Voice Mastering Trouble

[tpantano]

I'm a terrible singer. When I was younger (and a soprano) I could sing amazingly. My voice has since dropped to an alto level, and I can no longer sing.

I'm trying to fix some of my voice using computers.

Does anyone know of some good AUs/VSTIs for vocal correction? So far I've tried using Auto Tune, but I notice almost no difference on a level that's supposed to sound natural, and when I turn it up I get the T-pain effect.

Also, any AUs/VSTIs for the 'airy' effect seen in artists such as Owl City or Daft Punk on the song 'Something About Us'?

Also, as a side question for vocalists out there, my voice isn't amazing but neither is it terrible- can your voice be improved to a decent level with vocal lessons, our are you really stuck with what you have?

Thanks in advance.

[Lorenzo]

Hi, about your first question this one will work for you... http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?i ... cts_plugin
regards, Lorenzo

[Sam CA]

I'm a terrible singer. When I was younger (and a soprano) I could sing amazingly. My voice has since dropped to an alto level, and I can no longer sing.

I'm trying to fix some of my voice using computers.

Does anyone know of some good AUs/VSTIs for vocal correction? So far I've tried using Auto Tune, but I notice almost no difference on a level that's supposed to sound natural, and when I turn it up I get the T-pain effect.


Also, as a side question for vocalists out there, my voice isn't amazing but neither is it terrible- can your voice be improved to a decent level with vocal lessons, our are you really stuck with what you have?

Auto Tune and Melodyne are industry standard pitch-correction applications. You need to learn and understand them well, before you start getting good results. There's a combination of multiple settings that makes the program to improve a problem. There's no perfect preset, because every pitch is different. Also, the more pitchy you get, the harder is to make a problem sound natural.

As far as vocal lessons:
Vocal lessons will help a singer to be more accurate as far as hitting the notes. With proper practice you would usually expand your singing range too, and you'll have more control over your voice and much more...but the tone of your voice will not change by much. Voice is just like any other instrument. You can tune it and shape it and all that, but you can't change the timbre coming out of your vocal cords. It is what it is. By the way having a voice in Alto range is not bad at all. Why don't you just change the key of the song by few half steps?