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Chapter Overview
A brief intoduction to Pitch correction is discussed in
the Quick Start chapter.This Pitch Correction chapter
provides more detail on usage and the editing menus
for this feature.
Setting expectations
Will I sound like (insert talented singer here) by just
using pitch correction? This question is best answered
by saying that it can make good singing sound better.
Using pitch correction in real time (as opposed to
offline studio editing) can help your pitch performance
best while sounding transparent when:
o the key and scale are set correctly
o you are singing well
o the parameter values are set to reasonable values
You should be aware that the pitch correction effect
may be very subtle even when it’s working perfectly.
Where can Correction be applied?
Pitch correction works differently in harmony presets
versus modeling presets.
In harmony presets, your dry voice can have pitch
correction applied which in turn feeds the corrected
pitch to the harmonies.You can think of this as having
a separate pitch correction device inserted between
your mic and one of our harmony processors.
In modeling presets, it is only the modeled voice that
can have pitch correction applied. While there is the
possibility of mixing in your dry voice alongside the
corrected modeling voice, your dry voice will not be
corrected. This was done for pitch differentation
between your modeled and dry voice paths to allow
you to create interesting doubling and duet effects.
Can I add pitch correction to an
existing preset?
If you like the sound of a particular harmony or
modeling preset and you want to add this feature,
follow the directions discussed in the Editing Overview
chapter under the heading “How to add pitch
correction to a preset”.
Pitch Correction Menus CO to C2
All correction parameters except the front panel
Correction On/Off button are located in these three
menus.
C0: Correction Key and Scale
Set the key and scale here to match your song. The
scale options include:
o Major
o Minor-Har (harmonic minor)
o Minor-Nat (natural minor)
o Minor-Asc (ascending melodic minor)
o Chro
(chromatic)
o Custom
The active scale notes of these scales is shown in menu
C2 for the current key you have set.The Custom scale
allows you to determine exactly which notes you want
corrected.
If your song changes key or modulates you have a
couple of options:
o use the Chromatic scale
o create two user presets with the only difference
being the correction key/scale.
C1: Correction parameters
When you first turn to this menu, the upper line briefly
shows the names of the three parameters before
switching automatically to the correction meter. This
display will revert to the parameter names anytime a
value is adjusted.
The meter shows the amount of correction generated
by VoiceWorksPlus. Extension to the right shows your
input is flat according to the key and scale you’ve set
and the correction algorithm is nudging you sharp to
compensate. If any of the three values are 0, no meter
swing or pitch correction will occur.
Wndow (Correction Window) is the setting in cents
that allows you to determine how close to a valid scale
note you have to be before the algorithm acts to pull
you in. For example, a value of 100 cents can be read
as plus or minus 50 cents or half a semitone from the
scale note.The maximum value is 200 cents which, in a
Major scale having no more than 100 cents on either
side of any scale tone, would result in fulltime
correction activity.