You don't listen to hip hop? Seriously? That's the genre this appears to be... to my ears anyway....
If the "vocal instructor" or voice coach (in English) says it's the "wrong key" for you to sing.... then a better solution would be to change the key of the song to match the key in which you sing the best.
OK so I know you're not looking for the AT effect. But using Melodyne Editor (ME) to change the key of your voice in the entire track is not the best way. Using melodyne to drop the pitch results in the vocals sounding flat relative to the pitch of the song since that aspect was NOT changed. That becomes evident on the 2nd clip on the word "DO" which is sounding slightly flat. As you go into the 3rd clip example it is starting to become painfully and obviously flat.
You are also battling vocal formants which need to be adjusted in ME or the vox start to sound un-natural as they are moved away from the original pitch. That is the main reason I say record the tracks again in a different, lower, key and sing it naturally in that new key. See how that works..... using melodyne to lower just the vocals ignores the fact that the music has not been lowered equally.
I have, on several occasions had to work with singers to find that right and perfect pitch for them to sing the song properly and in their power range. It required the work to record every musical track again to the proper pitch and key.
IF..... however, you are not talking so much about pitch, as you are talking about the timbre or vocal quality..... as in needing a deeper sounding voice... (think Barry White vs Pee Wee Herman) ..... Well, if that's the case..... that's a whole different story and I don't think Melodyne will help you there much either.... You'd probably need to talk to God about that one. I certainly with there was a "Male Country superstar singer" plug in for vocals, but I haven't found one yet.
post edited by Guitarhacker - 2014/01/10 12:00:07