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2014/02/22 13:06:18
Keni
I've had to do a lot of vocal editing lately...
 
I know Melodyne is supposed to be the holy grail, but I just can't accomplish as much work let alone as quickly with it as I can V-Vocal...
 
I know VV has problems of it's own, but it gives me so much more power/ability than the included version of Melodyne... Maybe I'd like it better if I could afford the upgrade, but I'm unsure that this would give me what I would want... I know I'd love the polyphonic capability (I am a guitarist first, eh?), but it seems too limited for me... Simple things like the spread control does not have the range that the spread tool does in VV...
 
Am I missing something? Is it something I'm not understanding of the UI yet?
 
Anyway...
 
Thanks for keeping VV with us....
 
Keni
 
2014/02/22 13:21:47
Anderton
I find the "full" version of V-Vocal more useful than the "lite" version of Melodyne. But the full version of Melodyne is quite powerful.
2014/02/22 13:46:39
Geo524
Yup. I like VV better than the lite version of Melodyne. I'm sure Melodyne (full version) is much better but VV has always worked well for me and I'm just use to it.
2014/02/22 13:50:10
garrigus
The full version of Melodyne is definitely better, but yeah, the Essential version is limited compared to all the features included with V-Vocal.
 
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2014/02/22 14:04:23
Keni
Anderton
I find the "full" version of V-Vocal more useful than the "lite" version of Melodyne. But the full version of Melodyne is quite powerful.


Thanks Craig...
 
Does the Full version of Melodyne have a larger range of control for spread? That's a tool I use a lot and I find the Melodyne spread control very limited...
 
I also do some drawing wave forms for certain situations... I haven't gotten as far as looking for that in Melodyne yet as I seem to end up returning to VV before I get that deep... ;-)
 
Keni
 
2014/02/22 17:05:04
bitflipper
Full Melodyne can do everything V-Vocal can do, and then some. It's especially adept at drawing in pitch transitions, something you have to do with great care in V-V in order to avoid artifacts but is transparent in Melodyne. Even drastic changes. Melodyne's paradigm is different and not as immediately intuitive as V-V, but once you get going it's quite fast to work with. 
 
That said, I have to admit that I still use V-V more often than Melodyne, reserving the latter for only the most critical parts. V-V is just so darn convenient.
 
Of course, the secret to pitch correction is a) get it right into the microphone at the start, and b) don't sweat the small stuff. I actually use zero pitch-correction on most tunes these days, or only a couple tweaks here and there. The trick is to not look at those little lines. They make you think that edits are necessary, whether they really are or not.
2014/02/22 17:24:35
Sanderxpander
I'm not sure I get what you mean with "spread" control. I don't recall a control with that name in VV but it's possible I just always called it something else in my head. I've had the opposite experience, by the way, where I get much better results much quicker with Melodyne than with VV. I do have the full version though.
2014/02/23 01:50:55
bobbyswamp
bitflipper
...Of course, the secret to pitch correction is a) get it right into the microphone at the start, and b) don't sweat the small stuff. I actually use zero pitch-correction on most tunes these days, or only a couple tweaks here and there. The trick is to not look at those little lines. They make you think that edits are necessary, whether they really are or not.




Well said...
2014/02/23 11:21:38
Splat
2014/02/23 11:31:55
Guitarmech111
Alex,  I do not feel like buying a product to see what someone is trying to explain. Is there a free version to watch what you did?
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