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Pitch

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

A note-formatted constant that can also add a fixed pitch offset to an incoming pitch signal.

What it does

Pitch represents a fixed interval in Bitwig's pitch-signal domain. With no cable at the input it behaves as a pitch generator; with a cable connected it adds the selected value to that signal, so it can be used as a compact transposer as well.

Controls and ports

In accepts an optional pitch signal. Pitch sets the constant as a note, frequency, or readable pitch value; zero is C3 and every whole value is one semitone. The inspector can switch the display, learn the next incoming note, and Stereo-ize the constant by using its inverse around C3 on the right channel. Out emits the generated or offset pitch signal. The generic installed pitch.* control group mixes several pitch-module surfaces, so this manual summary replaces it.

Practical uses

  • Set an oscillator to a fixed musical pitch without converting a number of semitones by hand.
  • Insert it after another pitch source to transpose that source by a fixed note interval.
  • Enable Stereo-ize to create equal and opposite left/right pitch offsets around C3.

Things to know

  • A disconnected input does not imply silence: addition with the normal zero input leaves the selected Pitch value at the output.
  • Bitwig's readable pitch value uses C3 as zero; C4 is +12, A2 is -3, and each integer step is one semitone.
  • Stereo-ize mirrors the selected offset, not the absolute incoming pitch: for example +12 on the left becomes -12 on the right.
  • The automatic device/hard-kick/pitch match is an unrelated kick-drum envelope calculation and is explicitly rejected.

Technical details

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

The Pitch parameter is displayed as semitones relative to C3, but the raw cable uses 0.1 per octave and therefore 1/120 per semitone. For displayed offset s, the functional contract is out = in + s/120; with no cable the input contributes zero. Stereo-ize gives out_L = in_L + s/120 and out_R = in_R - s/120. Represented frequency is multiplied by 2^(s/12). The visible wrapper has not been recovered, so modulation smoothing and lane expansion remain host-level details.

Open questions

  • Measure visible and typed pitch ranges, modulation limits, display switching, Learn behavior, and parameter smoothing.
  • Verify Stereo-ize with mono and stereo cables and confirm whether inversion occurs before or after any parameter modulation.
  • Test infinities, NaN, extreme offsets, and voice-local versus shared parameter changes.

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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Also matches: Bitwig Pitch module, Bitwig Grid Pitch, Pitch Grid module