Time-stretched samples while pitching

[wiltheson]

Hey, I've been using OpenMPT casually for about 1-2 months now, and one thing has been bugging me.

Whenever I tune a sample it will shorten or extend the sample length, which can sometimes be cool, but also can be kind of annoying depending on how low or high i want to pitch the sample.

Is there anyway to maintain the length of the sample and tune it/pitch it in the pattern editor in OpenMPT? I've noticed that some other programs can do it kind of automatically.

Thanks for any help!!

[Saga Musix]

No, you will have to create a time-stretched copy of the sample.
It is mathematically impossible to perfectly pitch-shift a sample while retaining its length (plus the better algorithms, which can produce somewhat listenable results, are computationally very expensive, and/or incompatible with OpenMPT's license), hence OpenMPT will never do this automatically.
The real answer is to use multi-sampled instruments or using synthesizers (i.e. VSTis).