Singing correction

[brammy]

Has anyone tried Antares voice correction software?
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AutoTune5TDM/

And more importantly for me... can this be used to record with Cakewalk Sonar? How would that interface work?

[brammy]

To answer my own question... you can download a demo from Antares:
http://www.antarestech.com/

Or you can see a brief version on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNSBK8QVVcA

But the Auto-Tune should appear in the effects section of the computer studio program.
Hopefully..... my voice needs all the help it can get.

[alanz]

Antares is the de-facto standard but Celemony Melodyne is similar and also includes a Beat Detective type feature.

[tmossman]

+1 for Melodyne.

The sound quality between Autotune and Melodyne were almost identical when I "tested" them, but I preferred the interface for Melodyne. It works well with Sonar too, Kent. I use the pluging version. It is cheaper but is limited to only one track at a time, which is not an issue for my one man band.

[alanz]

I am at times amused at the "best guess" it makes for what key I'm in. I'm not sure if that is an indictment of its capabilities or my singing...

[brammy]

I've ordered Antares Autotune (v.5) and I'll let y'all know how the input to Sonar goes.
It wasn't cheap but my cringes upon hearing my own singing takes it's psychic toll.

In the past I tried using the Antares Autotune processor box and wasn't as impressed as I had hoped. Supposedly this software does things that the box couldn't in making the corrected voice sound natural.

fingers crossed.

[tony_carey]

I have the Antares autotune software, but use it rarely. It is like a lot of processing, sometimes it works like magic & sometimes it is almost useless...it all depends on the initial quality of voice recording & the amount of time you put in to set up. When recording vocal takes, if you have an inexperienced, nervous, unconfident, or have the required time that this takes for even a great singer, I would suggest one method is to record 3 versions straight through on different tracks, then tune one of them & record it. This will give you 4 vocal tracks to form a composite from. I happen to know that this is a method that a very famous studio uses with great success & with superb singers.

[qwezirider]

My favorite method is to do three takes of the vocalist in quick succession. Then make a compilation of the best parts of all three tracks.

[brammy]

thanks, very good guidance. I'm just making fun recordings at home and my voice needs all the help it can get so I have high hopes.

I loaded Auto Tune.... however Sonar's effects manager does not seem to recognize it. I have a help email into Sonar, but haven't heard anything from them yet.

Any ideas on this?