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The section should now look something like this:
9. Play the project. You’ll note that the
transition into the final syllable is now much
smoother, but the original was so flat that
the default Retune Speed of 50 is not fast
enough to correct the attack of the final
note.
10 Still with the Arrow tool selected, click on
the final C#3 to select it. Now adjust the
Retune Speed for the desired correction
(start with a value of 10 or so). Note that
with a long held note like this, too fast a
Retune Speed can sound unnatural. The
trick is to select a speed that pulls the attack
in tune, while still allowing enough of the
singer’s original natural variation.
We’ll continue with an example of selective
pitch shifting.
11. Ensure that Formant Correction is
engaged. With the Arrow tool still
selected, move the cursor over the middle
of the C#3 note and notice that it turns
into the pitch shift cursor (little vertical
up-and-down arrows). Click on the note
and drag it up one semitone to D3. Play
the file and listen to the melodic change.
(If you have “PLAY AUDIO FOR SELECTED
NOTE OBJECT” checked in the Options
window, you’ll hear the pitch of the Note
Object as you select and move it.)
12. For a melodic variation, select the Scissors
tool and click on the now D3 note at the
16.052 second point to cut it into two
notes.
13. Select the Arrow tool again and drag the
lefthand half of the note back down to
C#3. Play the file and listen to the result.
As should be clear, Note Objects oer almost
unlimited flexibility in pitch correction and
melodic editing.