In this project, I stepped outside of my comfort and swooped into a type of sound manipulation I never thought I would: pitch shifting. Personally, I’ve never found pitch shifting to enhance a vocal recording on a sound piece in any way. Other than for dramatic effect in a movie, I’ve never understood the desire to want to use it. I thought that now was the time to do something I never thought I’d do and play around with pitch shifting vocals. The Logic Pro pitch shifting plugin doesn’t come with a multitude of features but it’s got the basics and that’s all I felt I needed. I pitched down on most of the vocal recordings to a level that I felt was just right.
As a songwriter, the concept of pitch shifting someone’s voice is almost laughable to me and there were moments when I felt it was nothing but farfetched. Having now made the piece, I feel that my mind has opened to pitch shifting. I now feel that shifting down the tone of the vocals gave to a completely unrealistic level gave the whole piece so much more character. It’s eccentric and enigmatic.