• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join free Log in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

i need a good auto tuner/pitch corrector

MaddogMonument

MaddogMonument

Jun 23, 2009
435
36
NJ
#1
im looking for a good auto tuner...i no its cheating but i want to use to it help my live performances (who doesnt)..anyone no any good ones to use? i herd,.Antares AVP-1 Voice Processor is ok but im looking a good pitch corrector/ auto tuner thing
 
#3
I suspect he may mean for vocal use, Jimmy.

As far as that goes... well, I wouldn't want to use one myself, but I can see why other people might. It's just a matter of where you're willing to plant yourself on the scale of Artist vs. Entertainer.

And as to the OP, sorry, no experience with that stuff at all. You might want to look into TC Helicon stuff though - they're pretty darned good (and carry a pricetag to match!), and while I don't know if they make a device with autotuning capability, I'd be willing to bet it's outstanding if they do.
 
#6
Voice lessons. Seriously. Singing is a craft and vocalists need to take it seriously. There are many people who have no interest in tuners or autopitch units so it's not (who doesn't). They are a crutch and they actually make your pitch and singing worse rather than better because you learn to rely on them rather than improve as a singer.

I would seriously leave a band that relied on them rather than relying on talent and vocal ability.

( no=know herd=heard )
 
#9
well i have a decent pictch but i need something to help to make my pitch perfect i have a high tenor voice my self but i am a scremer/bass player in my metal band and sometimes my voice hits low and some help would be nice, and yes you can say i am useing a crutch in my music but i have ability but sometimes hitting off key i need help in becuse sometimes if u do screams then go to clean vocals ur pitch goes off alot so useing one would help alot in my case.
 
#16
Cheap ones sound cheap.

Decent ones are VERY expensive.

The money for a decent one would be much better used on lessons so you'd become a better singer.


If you're coming in low that means that you do not have decent pitch. It means you need lessons and to learn to hear your note before you sing it.


.
 
#17
Actually, CliffB... Jimmy is completely right.

Look, I know you don't want to hear this, but listen anyway: I don't sing in bands, just 'cause I'd rather play bass. But I have accidentally made several singers quit when demonstrating how I feel a song should be sung - their complaints are typically some variation of, "I can't sing in a band with him - he makes me too self-conscious."

Basically, they accuse me of being too good. And without blowing my own horn too much, I'm willing to admit that on a good day, they may have a point.

I did not get to be a decent singer through the use of technology. I got to be a good singer through practice and study. I started singing with a teacher at eight, majored in classical vocal music throughout school, learned theory and vocal arranging and technique, sang in choirs in my off time.

As a result, I'm a pretty fine singer. Obviously you can't turn back time - nobody is asking you to - but bear in mind the voice is an instrument just like your bass - in order to become good at it, you need to learn, and practice what you learn. You won't see immediate results - but instead of still relying on autotuners a year from now, you'll be a fine singer. And in a few years more, who knows?

Take bass for example - if somebody was posting here about an autotuner for their fretless bass, what would you say?

Like Jimmy says - take some pride in yourself. There's no free lunch, man.
 
#18
seamonkey said:
It's used live all the time. Few admit it but a couple that have are Faith Hill and Reba McEntire both of who are good singers without any help.

The creator of Auto-Tune comments "My wife wears make-up, is that evil?"

Faith and Reba wear make-up too.

A singer on the road needing to perform every night, subject to catching a cold, or flu - might need a little help from time to time. If it's a big concert - you bet the promoters want all the insurance they can get. Taking the night off is not an option.

With the extreme pitch shifting starting with Cher - it's just another tool in the hands of the musician. It's up to the musician what effects and how to control them for their sound.

Guitar, keyboards, and bass, have had effects they themselves control. The sound engineer out front has been controlling the singer's effects. Now some singer's get to control their own effects. If they're up to it, then good for them.

There's a lot of festival gigs where you get just a few minutes to setup between bands. These festivals come with their own rental sound system, including their own engineer who will insist on running the sound themselves. They will not have practiced with the band and isn't going to know what effects to kick in at what part of a song. These pedal devices let the singer quickly setup and change the effects on the mic themselves.

This direction in technology is all good in my book.
Click to expand...
i take truth in that!!
and like i am a courus singer my self but screaming is not easy as u think like think of screaming vocals like bring me the horizon then switching to like clean sung vocals this things helps becuse if any of you play in metal bands you know what im talking about
 

Latest posts

Top Bottom
Back