| I don't use any "auto" (automatically tune) mode.
I LISTEN to the original vocal and only tune the areas that are out-of-tune. (After first getting enough vocal takes to comp a nice vocal using pieces of actual vocal takes instead of tuned or repaired pieces.)
Then I cut the tuned/repaired pieces into the original vocal comp and do tiny cross-fades between the repair and real vocal... until I can listen to the vocal "soloed" and not hear the repairs come and go.
This method lets the song keep the areas where the real vocal works and only uses the repairs as needed. Cuts way down on folks detecting the repairs.
In my opinion, it's pretty easy to hear a vocal that has been tuned all the way. And, I don't like that sound.
Having said all this, nothing beats a one-pass vocal take that works as it was sung. (Work with better singers...) |