I use BV and harmony a lot. In almost every song actually.

I will tune only the main vox while leaving the others untuned. I'm generally very careful to be sure timing is perfect. I either fix it with punch or use volume automation judiciously to cover the nits.

A very nice plugin that does this automatically, and I have mentioned it before, is called Trivox. It goes in the FX bin on the main vox but it doesn't change the main vox. It creates 3 additional copies of the main vox. The octave above and below, and a third one. They are all adjustable to whatever interval you want. The cool thing is you can tell it the key of the song and major or minor and it sings the exact, correct note to harmonize the main vox. This is one of my nits with most harmonizers that let you select the interval and follow it regardless of the dissonance of the harmonized note. Trivox is intelligent and adjusts the intervals such as thirds to stay in harmony. You can also select the level of each note as well as a few other features plus total automation for every single feature and adjustment in it. I've been using it for almost everything I have done recently because it saves me a lot of time tracking multiple box tracks and mixing them.

I still tend to use multiple tracks and there's a new song I will be posting soon that doesn't use Trivox at all.

Just a FYI.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 05/17/25 06:30 AM. Reason: clarification
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