PITCH · VOCAL TUNER · 31 NEW IN 5.2
Still Vocal Tune
Brings each held note onto pitch while the singer's vibrato, scoops and phrasing stay as sung.
Also in the Vocal bundle
What it does
Still Vocal Tune hears the note being sung, picks the nearest note of your key and scale, and moves the voice onto it in real time. Natural, the default, moves only the centre of each held note, so the vibrato and the way the singer leans into a note stay theirs; Tight puts every note fully on pitch and holds the voice close to it, and with Speed and Vibrato at 0 it becomes the hard tune effect.
Small corrections glide smoothly through each vocal cycle; larger ones re-space the voice's own cycles, so it keeps its size and character.
Key features
- Natural (held notes onto pitch, vibrato kept) or Tight (every note on pitch, wobble held to ~15%; hard tune at Speed 0, Vibrato 0)
- Key and scale (chromatic, major, minor, pentatonics), or click notes on and off
- Speed, Humanize (held notes relax), Amount, Vibrato 0–200%, Reference A4 425–455 Hz
- Voice range: high, mid, low; a detector built not to read notes an octave off
- Pitch graph (sung and corrected on note lanes), note readout with cents meter, delay readout
Quick start
- Insert on the lead or backing vocal channel, after any noise reduction.
- Set the song's key and scale (or leave Chromatic), and the Voice range.
- Start with Natural, Speed 20 ms. Watch the graph: gold is what comes out.
- Tighter: lower Speed or switch to Tight. The effect: Hard tune effect preset.
Controls
| Control | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Style | Natural, Tight | The note's centre onto pitch; Tight also holds the voice close to it. |
| Speed | Instant to 200 ms | How fast a note is brought onto pitch. |
| Humanize / Amount | 0–100% each | Held notes relax / how far onto the note. |
| Vibrato | 0–200% | 100% = as sung; 0% flattens it. |
| Key / Scale / Voice | 12 keys, 6 scales / high, mid, low | The notes allowed, and the range it listens in. |
| Reference A4 / Output | 425–455 Hz / −12 to +12 dB | The tuning the band plays at; level. |
FACTORY PRESETS
Default (Natural, any note) · Natural lead vocal · Just a touch · Choir and backing vocals · Tight live vocal · Hard tune effect · Low male voice · High female voice
GOOD TO KNOW
Tuned in four listening rounds on 28 minutes of real choir and lead vocals. Measured: a note 30 cents flat comes out within 1 cent; vibrato kept in Natural (85 of 80 cents), held to 30 in Tight, under 10 in Hard; the first formant stays within 25 cents while the pitch moves 70; Amount 0 is bit-exact (4 samples late). Reports 0 samples; the voice runs about 2–3 ms behind while it is tuned. About 2–3% of one core.