Those vocal pitch correction things
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Posted on Oct 19, 2008 07:35 am
JDOD
Brother Number One
Member Since: Jan 22, 2008
Morning All,
You know those vocal pitch correction things that some people use for live performances? Has anyone got any experience of them? Anyone tried it for recording?
Basically, I'm a fairly **** singer and I'll be starting recording again soon after 5 months working away and want to finally get some decent vocals done.
Cheers,
James
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Dematrixhttp://www.reverbnation.com/2ndgMember
Since: Nov 27, 2007
Oct 19, 2008 07:43 am not sure man, but one thing im sure you've considered already, imo its almost definatley not 'just' the pitch that sounds crapy if a vocal track sounds like crap. its the voice quality.
the only way i know to make this better, like any instrument, is to get practicing right away and wrear it in as much as you can first.
so when you are recording you can concerntrate more on what you are doing instead of wondering if your voice is gonna hold out till the end of the verse.
i been singing for bands for ages now and one thing ive learnt is you gotta keep those pipes well oiled. it makes a massive diff.
olddogMember
Since: Jul 02, 2003
Oct 19, 2008 02:27 pm My VoiceWorks does real time pitch correction and I use it sometimes but I really don't hear or see it doing much. I agree with Deon that it's best to just practice alot and you'll get better results, then if neccessary use software pitch correction manually for just the obviously off notes which is the route I take most often. I don't practice near enough and it really shows when I start out on a song, but usually by the time I'm finished doing the song I've sang enough that I'm getting in the ball park again and that's when I do the final vocals, but practice is the key and really paying attention to what you hear back at first. :)
Another tip I came across was to lower the bass, or mute it entirely when doing vocals because it will tend to make a person sing flat.
Dan
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 19, 2008 05:25 pm Otherwise you can look into the Anteres units and software version as well.
But a unit like OD's Voice Works will give you a lot more goodies or bang for the buck if you will.
mallardguitar enthusiastMember
Since: Apr 05, 2006
Oct 20, 2008 04:37 am I use Roland V-Vocal for pitch correction. I use it sparingly though just to tighten up spots where I get a little pitchy. It sounds pretty natural as long as you don't make any extreme pitch corrections with it.
Oct 23, 2008 01:34 am Like others have said, you're better off working a little to be a better singer. Maybe implementing a system to your recording would help.
Record the song in blocks. Do a phrase, or even a sentence at a time. Let's use "Jingle Bells" as an example. Start off recording, "Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way." Do five takes of that and then play 'em back and see where you're off. Do five more and see if you've got it. Then move on to five takes of, "Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh." Play 'em back and so on and so forth.
If you concentrate you can improve your pitch.
