Pitches

A monophonic phase-addressed sequencer whose step values are edited and output as Grid pitch signals.

What it does #

Pitches stores one pitch for every step and recalls the pitch selected by the current phase position. Its note-oriented editor supports octave offset and optional free tuning instead of forcing every value to a semitone.

Controls and ports #

Control	Label	Official description
steps	Steps [pitch sliders]	One pitch slider for each available step. Light frames surround each C, such as the top, bottom, and center rows. Background colors indicate whether that row houses a natural note (gray) or an accidental (black). When clicking and dragging a pitch slider, holding [SHIFT] disables snapping to semitones, allowing Micro-pitch values.
offset	Offset	Octave offset for the step display, where '0' keeps middle C at center and '+1' shifts the display up an octave, etc.
octaves	Octaves	Note range shown at one time on the module
mute_when_stopped	Mute When Stopped	Outputs a zero signal ('C3') when the transport isn't running

Practical uses #

• Send the output to an oscillator pitch input for a compact monophonic sequence.
• Drive Pitches and Gates or Probabilities from the same external phase so pitch and articulation stay aligned.
• Hold Shift while editing when a step needs a microtonal value between semitones.

Things to know #

• The phase pre-cord adds internal device phase to a connected Phase input; disable it for exclusive cable control.
• Offset and Octaves change the editor's pitch range and placement rather than adding another event lane.
• The recovered implementation returns exactly the stored pitch of the selected step and does not interpolate between pitches.
• Mute When Stopped changes the pitch output to zero, which is C3 in the Grid pitch domain.

Technical details #

A high-confidence Nitro implementation candidate supports the technical summary, but the visible-module mapping remains inferred.

The mapped implementation wraps either phase or phase + device_phase, selects i = min(floor(fract(p) * steps), steps - 1), and outputs pitchData[i]. It also exposes the selected step internally. When transport mute is active and transport is stopped, pitch output becomes 0 and the step indicator becomes -1.

Nitro port	Type
phase	InputAudioPortType
steps	InputValuePortType
pitchData	InputValuePortType
useDevicePhase	InputValuePortType
devicePhase	InputAudioPortType
muteWhenStopped	InputValuePortType
transportPlaying	InputValuePortType
stepOut	OutputAudioPortType
pitchOut	OutputAudioPortType

Open questions #

• Confirm how stereo phase lanes are reduced for the monophonic output.
• Measure dynamic step-count changes, phase exactly at 1, and audio-rate scanning.

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.

Related material #

• Grid Modules course reference
• Lookup Data Tables - Bitwig Grid Module Guide

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