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Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:45 am
by disco.infiltrator
This may already have been asked, and if so, just re-route me to the original answer.
I am wondering what software people generally use to manipulate vocal/any audio file and change the pitch, like "re-writing" the melody. I don't know if that is exactly the same thing as auto tune, but I feel like the software must be the same.
Does anyone know which plugins/programs allow you to easily do this? I mean you could chop it up and re-pitch every slice in something like Ableton, but that seems tedious, and re-pitching generally changes the speed too...
Any programs that do this for Mac? Free is preferable.
Thanks
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:58 am
by Astral
What you can do in ableton without splicing is use warp markers and the re-pitch option. Just be warned, its incredibly sensitive.
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:20 am
by Basic A
I use FL so thats what context this is written from =/ ... Typically, lay it intotheplaylist and slice incrementally/stretch to time + reset to original pitch and sync the vocal in original tune to my rhythm... Bounce that down clean, open it back up... Use various instances of GSnap/Kerovee/Fruity's native audio clips pitch shifter and some eq/logic/math in my own head... All the while bouncing down occasionally to flatten everything...
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:41 am
by disco.infiltrator
Astral wrote:What you can do in ableton without splicing is use warp markers and the re-pitch option. Just be warned, its incredibly sensitive.
I am using Ableton, so would you care to explain this a little bit more? Sounds tricky from what I understand, because you don't get direct control over the pitch of each slice...
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:18 am
by gravity
using the repitch option in ableton seems a bit of a dumb way to do this - you dont really have control over the pitch then because it is tied to the length of the warped section. using a granular option and then automating the transpose on the actual audio clip seems like a more sensible option to me.
however you could try and get hold of melodyne, which is actually designed for re-tuning vocals, and im pretty sure it adjusts the timing too. i dont have it myself, but i use vari-audio occasionally in cubase, which as far as i know is pretty much the same thing.
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:21 am
by samkablaam
melodyne is ridiculous. anything you want to do with repitching/timing, it can do. and it sounds good too.
the newest version can fucking go inside chords and rejig each note. WTF
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:29 am
by phrex
if you have ableton: use the warping as an effect.
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:48 pm
by symmetricalsounds
disco.infiltrator wrote: because you don't get direct control over the pitch of each slice...
just automate transpose either in the clip directly or on the track, clip is probably easier.
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:50 am
by deadly_habit
built in cubase features and renoise
need to get melodyne next
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:07 am
by mta7388
I've had a go at Melodyne with DNA [direct note access]. Next-level stuff. Take a sample of synth chord, vocal line, etc and be able to extract the individual notes in that chord of your sample. Of course most of the time it should be a fairly clean ssample, but overall it does an incredible job i was blown away.
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:57 am
by deadly_habit
yea i've messed with it and i meant to get a dnr copy of it back when i worked at guitar center but never did
gonna have to buy it one of these days
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:32 am
by Aquathesis
Do you want cleaner, autotune/pitchshift sounds, or more gritty, tape reel pitch bend stuff?
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 9:39 am
by disco.infiltrator
I was thinking more artificial, futuristic, kinda autotune sounds. I need to get a hold of Melodyne it looks amazing.
Re: Repitching/mangling vocals
Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:08 pm
by adamc
if you want to do major lazer-style pitch bending on vocals there's a good free VST called Son of a Pitch that you might want to check out