> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://manual.minimal.audio/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://manual.minimal.audio/lucid-manual/granular-view/pitch-controls.md). # Pitch Controls ### Overview The **Pitch Controls** shape the pitch of every grain and keep it in key. Lucid detects and retunes each grain to your scale in real time, so you can transpose and modulate freely without falling out of tune, then use the chord and arp system to turn any sound into stacked harmonies and melodic sequences. {% hint style="info" %} Pitch detection works best on sources that play one note at a time, like vocals and leads. Lucid tracks a single pitch much like an auto-tuning effect, but on every grain. On chords or non-tonal material, no single pitch can be detected, so Lucid falls back to the scale's root note: still musical, just less precise. {% endhint %} ![Pitch Controls.png](attachment:d81db2b2-e11b-4069-9385-d47f79876443:Pitch_Controls.png) *** ### Grain Pitch Adjusts the pitch of each generated grain. The behavior of this control depends on the selected **Pitch Mode**. In **Scale** mode, each grain is analyzed and retuned to the active scale in real time, allowing you to transpose and modulate pitch while remaining in key. ### Pitch Mode Determines how grain pitch is processed. * **Repitch:** Links pitch and playback speed, producing classic sampler and tape-style pitch shifting. * **Free:** Shifts pitch independently of playback speed, preserving the original timing of the source audio. * **Scale:** Detects and retunes each grain to the active scale in real time, allowing pitch changes that remain harmonically aligned with the selected key. ### Detune Adds random pitch variation between individual grains. At **0%**, all grains play at the selected Grain Pitch. Increasing the value introduces subtle to pronounced pitch variation, up to a full semitone above or below at 100%, creating chorus-like thickening and wider textures. {% hint style="info" %} Try moderate amounts with larger grain sizes to thicken your sound into lush, ensemble-like textures. {% endhint %} ### Retune Mode Controls how strongly grains are corrected to the active scale. * **Off:** Disables pitch correction while still allowing Scale-based transposition to remain in key. * **Smooth:** Applies gentle pitch correction for a more natural sounding result. * **Hard:** Snaps each grain directly to the nearest scale note, producing a more pronounced pitch correction effect. ### Chord Mode Determines how chord intervals are applied to generated grains. * **Off:** Disables chord processing so all grains use the same pitch. * **Arp:** Cycles through the active intervals one grain at a time. The playback speed follows the current Grain Rate, allowing tempo-synced arpeggios. * **Chord:** Plays every active interval simultaneously, creating layered harmonic textures from each grain. {% hint style="info" %} Set the Grain Rate to a synced value in Arp mode to sequence arpeggios in perfect time with your\ track. {% endhint %} ### Arp Randomize Randomizes the playback order of intervals in **Arp** mode. Lower values introduce occasional changes to the interval sequence, while higher values create increasingly unpredictable arpeggio patterns. Every interval is still played once before the sequence repeats. ### Chord Stereo Spread Distributes chord voices across the stereo field. At **0%**, all voices remain centered. Increasing the value alternates voices between the left and right channels, creating a wider stereo image while keeping the first voice centered when an odd number of intervals is active. ### Chord Interval Sets the pitch offset for each arpeggio step or chord voice. Values are measured in semitones for chromatic scales and in scale degrees for all other scales, ensuring intervals remain harmonically aligned with the selected key. ### Interval Active Enables or disables an individual chord interval. Disabled intervals are removed from stacked chords and skipped during arpeggiated playback, allowing you to reshape chords and sequences without changing the remaining intervals. ### Scale Note Add or remove this note from the active scale. The selected scale is shared throughout the plugin. Any parameter or mode that uses **Scale** will reference the notes enabled here, ensuring pitch-based processing remains in key. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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