Originally Posted by DC Ron
Hi, Dan. Like your arrangement of this song, and your booming chest voice is both quite pleasing and appropriate to the material. Some of the individual words/syllables are not perfectly held and/or pitched. This COULD be fixed in "post processing" with the right tools. My voice isn't so different, and I do this when I need to. Melodyne Studio is my (pricey) go-to for vocal fixes. The trick with Melodyne on vocals is subtlety. Very easy to get the "T-Pain effect" or glitching artifacts, which may not be what you're after. On the other hand, your vocals as-is don't ruin my enjoyment of the song. So there's that.

Over time I've realized that (for me) getting the vocals right-as-possible BEFORE processing is far more efficient and musically pleasing than fixing things later. So I sing multiple takes and use a composite vocal. On days when my voice isn't cooperating, I don't record vocals at all. I've got time to wait them out. smile

Haven't heard "Die With a Smile" before, but then again I wouldn't know Bruno Mars or Lady Gaga if they delivered a pizza to my door. Nice tune though. Back to my cozy log now.

Ron, thank much guy. Ya, I got melodyne (the expensive one), unfortunately it is failing me with this song. I do hear the pitch and timing problems. And i did the mutiple takes and vocal comping as you suggested. Jim, already has me going back to the vocal booth so I will tighten up all this (or die trying - with a smile). grin

Die with a smile - has a special hook for me. The Bruno lyrics tell my story. When I took the time to hear them I had to do the cover! I removed all the Lady GaGa verses - she just seems to be telling a different story and while her vocalizations are beautiful, my range can't touch them.

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