Before we begin, I just have to be completely honest and say Iâm not an expert in the use of pitch correction or auto-tune, because I rarely use them, however, I recently had to, so I figured Iâd share what I learned.
In todayâs tutorial, Iâm going to show you how I recently used pitch correction in the manner consistent (at least in sound) with Travis Scott and other hip-hop artists of the day.
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Sep 27, 2018 In addition to Flex-Tune, Antares Auto-Tune 8 also features a new low-latency mode for use during tracking or live performances, as well as a variety of workflow enhancements that will help you take care of your pitch and time correction tasks easily, with a minimum of frustration. Apr 13, 2009 How to use Antares Evo on WavePad? I was wondering if you could use auto tune on a song that is already created. Every time I try to use Antares on a. WavePad is music editing program for Windows PC computers. WavePad allows you to create and edit voice, music and other sound recordings. You can duplicate sections of recordings and add echo, amplification, noise reduction and other effects.
Pitch-correction is almost always used in the recording process, and every artist uses it, from metal bands, rock bands, pop singers, and so on and so forth.
Similar to ghost-writers and professional producers/writers working on your favorite artistâs latest record, itâs just a part of the business and itâs a part of how the game is played at a high level.
Without further adoâ¦
How To Use Auto-Tune (Pitch Correction) In Garageband.
First things first.
You need to know the key signature of the music. This should be the first step you make.
If you want to know the key signature of the song, I just find the tonal center of the music, and then I play the notes of that scale.
For instance, when I jammed along to Dave Eastâs âType Of Timeâ recently, I knew it was in the key of C Minor (relative major: Eb Major).
I figured it out, just by searching around on my guitar for the note on which the entire song is built, and then I played the natural minor scale up from the root note, carefully listening for each note to hear any dissonances.
If you donât know anything about major or minor scales, I suggest checking out MusicTheory.net, as they have great tutorials for beginners to music theory. Also, Mark Sarneckiâs book, which I wrote about here.
You can also use the tool, TuneBat.com.
TuneBat is a pretty good resource for quickly finding the key signature of a song. They have quite a bit in there.
Personally, I like figuring it out for myself that way I donât have to depend on the software, however, if youâre only a music producer rather than a musician, sight-reading or improvising skills really arenât that important.
Also, understand that pitch-correction and auto-tune are used only for recordings and obviously not MIDI recordings.
1) Open a new project/already existing project.
2) Hit (Command + Option + A) to bring up an Audio track.
3) Youâll see down in the Smart Controls the way the Audio looks in wave format, in addition to a few different settings including, âLimit to Key,â and âEnable Flex.â
4) From here, what you want to do is hit the âEnable Flexâ and âLimit Keyâ check-boxes to ensure that when you record some vocals or other music, the pitch correction tool will come in keep everything in the key.
5) At this point, Iâm sure youâre already familiar with the key signature option at the top center of the DAW, but for the sake of clarification, Iâll speak of it anyway.
Just go up to the top-center where it displays the beats per minute, measure, time signature, and the tempo. You can adjust the key signature from there.
6) Now, if you want to make auto-tune work in the style of, say, for example, T-Pain, youâre going to need to know the key signature of the track in which to sing.
7) Depending on how much auto-tune you want to use, you can adjust the pitch correction on a 1-100 scale within the Smart Controls.
If you put it all the way to 100, thatâs obviously the most amount of pitch-correction you can use.
8) The next step is to begin recording your vocals, and then listen to how the pitch correction tool has changed the way your vocals sound.
In the Instagram post below, you can see what it sounds like without pitch correction and with the pitch-correction all the way up to 100.
The first thing that you hear is the out-of-key version of âStargazingâ from Travis Scott.
Youâll notice when I say the word, âStargazing,â it sounds out of key. But then after I adjust the pitch the correction to 100 it starts to sound good.
In conclusion, the steps I laid out above is how you pitch-correct a vocal track. However, if you want to use auto-tune as a creative tool in the style of Travis Scott, then there are additional details.
Itâs worth mentioning that between 65 and 75 is the best range for the pitch correction tool if youâre just trying to correct those imperfections.
Also, itâs best to give the best singing performance possible, because the pitch correction tool works at its most optimal when the notes are only slightly off.
If you just sing wildly out of tune, the benefit of using the pitch correction software is lost. You can try it for yourself some time to see what I mean.
How To Use Auto-Tune Like Travis Scott
For this, itâs pretty much the same thing as the steps listed above, but we have to add a few more effects, including delay, reverb, and a bit of compression as well, actually, probably a lot.
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For the sake of clarity, Iâll run through these steps once again.
1) Bring up your audio track using the (Command + Option + A) function.
2) Click on the Audio Region.
3) Click on Track.
4) Check both boxes, âLimit to Key,â as well as âEnable Flex.â
5) Hit Record on your Audio Track, and then record yourself singing whatever it is that you want to sing.
If I were you, I would make sure that you have the âFeedback Protectionâ box clicked, just in case.
Also, if youâre going to use your computerâs built-in microphone, youâll have to plug headphones in due to the fact the microphone and built-in speakers are too close to each other.
If you plan on actually making legitimate vocals, obviously, itâd be a much better option to use a good microphone. From what I understand, Shure is kind of like the industry standard.
Moving onâ¦
6) Turn the pitch-correction all the way up to 100 that way itâs working as much as possible.
7) Go into your Plug-ins, and select the options, Compressor, Platinum Verb within the Reverb options, the Stereo Delay, as well as the Channel EQ
8) First, go into your EQ, and EQ the audio track so it looks like the image Iâve laid out below.
You can see that the Lows have been boosted considerably, as well as the highs, and then the mids are cut out almost completely.
9) Then, go into your Compressor and set it at the settings you can see below in the image.
10) For the Platinum Verb, I just keep it at the default setting.
11) Now that you have your final track, you can see that it kind of has that Washed out with Reverb/Robot style which is Travis Scottâs style. I donât mean that derisively, those are just the mannerisms that come to mind.
12) For the next step, you want to copy and paste your audio track into two new duplicate tracks, however, youâll pan the one to the left and one to the right using the pan buttons that look like this.
13) After this, make sure you turn off the Delay off the two duplicate tracks because otherwise, there will be too much of it.
Effects like Reverb and Delay kind of add up on top of each other, so make sure to not over-use these features.
How To Use Auto-Tune (Pitch Correction) In iOS
Setting up pitch correction and auto-tune in iOS isnât much different from how youâd do it on the Mac.
Without further ado.
1) The first thing you want to do, is hit the option, â+â on the top right-hand side of the screen when you first open up Garageband iOS.
2) Select the option, âAudio Recorder.â 2
3) Now, youâll come to a little dial in the center of the screen that kind of looks like a childrenâs toy. Choose the Golden Microphone option titled, âExtreme Tuning.â
4) From there, go into the drop-down menu on the top-left hand of the screen and click on the âExtreme Tuningâ icon.
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5) Then, click on the setting that says, âVocals.â
6) Choose the option âLead Vocalsâ from there.
7) We now have five dials from which to choose, Tone, Pitch Control, Compressor, Drive, and Vocal Hall.
6) Hit the dials (that looks like a Gear) of the top-right hand side of the screen, and then click on âTrack Controls,â which whill then bring up all of the plug-ins.
7) Add a little bit of Reverb and then Delay.
8) You can adjust the compressor up or down, depending on how much you want to equalize the sound.
9) From here, as I mentioned in the tutorial above, you need to figure out the key signature of your song. Considering the fact itâs the song youâve likely written, youâll know what the key is.
10) If you need to adjust the Key Signature, click on the icon that looks a gear, then choose âSong Settings.â From there, you can see where it gives Tempo and Key Signature options.
If youâre using someone elseâs song, try TuneBat.com.
***Having the proper key signature set up is an important detail because it gives the pitch correction software a standard by which to measure and adjust.
If you have the wrong Key Signature, auto-tune wonât work properly because the tool will adjust the wrong notes to the wrong pitch.
***Thereâs also an Application that you can download called, âVoloco,â which acts as a harmonizer and pitch correction tool. I donât think itâs that necessary frankly, but you can try that out.
You can refer to the Instagram post above if you want to hear the final product.
As Iâve mentioned before, probably the most important things to remember when using auto-tune and pitch correction are as follows:
And thatâs pretty much it.
Anyway, I hope this helped you out. Make sure to share it on your social media if you enjoyed it.
Until next time.
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