FORMANT SCALING in Transpose? SOLVED (w/alturnative)

I'm trying to transpose a single vocal line (I can do the transposition), and when I click the Transpose Audio box, Formant Scaling is no longer gray, but the box to the right still seems to be gray.  In any case, I cant change the values for that.  I'm using Radius Solo Vocal, but have tried the other types as well.   Thanks!

I also replied to your post over at DigiFreq...
http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/discuss/

The formant option is only available with the MPEX algorithms
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Randy,

You came through again - that worked great.  I use v-vocal a lot, and it never registered to me that it had the Formanting feature - I just didn't realize what it was for.   Any idea why it doesn't work (grayed out) in Transpose?  I've tried all five options in the drop-down box.  Is one better than the other (V-vocal/Transpose)? 

Thanks!

EDIT:  Dang, I said just the opposite of what I intended--text below edited.

Hey, glad that helped.  The Formant editor in V-Vocal can really help keep results more natural when you've had to push a pitch very far.  I think the basic concept is easy to figure out - If you've shifted a pitch higher, than raise LOWER the formant, and the opposite of you've pitched lower.  BUT I recommend you be careful using amounts more than -4/+4.  And it's often best to free hand draw the amount you want, rather than selecting a section and moving a flat line amount - that's too gross a selection.

I don't think there's any contest between V-Vocal and Transpose.  The latter, IMHO, is way primitive in comparison - fewer controls, worse results.  I used to use Transpose, but that was in the years before V-Vocal.

Randy B.