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Hey there!
I'm doing some alternate tunings using my DAW's built in pitch shifter which works in cents. I'd like to get a plugin that tells me the exact frequency of a single isolated pitch. Ideally, the plugin would tell me what note the pitch is close to. I found an Android app called Frequency Analyser Pro which shows me note names and it's incredibly helpful, but it's been a little inelegant holding my phone up to my headphones. I'm hoping there's a plugin I can insert into a given track. Any ideas? Any ideas generally on cool tools to help me with custom tunings and related math stuff? Thanks much for your time!
-WS

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dvdhawk Wed, 01/25/2017 - 18:17

Are you sure your pitch shifter doesn't offer something other than cents? Cents are generally a fine-tuning increment.

100 cents = 1 semitone. If you're creating alternative tunings with an instrument that is already in tune, intervals and harmonies are ±100 cents per semitone you want to shift it.

You should be able to find a free VST tuner plug-in that displays frequency and note name, if that's what you really want to do.

Brother Junk Thu, 01/26/2017 - 07:27

Eelucid8, post: 446943, member: 44104 wrote: I'm doing some alternate tunings using my DAW's built in pitch shifter which works in cents. I'd like to get a plugin that tells me the exact frequency of a single isolated pitch. Ideally, the plugin would tell me what note the pitch is close to.

What you are describing is Melodyne. There are probably others, but that's a popular one.

pcrecord Fri, 01/27/2017 - 08:26

Brother Junk, post: 446963, member: 49944 wrote: I'm very used to Melodyne but that one looks like fun!

Well we can't really compare an EQ and a pitch correction tool.
They do very different jobs. But both display what the OP asked.
Of course, we don't really have the big picture either. If we knew what the Eelucid was up to with this, (pitch correction or scale Learning or detection)
I guess Melodyne would be a better choice.