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In this video from Berklee Online’s Vocal Production Techniques for Singers course, instructor Stephen Kowalczyk Santoro shows you how to use Melodyne, a tool inside Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) that allows users to edit sounds for tuning. To effectively tune a track you’ll need to ensure that its volume is 0 and insert the Melodyne plug-in by clicking “Insert,” selecting “Audio Units,” and then clicking on “Celemony.” Once the plug-in is selected, users should import the audio on the track by clicking “Transfer,” pressing the spacebar, selecting the section of the track that must be edited, and then pressing on the spacebar again. Once inside the Melodyne plug-in, Kowalczyk Santoro recommends students to click options, “Pitch Grid,” and select “No Snap,” which allows users to move the notes whichever way they like. He also recommends users to leave the “Time Grid” under “Options” in “Active” mode, which will allow the changes to be as smooth as possible. All the tools you need can be found in the toolbar at the top (which you can also get by right-clicking into an empty space). When using the selection tool, a specific note will be highlighted and the tool grid will tell you which lane the note is covering. The different lanes are shown at the left side and they refer to the different pitches displayed chromatically. By moving the selected note up and down, users are able to easily change the pitch of the selected audio. When working with pitch correction, make sure the algorithm is in “Melodic (Standard).” Finally, Kowalczyk Santoro reminds you that inside of your DAW, Melodyne must be placed above any other plug-ins in case you want to bypass them, and to turn off any automation. Once the selected piece of audio has been edited in Melodyne, users will need to turn off any other plug-ins, ensure the volume of the track equals 0, and then import the new audio from Melodyne into the DAW.
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ABOUT STEVEN KOWALCZYK SANTORO:
Steven Kowalczyk Santoro is a singer, composer, producer, and arranger from Massachusetts. Having grown up in a musical family, he started playing the horn, transitioning later to the piano, and writing songs. He became interested in Afro-American music and Jazz, which led him to the University of Massachusetts. He has toured the US and Europe extensively, playing and recording with artists such as Sting, Clarence Penn, Lee Ritenour, Joe Porcaro, John Patitucci, Paula Cole, Chris Botti, among others. Steven is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music, in the Voice Department.
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Vocal Production for Singers | Pro Tools | DAW | Melodyne | Autotune | Auto-Tune | Pitch Correction | Mics | Mic Techniques | Steven Kowalczyk Santoro | Sting | Clarence Penn | Lee Ritenour | Joe Porcaro | John Patitucci | Paula Cole | Chris Botti | Berklee Online