Second best thing to VariAudio in CubaseArtist?

[andy4trance]

Hello,

What's the next best thing to VariAudio in Cubase Artist , to avois the steep upgrade price to Pro?

Thanks

[asnor]

Melodyne

[Functional]

Melodyne

Basically this. Melodyne 4 essential offers pretty much the same thing as VariAudio does. Though the caveat is that should you choose Melodyne 4, Cubase Pro will lose a selling point for you as an upgrade, if you plan to do it in future.

[andy4trance]

Thanks for your answers.
So aside the better integration of VariAudio, I shouln't expect better quality than melody 4 essential?

[ZapAxe]

There's the consideration between the cost of a 3rd party pitch correction software, and the cost of upgrading to Cubase Pro to get VariAudio. With Cubase Pro, you'll also get some extra bells & whistles with the upgrade price.

But for a 3rd party pitch correction, there's also Waves TUNE, which I've used/like. Never tried AutoTune, and only demoed Melodyne some years back, but I didn't understand it at the time.

[shidostrife]

Waves Vocal is currently on sale. Plugindiscounts has it at very close price to melodyne essential. It includes the full waves tune (not the limited LT version) + some other useful vocal-related plugins.

Nothing beats VariAudio for integration though, and IMO, by buying 3rd party pitch correction software, the Pro upgrade lose a big portion of its value. That's something you might want to consider as well.