Groove Agent audio pitch vs Project window audio pitch

Cubase
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Hi friends, I need help.
If I load let say a kick sample in GAO / SE, the pitch knob will transpose the kick sample of 1 to 12 semi-tone, in what it seems to be the proper way for a drum sample.

But if I drag that same kick sample on the Cubase project window, and if I try to transpose that same sample with the transpose section in infoline, the new transposed sound is totally different than what I get in GAO / SE. It sounds more like an envelope change or timing change than a pitch shift.

So I tried to play with the Transpose Algorithm in the infoline, but none of them seem to change the behavior at all!

Am I missing something here? I can’t seem to find an explanation in the manual.
Cubase 7.5

Regards
Nic

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After conductin further testing, it seems that some percussions sounds can be transposed in the project window, but other type of sounds, like kicks, can’t be transposed. I am a bit disappointed by that honestly. If GAO / SE can, why Cubase itself can’t?

3

Any audio can be transposed in the project window

Pitch in groove agent will use samplerate to change it’s pitch like old sampler did

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Thanks for the explanation. Would you know if there is a way to use the samplerate method in the project window as well?

Because this is what I am after. The Normal - Pluck algorithm seem to work well with most percussive sounds except for kicks. Not that it is mandatory but I would really like to have a way to do everything in the project window.

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Beside pitching via the infoline pitch shift and resampling are available in the effects menu as offline processes. Not as fast but including more options.