Voices are instruments and correct pitch is a big deal because it is the accuracy of the frequencies in the vocal and determines how well the vocal will lace into the frequencies of the other instruments in the mix. Out of tune is never good unless someone is so competent that they use it to create a technique for emphasizing something in some meaningful way.

If you have a real "pitchy" recording to begin with and then try to reach too far using auto-tune without being highly competent with other EQ adjustments...(I am not)....then you will get some of the non-human mechanistic tonal quality that occurs with automated voicemail. I know because that is what happens to me when I adjust the pitch too far on a note.

It takes me forever to do the vocals for one song, because I'm slow and plodding and not accomplished with sound devices, mostly...but also because I take the different parts of the vocal melody and record them and then look at them in melodyne...usually astonished to see how far off the pitch that they wander. I repeat the process endeavoring to make each repetition closer to good pitch until the graph looks reasonable and the pitch adjustment required is fairly undetectable.

In the past I have thought I was singing along fine but Melodyne proved otherwise and using Melodyne this way helped me re-calibrate my ear somewhat.

That's how I use Melodyne. There are no doubt more effective ways. I hope that is any help.

Martin

Last edited by Martin Lide; 02/04/17 06:29 PM.
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