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Like I said it's my opinion & actually it's not really an opinion. Yes many "pros" do this I guess but they are in a different boat sometimes. Differing circumstances may dictate that they do this. To me ,at the level of experience of most of us here I surmise, I wouldn't be proud of something I had to piece meal together because i couldn't do it otherwise.What's the point in that?


I think 'pro' and 'talent' shouldn't be defined as the same thing these days, that's for sure. And I think it's a bit silly to call out vocal comping as something to be ashamed of, considering we're using biab software that that fits the same mold- a prefabricated performance we had nothing to do with in the first place. A bit hypocritical there. At the very least we're SINGING our vocals. It's all just tools to help modestly talented people have fun and get good results, and it gives seriously talented people another tool to get them where they're going. Why use it? Because we can! I'd bet a ton of money that someone like Sinatra, who cut vocals in one take, would love to have the ability to cut a couple of different tracks if he were still around. In fact he probably did many a recording where he could later on in his career and he probably did it. A lot of the one takers did it out of sheer necessity, not by choice, back in the day. And you need to be talented to do that. Not taking that away from anyone and generally I agree- someone who can cut a vocal in one take is a hell of a lot more controlled and skilled than someone who can't. Where I see things more of a lie is using auto tune. That's really lying about a skill you should have as a prerequisite to being not only a vocalist, but a professional vocalist. But the industry went and made itself perfect notes with all the technology available, and not just with vocals either and not just notes, but timing too. The performance has taken a hit because of it all. Now when you hear a variable pitchy vocal it's called into question, even if it's an awesome performance. But if you want to put people at 'levels' it's at this level where I most expect this stuff and comping techniques to be used. At the pro level, I expect the vocalists to be able to sing without all the help. But we all know, it just ain't so. Oh how we know that.

Dan

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