Vocal Correction Choices

[fgimian]

Please guys, can you help me build a list of all available vocal pitch correction plugins / programs ? Also, please list your favourite

Alrighty, the ones we know of so far are...

Commercial

Antares Autotune http://www.antarestech.com/products/auto-tune4.html
Celemony Melodyne https://www.celemony.com/melodyne/index.html
RBC Voice Tweaker http://www.rbcaudio.com/html/products.html
Yamaha Pitch Fix http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/Con ... 16,00.html
Akai PitchRight http://www.akaipro.com/productsVSTPlugins.html
Adobe Audition Built In Correction http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html
Sonar 5 Roland V-Vocal http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/vvocal.asp

Free

GVST Gsnap Beta http://homepages.tesco.net/~graham.yeadon/gvst/
Cartoon Beta http://audioshots.com/auditorium/viewtopic.php?t=391

My personal favourites are Melodyne (I wish this didn't use challenge / response for activation) & Gsnap in small doses.

Did I miss any ? Even if you don't know any more, could you list your favourite ?

Cheers
Fots

[Hink]

the akai may not be available...you better check on that.... Adobe Audition has pitch correction which is fair...but I also have Antares Auto-Tune 4 (not used on a project yet) and I am very impressed with it...

[Lunch Money]

Yes, Audition's correction is not to be overlooked. I found manual mode to be a bit fiddly, but at least it did a job.

[fgimian]

hello folks, thanks for the responses ...

I believe the Akai one is still available as it is listed on their site ...
http://www.akaipro.com/productsVSTPlugins.html

I will keep the first post up-to-date as people add more, so I have added Audition's correction. I didn't even know it had one !! lol

Any more opinions / plugins ?
Does samplitude also have one built in ? I think it might ...
I'll also add Sonar's new one

Cheerios
Fots

[Hink]

hello folks, thanks for the responses ...

I believe the Akai one is still available as it is listed on their site ...
http://www.akaipro.com/productsVSTPlugins.html



Cheerios
Fots

I didn't check, but did they say they still had decabuddy? Numark aquired Akai in August of 04, since then much of their vsts seem to have been dropped....anyhow tbh I think the antares is worth the money...especially if your host allows for midi to be routed into the fx.....then it will follow a midi score for correction...

edit...it does say deca is there so again I would check it out...I have been following the saga of devabuddy since last december...

[fgimian]

I will admit that I like Autotune, however I don't like it's price and the iLok protection. Just running the demo and my entire PC gets way more unstable and clicks start appearing in playback. I uninstall and everything is fine.

It's really silly I think, the Steinberg dongle is extremely stable and can't be cracked easily at all. In the meantime, the iLok is extremely unstable and all software that runs on it has been cracked lol ... I think everyone should switch to Syncrosoft !

Cheers
Fots

[A3ntar]

ILok renders also my machine flaky and unstable...and I thought I was the only one...NOT!

[fgimian]

lol nope, you're not alone buddy

anymore thoughts on vocal correction ?

Cheers
Fots

[bobby yarrow]

I freaking love melodyne. Just went thru this process. I already owned the powercore one, Intonator, and also OB-Tune, which is a stripped-down antares thing. I demo'd antares, and could live with it. I demo'd melodyne, and it sounded terrible. Nonetheless, on advice from folks here, I bought it, and found that the sound problems in the editor playback disappear once you get the audio back into your regular sequencer.

It's amazing software. Certainly the best plugin I've bought this year.

[Left Headphone]

I freaking love melodyne. Just went thru this process. I already owned the powercore one, Intonator, and also OB-Tune, which is a stripped-down antares thing. I demo'd antares, and could live with it. I demo'd melodyne, and it sounded terrible. Nonetheless, on advice from folks here, I bought it, and found that the sound problems in the editor playback disappear once you get the audio back into your regular sequencer.

It's amazing software. Certainly the best plugin I've bought this year.

How does it sound if you ReWire to your Host?

[fgimian]

I have heard that it still sounds bad when rewired. I had seen a discussion on this topic in another thread I believe. Have you folks tried sending Celemony a report of this ? To see what they say ?

How can you make proper adjustments if the preview sounds terrible ?

Have you tried using the DirectX driver instead of ASIO ?

Cheers
Fots

[bobby yarrow]

- "Horrible" is too strong. It sounds like it's been high-passed and 'excited,' in a bad way. Perfectly fine for doing pitch or tempo manipulation, just wouldn't want to do eq adjustments based on it.

- While working in rewire, you hear the melodyne playback engine. Once you save, you mute the rewire channel and the melodyne changes are applied to your existing audio. I'm saying that poorly, but you know what I mean; while working, you mute your audio track and listen to the rewire track, then once you're done you save and unmute the audio track again.

None of which is imply that I've got rewire working right. But that's SX3 more than melodyne, and I haven't tried that hard.

[omo]

I agree, to me Melodyne trashes sound to the point where it is no longer sutable for a high quality production. Would be interested to see shotout here, yet.

[bobby yarrow]

If you haven't done so, you need to hear melodyne tracks after they've been processed and brought back into your sequencer. That trash sound is gone. Really.