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    Hi - I'd like a pentatonic harp gliss in F. Is there an obvious way to transpose right within the standalone player? The 3 glissandi I've got are B, C, and C#. This would be for live performance. Thanks very much. Sue
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    I take it this is a big no. :D Had to ask. Thanks
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    There is no way, other than Pitch Shift, I'm afraid. I was also disappointed as for the first time ever I found a use for the recorded glissandi, and they were all in the wrong key!!!

    DG
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    Hey DG, I've been lucky I guess, playing orchestral scores for a while now and never been caught short. Oh well, that's not a bad record. Thanks again for looking out for me. :) Sue
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    @DG said:

    There is no way, other than Pitch Shift, I'm afraid. I was also disappointed as for the first time ever I found a use for the recorded glissandi, and they were all in the wrong key!!!

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    There are all major and minor keys available, and also all possible arpeggios using 4 different strings are there (the harp can't perform other tunings).

    So how can they all in th wrong key?

    best

    Herb 
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    'Cos I wanted a pentatonic scale starting on F. [:(]

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    @DG said:

    'Cos I wanted a pentatonic scale starting on F.

     

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    lol, I have to admit, DG, you did it make it sound as though ALL the glisses in the entire harp library have been in the wrong key. They must have been running into overtime when they started recording the pentatonics. WAAAAAAHH! I wanna go home!!! ;)
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    I don't usually use the glisses because by the time I've found one that suits, recorded it, time stretched etc. it would have been quicker to play it, which is what I tend to do.

    DG
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    A-Hah! For a pentatonic gliss in F, fake it on the black keys and use pitch shift to bring it down a semitone.
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    Yeah, that's what I did, but it doesn't sound quite the same as a recorded gliss. In fact I'm hoping that some future update of the software will include some way to time stretch and maybe even lock to tempo for such events. I still think that the harpist should record the remaining ones.[A]

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    @DG said:

    Yeah, that's what I did, but it doesn't sound quite the same as a recorded gliss.
    Yeah, you're right, it's a pretty sorry sounding excuse. But I failed to see my options. However, I've been fooling around with MainStage (Logic) for a few days, and see it has a pitch shifter. An octave range. Here's a dumb question: Can I construct a patch to trigger both directions at the same time? I'm looking at a slow, 2-octave gliss, contrary motion. The given glissandi that go up and down are much too busy for extreme pitch-shifting. Sounds way stressed. Pathetic that Ive never had to dig into the patch editors until now. Sorry also for the one-paragraph eyesore.
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    OK! I thought I might be able to load the same patch twice in one preset, using opposing keyswitches. A-B/B-A. Figured I might fool the player into giving me contrary motion. Nope. One thing I haven't tried is layering 2 harps in Mainstage. There's always a way... when you're obsessed.
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    Done deal! Pentatonic gliss in F, contrary motion. No drop outs (fingers crossed). Back to your regularly scheduled program. :) Thanks.