Hi Jan,

I follow your third approach.

I record my vocal in Reaper. Then I tune those notes that are out of pitch. Once I've done that, I export the tuned vocal track to a WAV file and load that WAV into Realband so that I can use TC Helicon using the BIAB SGU/MGU file to provide the chord structure needed for the harmony.

The reason I tune my vocal before using TC Helicon is because it helps reduce octave jumps when TCH is processing the harmonies.

Lastly, I always harmonise the entire vocal track and then I use envelopes in Reaper to choose which parts of the harmonies I want in the mix.

Hope this helps,
Noel

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