
- -Controls include ‘Pitch variation’, ‘Ramp-in’ and ‘Ramp-out’ on a note-by-note basis (see above).
- –To adjust parameters click on the controls as indicated and drag in the direction of the arrows.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Formant
- Enter Advanced Edit mode and then double-click the note to activate it.
- -Drag vertically on the Formant control as indicated above.
- –Formants are resonances caused by the size and shape of the vocal tract.
- —Changing the formant will change the apparent size, age or even sex of the vocalist.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Vibrato
- Make sure Vibrato Edit mode is selected and then double-click the note to enter Advanced Mode.
- -This provides control over ‘Vibrato frequency’, ‘Start’ and ‘End’ intensity and volume vibrato envelope on a note-by-note basis.
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How does vibrato control interact with existing vibrato?
-The vibrato control will interact with existing vibrato, so it can be easier to see what you are doing by dialing out the natural vibrato with the variation knob then bring back some of the natural vibrato later if desired.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How does the Vibrato Control work?
- The vertical green line is fixed and shows the estimated frequency of the natural vibrato in the original sample (if any).
- -The blue line can be moved horizontally to set the frequency from maximum (far right) to minimum (far left).
- –The start and end vibrato levels are bi-directional and can be dragged vertically to change amount and phase of the vibrato.
- —The set frequency line marks the division between start and end controls.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Selections and editing
- When you make a selection (or select all notes) to change the pitch all notes in the selection will respond.
- -In Advanced Edit mode all notes will respond to ‘parameter level’ edits also (e.g. Variation or Formant).
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Note positions & boundaries, how to edit?
- Clicking and dragging at the edges of the note blocks will move them.
- -Where two notes are joining (as is often the case), the intersection of both notes will move together.
- –The Snap resolution setting will determine how notes move.
- —To override snap hold (Alt) while dragging.
- —-To create new notes or insert missed notes, use the Cut tool to slice existing notes.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Cut mode
- (Shift)
- -Or click on the Cut button.
- –Move note start/end independently Click the Left or Right edge of the note and drag, hold (Ctrl + drag) left/right to detach it from surrounding notes, if possible.
- —Move note independently Place the cursor on the front half of the note so the hand cursor appears and drag.
- —-Hold (Ctrl + drag) to detach the note from surrounding notes, if possible
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Join ‘glue’ notes or slices
- Hold (Shift + Alt)
- -OR in Cut mode hold (Alt) then wait for the pointing finger to appear then click the notes to be joined.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Cut, paste & delete
-Follow standard keyboard shortcuts.
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Auto-flatten pitch
-Select some notes then click a note on the piano roll to set the group pitch.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Select a key for auto-pitching
-Select Snap to scale and move notes vertically and they will only jump to notes on the selected scale.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Snap to time grid
-Where the audio snaps to is dependent on the snap resolution and which notes are selected.
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Vibrato control
- In addition to the ‘Variation’ knob it’s possible to impose a simulated vibrato on notes.
- -Select ‘Vibrato edit’ from the Edit menu then the ‘Advanced edit’ display will change to show vibrato controls.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Convert your vocal parts to synthesizer performances, how?
-by sending MIDI scores to Piano roll with the ‘Send score’ button.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Cut mode
- (Shift)
- -Or click on the Cut button.
- –Move note start/end independently Click the Left or Right edge of the note and drag, hold (Ctrl + drag) left/right to detach it from surrounding notes, if possible.
- —Move note independently Place the cursor on the front half of the note so the hand cursor appears and drag.
- —-Hold (Ctrl + drag) to detach the note from surrounding notes, if possible
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How to detach note from surrounding notes?
-Hold (Ctrl + drag) to detach the note from surrounding notes, if possible
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How to temporarily enter advanced edit mode?
- Advanced Edit mode (temporary) (Double-click) Double-click the note to be edited.
- -To remain in Advanced Edit model select the Advanced Edit button.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
How to leave advanced edit mode?
Leave Advanced Edit (Double-click) the Piano roll.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Preview / Scrub
-When playback is stopped, click on the middle of a note (where the double-headed vertical arrow appears) and drag horizontally.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Editing Pitch
Abusing Newtone
in ways for which it was not intended will reward the adventurous.
FL STUDIO - Newtone - Warp Editor Overview
To swap to Warp Mode
- select the Time-Warp Icon as indicated ot select the Disk icon and then ‘Time warping from the menu.
- -You will be asked if you want to save any pitch correction edits before changing mode.
- –Warp mode is designed to work primarily with non-pitched, rhythmic content.