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Originally Posted by RockManDan  if your tuned notes are not sounding quite right with the track could it be that your instruments/backing are out of tune slightly. I had this problem once dealing with a vocal that i couldn't seem to get in tune even with autotune and turns out it was the gutiar that was in tune with itself just a little flat. |
Although surprisingly few in the industry seem to grasp it, a
good vocal that is intervallically in tune with itself will -- by the nature of the disjunct between the 12 Tone Equal Temperament system that most keyboards and guitars are tuned to and the
mathematically correct, truly harmonious Just Intonation intervals -- be
out of tune with such equally tempered backing instruments (although
not necessarily out of tune with properly played brass, winds, and strings).
Check out the 'intonation gap' between the necessary compromises of 12TET and the harmonious intervals of Just Intonation:
Equal temperament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Of course, in an industry where big budget major product is often rife with
obvious, annoying tuning wrenchmarks in
otherwise 'natural' sounding vocals [
not talking T-paining, here], I don't think we can expect much in the way of musical sensitivity or sophistication any time soon.