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Pitch In

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Pitch In module panel in Bitwig Grid
Pitch In in Bitwig Grid 6.0.6.

The current per-voice note pitch, including compatible pitch expression, in Bitwig's normalized pitch-signal format.

What it does

Pitch In converts the note assigned to the current voice into the pitch control signal used by Grid oscillators and pitch processors. Note Priority can override the device's Default selection with Lowest, Highest, or Last when a monophonic context has several held notes.

Controls and ports

Control Label Official description
out Out Note pitch signals received by the device
note_priority Note Priority Whether to prefer to Lowest or Highest (pitch-wise) notes, the Last notes played (time-wise), or to use the device's current setting (Default)
note_priority_curr Current Note Priority Indicates a Note Priority setting other than Default

Practical uses

  • Connect it to oscillator pitch inputs for normal keyboard tracking.
  • Branch it into transposers, quantizers, or pitch-to-frequency conversion for keytracked processing.

Things to know

  • Raw pitch signals use C3 = 0, one octave = 0.1, and one semitone = 1/120; use Value Readout's pitch modes instead of interpreting the raw decimal by eye.
  • Per-note pitch expression and glide can produce fractional semitone values.
  • Note Priority matters mainly where more than one held note competes for a monophonic voice.

Technical details

No Nitro implementation has been confirmed for this visible module. The behavior is described conservatively from module metadata and editorial research.

For MIDI-semitone value m, Bitwig's raw Grid pitch signal is p = (m-60)/120; the inverse recovered throughout Nitro is m = 60 + 120*p. The host supplies the allocated note and its continuous pitch expression. No dedicated visible wrapper is recovered, and the automatic Hard Kick candidate is unrelated.

Open questions

  • Measure pitch-bend/expression range, glide, note-priority transitions, retrigger, stereo representation, and voice stealing.

Version and sources

Checked against Bitwig Studio 6.0.6. This page combines Bitwig's module metadata, the existing Grid course and guides, and Nitro analysis where the mapping is strong enough to support a technical statement.

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