I have been reading these posts with real interests as Herb had mentioned Melodine to me on a post giving me some feedback on my newest piece You Bring It Like A Storm. I can see I will have to pick this software up so I can Run my vocals through it when I am doing pop at the very least. But. . . I have to agree with several people who have stated in different ways that not all vocals should be handled this way or will even benefit from it. Yet, this may have nothing to do with vocal skill but rather current musical tastes. It's really nothing more than tailoring a sound to a particular expectation. In our other posts where we are chatting about this Herb has great point that modern pop simply demands that (to put it in it's worst light) soulless perfection. But I don't hear that in every genera even at the highest levels. I do however hear it in far more than just pop. I think this is about the expectation of sound and little else. I am currently writing this while listening to some 90's era alternative from a top 40 performer of the time. Her pitches are often wildly off but it's part of what drove her sound to stardom at the time (Alanis Morissette) But that was just the taste at the time. Now it's not.

Just my thoughts
Joe