User Guide

154 Chapter 10 Pitch
∏ Tip: You’ll often find that it’s best to only correct notes with the most harmonic gravity.
As an example, choose the “sus 4” Scale, and set the Root note to match the project
key. This will limit correction to the root note, the fourth and the fifth of the key scale.
Switch all other notes to Bypass, and only the most important and sensitive notes will
be corrected, while all other singing remains untouched.
Setting the Reference Tuning
The File > Project Settings > Tuning settings determine the tuning reference for all
software instruments. If you engage Use Global Tuning in the Pitch Correction window,
the project’s Tuning settings will be used for the pitch correction process. If this
parameter is switched off, you can use the Ref. Pitch field to freely set the desired
reference tuning.
As an example: The intonation of a vocal line is often slightly sharp or flat throughout
an entire song. Use the Reference Pitch parameter to address this issue at the input of
the pitch detection process. Set the Reference Pitch to reflect the constant pitch
deviation in cent values. This allows the pitch correction to perform more accurately.
Note: Tunings that differ from software instrument tuning can be interesting, when you
want to individually correct the notes of singers in a choir. If all voices were individually
and perfectly corrected to the same pitch, the choir effect would be partially lost. You
can avoid this by (de)tuning the pitch corrections individually.
Setting the Response of Pitch Changes
Use the Response parameter to determine how quickly the voice reaches the destination
(corrected) pitch. Singers use portamenti and other gliding techniques. If you choose a
Response value that’s too high, seamless portamenti turn into semitone-stepped
glissandi, but the intonation will be perfect. If the Response value is too slow, the pitch
of the output signal won’t change quickly enough. The response of pitch changes is
indicated in milliseconds. The optimum setting for this parameter depends on the
singing style, tempo, vibrato, and quality of the original performance.
Understanding the Correction Amount Display
The amount of pitch change is indicated in the horizontal bar displayed below the
keyboard. The red marker indicates the average correction amount over a longer time
period.