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Re: Pitch Shifter

2004-12-27 by cormallen

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "paulhaneberg" <phaneber@o...> wrote:
> 
> There is no such thing as an analog Pitch Shifter.  At least as far 
> as I know.  

If I remember correctly, the mathematician Dennis Gabor (of Gabor Wavelet fame) built an 
analogue pitch-shifter using a drum wrapped in tape and read/record tape heads that 
rotated around it.  All completely analogue, but I suspect it didn't exactly sound like a 
high-end Eventide :-)

Harry

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