Cubase 15: Real-time Pitch Shifting and Doubling

Mixdown Online·Nov 2025

Demo summary

The host demonstrates the new Pitch Shifter plugin on a lead vocal, adjusting formants and using it as a stereo doubler.

Step-by-step

Open the Pitch Shifter plugin on a vocal track
Adjust the pitch and formant settings to taste
Select a saturation type using the Drive knob from Tape, Tube, or Distortion
Unlink the left and right channels for stereo processing
Set the left channel slightly higher and the right channel slightly lower to create a doubler effect
Blend the effect in parallel using an effects channel track

Options

Choose between Tape, Tube, and Distortion saturation types
Unlink left and right channels for independent processing on stereo tracks

Watch out for

The plugin must be on a stereo channel to unlink left and right channels for the doubler effect

Tips

Use the Pitch Shifter on an effects channel in parallel to the dry vocal for better control
Apply a bit of Drive to the doubler effect to enhance the sound

Highlights

“this is actually a good way to use this plugin as a doubler effect”

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