editing notes, up or down, on vocals

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correcting vocal sharps & flats

Post by Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:29 pm

I am trying to finish up a vocal recording, singing to my own accompaniment, composed on Sibelius. Sounds great except for minute flaws in my singing. I'd like to do some vocal airbrushing in places, rounding out spots where I go slightly sharp and flat. Is there a plug-in for this? Or do I have to go with different software? Using Mac OS 10.14.3 & Audacity 2.3.0 Tnx. Tom in Texas

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Re: correcting vocal sharps & flats

Post by kozikowski » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:47 pm

Is your voice on its own track or is this a mix?

If it's a mix, that's the end of the world. Audacity cannot split a mix into individual voices, instruments and sounds.

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Re: correcting vocal sharps & flats

Post by Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:03 am

Vox is on a separate track. I want to correct only the one track. Looking right now at Melodyne. Is it usable with Audacity? Is there a plug-in that does this? TnT

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editing notes, up or down, on vocals

Post by Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. » Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:59 pm

I'm trying to change the frequency, the actual note, on vocal recordings. E.g. if I mean to sing a C, but instead I hit slightly higher than a C, I need to bring that note down to a perfect C. Does the Effect Change Pitch do that? Also, I see a tutorial that says GSNAP will do that. I don't find GSNAP. Is it older? Using Mac OS 10.14.3 and Audacity 2.3.0 Tom in Texas

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Re: correcting vocal sharps & flats

Post by Trebor » Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:07 pm

Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:03 am
Looking right now at Melodyne
$$$ :shock:
Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:03 am
Is there a plug-in that does this?
There are free pitch-correction plugins ...
Grallion2 is worth a look , (the free-version has fully functional pitch-correction, no need to buy the paid-for version)

https://youtu.be/QRaSO4MMxe0?t=6m51s

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Re: correcting vocal sharps & flats

Post by DVDdoug » Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:56 pm

Melodyne does not officially support Audacity, but there is a possibility that it will work or work partially. Or, it can run as a stand-alone application.

The Auto-Tune website says "Not compatible" with Audacity, and I'm not sure if there is a stand-alone version.

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Graillon2

Post by Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. » Mon Apr 01, 2019 6:57 pm

Ok...I have downloaded Graillon 2. Looked for new plugins in Audacity. Found it, enabled it. Now I'm looking for it. Don't see it in the plugins list. How do I open it up?

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Graillon won't plug in

Post by Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. » Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:24 pm

Went to Audacity plug-ins. Looked up new ones. Enabled it. Got the message: Effect or Command at /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Auburn Sounds Graillon 2.vst failed to register: How hard can this be? Does anyone know what's going on?

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Re: Graillon won't plug in

Post by Trebor » Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:20 pm

Tom.C.Fuller.Sr. wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:24 pm
Went to Audacity plug-ins. Looked up new ones. Enabled it. Got the message: Effect or Command at /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Auburn Sounds Graillon 2.vst failed to register: How hard can this be? Does anyone know what's going on?
I don't speak MAC. I have Grallion2 in Audacity on Windows ...

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In Audacity on Windows only VST2 (not VST3) 32-bit (not 64-bit) versions of plugins will work.

https ://manual.audacityteam.org/man/installing_effect_generator_and_analyzer_plug_ins_on_mac_os_x.html#vst_install

If Audacity on a MAC will not support Grallion2 , try plan-B.

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Re: editing notes, up or down, on vocals

Post by steve » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:23 pm

If you only need to correct an occasional note, and you don't need to correct it by too much, then yes you can select one note and apply Change Pitch to it.
The "High quality stretching" will probably work best: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/change_pitch.html
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