v vocal plug in

I have X1 Essentials..... Is there a way to get v vocal without upgrading?

keneds


I have X1 Essentials..... Is there a way to get v vocal without upgrading?

nope.  but as guitarhacker says - in your case if you need pitch correction I'd go with melodyne.  in fact I have X1 produer and I have melodyne for pitch correction (an older version, I have not upgraded because I didn't feel it necessary).

But can you put a price on happiness good vocals?

You can't go wrong with Melodyne. It's very transparent compared to V-Vocal and even Antares Autotune. Aside from drastic corrections, I can't tell when Melodyne is being used. If I engage V-Vocal now I can hear it every time - without actually tuning anything.

One thing I started doing with Melodyne. After you get the vocal (or instrument) part into melodyne. I use the auto correct and run both of the sliders about 60% of the way... I used to go 100% on both..... but now I use a lesser number.

Then edit it manually. SAVE FREQUENTLY.  of all my plugs,  melodyne is the least stable especially when I have a 4 minute vocal track in it. That is NOT to say that it crashes a lot, but it has glitched on me and if I haven't saved my work..... it's back to square one.

I use it and love it. If you want to see exactly how transparent it is, go to my website>my music and look for Coming Home. The first female vox  ( from :30 to :47) was originally singing a unison with the male vox.... I used MD to move the female vox to a harmony part. See if you can hear any artifacts in the female vox on that entire part.

I'm in the same boat as Beagle: I've had Melodyne for years and still using the Cre8 edition that hasn't been updated since 2008. It has some annoying quirks, but basically does what I need it to do and dammit, I paid like 350 bucks for it  and I'm determined to get my money's worth. DNA is jaw-dropping technology for sure, but the quality of basic time/amplitude/pitch editing hasn't changed.

Just my 0.02 for others in the same situation. I wonder if Melodyne's license can be transferred. If so, it might be worth a post on KVR's marketplace forum to see about getting an older version from someone who has upgraded. Could be a cheap solution to the OP's problem.

I had melodyne for some time when they sent me an email telling me to upgrade to editor. A download later I was upgraded and it cost nothing..... maybe I was within the free upgrade window..... IDK...

Guitarhacker

I use it and love it. If you want to see exactly how transparent it is, go to my website>my music and look for Coming Home. The first female vox  ( from :30 to :47) was originally singing a unison with the male vox.... I used MD to move the female vox to a harmony part. See if you can hear any artifacts in the female vox on that entire part.

i would never had known if you didn't mention it.
i thought the song was good too. the picture for the song is very apropos.