![]() ![]() The circled section shows controls dialed for a more leisurely, natural tuning styleįast tuning is crucial for the classic, stylized Auto-Tune sound, but it’s something to avoid if you want tuning to sound natural. Really! Listening to recordings of great vocalists from the analog era can really drive this home. Even the best singers have some natural variation in their pitch. If your goal is for vocal tuning to sound transparent, the easiest way to screw that up is to correct the pitches too much. Making sure it does that in a way that sounds natural and musical is the first step to getting there. Transparent tuning should aim to give a little boost to the singer’s intonation. Even if you prefer to do things more “manually,” understanding what notes are in the key and in the part (not always the same!) will help you make the right choices. Most (if not all) tuning software will ask you to input a key. What’s the root note? Is the song major or minor? Or maybe it’s closer to one of the other five modes? Are there any accidentals (notes not in the key) in the vocal part? Get clear on this stuff before you start tuning. No matter what you use to tune vocals, I guarantee you that the software works better when you’re clear on the key of the vocal part. This first tip is pretty basic, but it’s an easy step to improving vocal tuning that a lot of people seem to overlook. Let’s take a look at some of my favorite tips for tuning vocals transparently. Whatever tools you use for vocal tuning, there are lots of ways to do it. Though Antares’ Auto-Tune is sort of like the Kleenex or Coke of tuning software, it’s far from the only game in town. Look, vocal tuning isn’t one-size-fits-all, and nobody is forcing you to use it or to use it in a way you don’t like. The genie is out of the bottle, and there’s no getting it back in. Tuning software has just been used too widely - to the point where it sounds “normal” to us now. Audiences in general are used to hearing vocals that have been cleaned up with some pitch correction. Let me take a step back here - I don’t mean to be confrontational! This isn’t only about you. No, really, even if you’re someone who hates the “fake” or “robotic” sound of “Auto-Tune vocals,” chances are you regularly hear a whole lot of vocals that have been tuned, assuming you listen to music that was made this century. ![]() You’re used to hearing vocal tuning - your ears expect it even. ![]()
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