vocal effect (was Re: [linux-audio-user] How to get good vocal sound)

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guy wrote:

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> Lars Luthman wrote:
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>> On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 14:49 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
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>>> On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 06:24 -0500, Joe Hartley wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:07:47 +0100
>>>> Cesare Marilungo <cesare@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's exactly what I was talking about. There are lots of it. I 
>>>>> think one of the first was the Antares (it exists both for 
>>>>> ProTools and as a VST).
>>>>>       
>>>>
>>>> Just an FYI, the Antares AutoTune existed as a standalone rack unit
>>>> before it was a plug-in.
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Obligatory Linux content: what's the LADSPA equivalent?
>>>   
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>> Steve Harris has a pitch shifter plugin:
>> http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.6
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>> I don't know if it will produce the same artifacts when abused.
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> Hi
> The Steve Harris plug in transposes everything by a fixed amount.  
> Antares autotune 'tunes' out of tune sounds - it has been used as an 
> effect but is also the number 1 criminal in propping up bands where 
> people look trendy but can't actually sing in tune.  When you get used 
> to its distinct

Yes, AutoTune is definitely evil!

> sound you can recognise it on a lot of chart records.   I used a 
> friends copy on a guitar line once & it made it sound really 'sweet'  
> - it was actually a very nice sound, you can add a certain amount of 
> vibrato too.  I'd love it on Linux - it can be like sprinkling fairy 
> dust on a take - but it does raise aesthetic/ethical  issues about 
> music as a result of ones ability versus music as a result of ones 
> vision.
> BTW: I have loved this series of  vocal tips - thanks folks!
>
> Guy
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Basically the 'cher' effect we're talking about is the result of setting 
the response speed of the pitch correction to a very small amount. Even 
the best singer reaches the correct pitch by listening to himself, it's 
a continuous feedback. When using such an effect the voice goes from a 
pitch to another so fast it sounds fake.

c.

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