Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
I don't think there is a program yet that can transpose vocals half an octave in either direction and have them sound natural.


Hello Guitarhacker,

Perhaps you did not listen to the 1:30 sonic comparison I posted earlier in this discussion? Or maybe its 1-bar clips were spliced in too fast succession to tell apart easily what's what.

Vocal comparison (14 MB wav).

Of its four 4-clip groups (clip order, repeatedly: 1.Untransposed/2.Melodyned/3.Abletoned/4.Heliconed clip) 3 out of 4 groups shows a useable 6 semitone transposition, always the third clip of the group. Which is Ableton's. So technology can do the task (mostly). Just not its Melodyne-labeled variety. smile

And that's just solo vocals, the finicky stuff. In fact, while I type this, I'm transposing (bending) a whole brass section up and down in Ableton 2 whole octaves (total distance: 4 octaves) creating falls and slides that would make an all-star big band proud. :-)