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zSampler or zSynth could be a good feature for v2.0…?

Cool Frits! I’m glad you’ve been able to improve the algo, and I like the idea of a dry/wet control.

Actually, using it by only a few semitones and having the wet at only about 5% or so could make for an interesting chorus effect also.

Hi Frits,

I think zPitch is a noble first attempt, but I would try to improve it.

I don’t think drums are something many people will use a stretcher for, since they will be using slicing, unless it’s a very minor adjustment, but I think that drums are the best material for testing, and zPitch really sounds pretty bad.

If you take zPitch and use it on a guitar with a lot of strumming, picking, slaping, etc, zPitch makes it sound pretty bad. I haven’t tested on synths and vocals and other stuff yet but I would try to improve it if possible.

Have you listened to zPlane Elastique? FL Studio 7 has the newest version of zPlane built into it’s sampler channels and it sounds very impressive to my ears.

Obviously no one can expect you to spend all your time developing a super high quality stretching plugin similar to zPlane instead of working on other areas of Podium, but I’m wondering if you think there is room for improvement?

As is, Podium is better with it that without it, but I think there is room for improvement.