Pitching Down Guitar for Lower Tunings Explained

If you'd like to access heavier guitar sounds with low tunings but don't have the capability with your current setup, you've come to the right place. In this guitar video course, guitar-tracking expert Gary Hiebner shares a method for going low by using a pitch-shifting tool in your DAW. You'll learn about the pros and cons of this method, how to avoid possible artifacts that can occur, and other valuable tips and tricks. We designed these videos for those who are new to pitchshifting on guitars.

Videos

• Intro (00:15) - Gary discusses what we will learn in the following few videos.

• How to Pitch Down Your Guitar (04:14) - In this video, you'll see how you can pitch a guitar in Drop D down to lower tunings using a pitch-shifting tool. We demonstrate this using Pitchproof to bring a guitar from Drop D down to Drop A.

• Artifacts with Pitch Shifting (03:58) - Explore how artifacts are introduced into your sound when you pitch down with pitch shifters. Not all pitch shifters are alike in this regard, however, so we explore a few different ones to see how they handle the task.

• Automating Your Pitch Shifting (04:55) - In this final video for the series, we see how to automate a pitch-shifting effect to create different drop tunings within the same song.

• Blending Pitch Shifting (02:03) - In this final video for the series, Gary shows us some techniques for blending the pitch shifting.