Definitions for "Pitch Bend"
1) A control on a synthesizer or MIDI keyboard for raising or lowering the pitch of a musical tone. 2) A control found professional CD players and some turntables for making incremental changes in pitch. Playlist - 1) A sequential list of soundfiles programmed for playback by a computer. 2) A group of music selections programmed for playback on a CD player or other playback media.
A means by which the pitch of a sound is altered upwards or downwards. This is equivalent to the act of physically bending a guitar string, hence the name. There is also a special MIDI control message of the same name.
A Continuous Controller that can be applied to synthesized notes, usually from a wheel on a keyboard's left side. Turning the wheel raises or lowers the sound's pitch.