Re:V-Vocal Question: Change reference pitches?
2011/05/21 18:36:06
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Hello again, Concrete - This is an interesting post. There are several things that occur to me:
--When using V-Vocal, you're not stuck with correcting pitches exactly on the money. Never let the plug-in automatically correct pitches for you, because it's apt to make all sorts of choices you don't want. Note by note, you drag a note sharp or flat as much as you want to.
--Bitflipper consistently writes the best info about V-Vocal. You would do well to look up his previous posts, and we can hope he sees this thread and contributes to it.
--Your lead singer that sounds good may indeed be a bit sharp here and there - that doesn't matter. What you hear is of course what matters. But it wouldn't do at all to attempt making everyone flat in the same way - then you'd be drawing attention to that sharpness, and it would probably then stick out, provided your instruments are tuned well. Pitch is all relative - If it's "close enough for jazz" it's fine.
--Having a slight difference in pitch between a group of singers is part of the richness of natural voices. Even the best singers in the world are rarely, if ever, exactly on pitch. So don't worry about making everyone hit notes in exactly the same way. In fact, if you Did manage to pitch correct everyone in the same way, your sound would be thinner - it would sound like fewer people. Really - it would.
--But no, you can't adjust V-Vocal's notes in the way you're talking about. But that's not an issue if you really follow my advice and never let the plug-in auto-correct anything.
Randy B.
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