OlSkoolGuy
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Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
Greetings, neighbors -
I have a lead gtr clip that was a good take (a killer performance), but - unfortunately - both the G and B strings were slightly flat. Before I spend hours trying to recapture the feel with a perfectly-tuned axe, is there anything (like V-Vocal) that would let me adjust a few notes and save this keeper take? I have already tried to run it through V-Vocal just to see what would happen. The results were unprintable. I might be able to hear again by tomorrow...
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/17 23:09:42
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Melodyne Editor would probably do it, but it's not cheap.
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/17 23:45:42
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Melodyne Editor definitely can do it. It has to be Editor, it's the one that works on polyphonic material. I use it on instruments more than vox. Excellent timing alignment tool as well.
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/18 00:27:39
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I have used V-Vocal to tweak a previously recorded bass line (fretless, they can be tricky buggers) to good effect. I don't see why it wouldn't work with lead guitar, unless you have polyphonic components on the track. You can't change a minor chord to a major or anything magic like that. But if you have a solo lead, it should work. Just isolate the section into a separate clip of a few seconds long, and apply V-Vocal to that clip alone.
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Bristol_Jonesey
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/18 04:12:39
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I've used V-Vocal to massage a couple of out of tune guitar notes, the caveat being that the track must be mono and it won't work on anything but single guitar lines (forget chords!)
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/18 04:51:25
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I can confirm Bristol Jonesey's advice. It's possible with V-Vocal but the track must be mono.
I used it successfully on rare occasions for slightly off-pitch single notes in guitar solos.
I would recommend working in small portions. Meaning, to cut the off-pitch notes into single clips and than turn them into V-Voval clips, apply pitchcorrection and bounce to clip again.
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OlSkoolGuy
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/18 05:56:01
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Thanks, everyone. I was opening the entire solo (about 22 sec. worth) into V-Vocal, and it included a couple of instances of polyphony. Working with much smaller bites - and single notes - I have been able to salvage it.
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/18 06:08:09
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Nice one Joel 
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Re:Pitch correction for audio OTHER THAN vocals?
2012/05/18 08:03:32
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Very cool.... glad you got it....
I have used Melodyne editor to edit plenty of non-vocal tracks. It's great for the slight tuning issues you spoke of, as well as shortening and lengthening notes.
In poly mode, you can easily change the structure of chords. I like to use it to delete some notes in chords to clean them up.
Very handy tool.
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