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The same thing happens with the backing tracks when I record - too much info and I lose pitch - I do better if I record with simple backing and percussion. I also get more pitch information listening to my bookshelf speakers while recording, less info using headphones.



i've had a certain amount of success with children and amateur singers by doing the following:

*I create a MIDI file of just the Melody notes, using a Patch that is easy for them to hear and is typically a Pad patch instead of a Piano or hammered instrument.

*This is a temporary guide track. Therefore I can turn it up as high as need be, within the limits of the monitoring machinery. If I need even more, I've converted the MIDI guide track to Audio track and then applied Compressor plugin. In your case I'd suggest a MultiBand Compressor plugin. Perhaps even an instance of EQ plugin after it. Whatever it takes to get those guide notes to work for you so you can sing the part.

And after doing that, it might still be necessary to apply an instance of Autotune or the more affordable GSnap to the track or parts of the track, but the whole idea is that the closer you can get to the pitch before having to apply the algorithm, the less machine-like the application can sound.

Making the MIDI track is an easy job for a keyboardist, I simply record it in MIDI. Don't see any reason why the nonkeyboardist couldn't do this with keyboard or mouse-entry notation or even the pianoroll, though.

I don't know if this can work in your particular instance, but I do think it is certainly worth a shot or two. This kind of thing takes a bit of development time, iron out the rough edges, etc. Or it may not work at all. I think it has merit for you to try, though.


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