Hi Pat

I don't mind the hassle of using Melodyne as a standalone.
This way I can stay within RB which is my DAW of choice. Doesn't take much effort to save the vocal track as a wav, then import it into Melodyne, or save it when you're done - IMO.

There's a freebee plugin that is good for spot correction, as opposed to full track correction which can leave artifacts. That is G-Snap.

The thing with all of them is not to correct to "zero" - it's too unnatural - better +/- something.
That's why Melodyne's "blobs"are so great - you can turn off the "snap to" and slide your correction to a more natural correction.

Cheers - Ian

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