V-Vocal Glitch/Bug is making it un-useable - ISSUE IS UNSOLVABLE but problem understood :)

BlixYZ


i remember this happening once or twice.  i cant remember how i got around it.  imay selected a smaller, more precise region in vvocal.

Guitarhacker


My only point of reference is Melodyne Editor as I do not have V-V. 

I have encountered a few places where no matter what or how I tried to fix something it came out with "not quite acceptable" results. 

If it's possible simply record that one small part again. I have done this a time or two and the second punch in fix was either OK "as is" or I was able to use ME to fix it without the artifacts. 

Another option I use when ME  won't fix something is a simply cut/paste replacement .... this works wonders when the issue is in a chorus where the phrase is repeated. If the "other" instance of the word or phrase is good..... hey, copy it out and use it in the glitchy part. That little trick has save my butt and a lot of time .... more than once.  

The bottom picture has a very abrupt change in that yellow line. I don't suspect that is a good thing. 

In ME pitch mode I can simply select a note area and double click it to put it dead on the pitch center. (It's also possible to grab multiple notes in a phrase, for example)  That puts  the note on the pitch..... but it still leaves the drift "as is". Switching to drift mode I can then correct the drift. At any point in this process I have the option to split the note so I can leave part of the correct out of the fix..... if I want to keep the initial drift up to a note for example but them have the rest of it stay dead to pitch. 

Let me ask this: Does V-V have a manual mode?  

In ME for example, I used to use the "autocorrect mode" which let it do it's thing. I was often having to UNDO some of what it thought it was supposed to do. I started using the manual correction mode. It takes longer, but I decide if, and by how much, a correction is done on a given note. The results are so much better when I'm making the decisions. There are also times when I want to leave a "not quite right" note in place. It does give a more natural feel to the track which can be desirable as long as it's not distracting. 

Looking at the photo's really isn;t helpful .... hearing a sample clip of the issue might be better. 

robert_e_bone


Over time using V-Vocal, I found that for me, best results occur when not using the auto stuff, and just do things manually.

The other thing for me is that I get the best results doing very small clips.  It is certainly more a pain to do it that way, but I find it makes the processed section MUCH less goofy sounding.

With the above, it does an OK job of fixing slight vocal flat/sharp problems, and I sometimes either add or remove vibrato, but again small clips produce better results.

I hoper that helps - WAY kewl you have so many critters where you live - except for the saltwater crocs and snakes.

Best - Bob Bone

bitflipper


I like your vocal booth, Matt. Necessity is the mother of invention.

It may sound very dead in there, but it's because the thin absorbers are sucking up mostly high frequencies, making it sound dead but actually having very little effect on lower frequencies. Below 500Hz you need to have LOTS of absorption to make a difference. I suspect your biggest problem may be the close proximity to the wall. Think about ways to maybe set up the booth further from the wall, or perhaps re-orienting things so that you're facing the wall when you sing (so that the wall's in the dead zone of your cardiod mic).