
This makes it handy to go back and forth between tempos for reality checks. OR keep flex turned on and with the Option key pressed down, pull the right hand side of the region just far enough back that the vibrato sounds natural again.īTW, you can store your new tempo as a Tempo Alternative in Global Tracks>Tempo. If you find any, in the Arrange window, cut out just that bit of vibrato and make it a separate region and then turn Flex off for that region. The tone or timbre of the track and especially a vocal is weird. One of the buts is that if you change it too much, it starts to sound progressively worse - like E to C which would be raising it 8 semitones or lowering it 4 semitones. Listen for any vibratos that sound unnatural because of the stretching, especially ones at the end of phrases. The semitone steps are C - Db -D - Eb - E - F - Gb - G - Ab - A - Bb - B - C. Keep the Sample Ed open as you go down the track.

You can do this by double clicking the transient marker or by using the eraser tool. Go into the Sample Editor and remove the transients in the glitch areas. Typically, the glitches will occur where there are unnecessary transient markers. Solo the vocal track and make sure that the process of slowing down the song has not resulted in some glitches. In the Track header, choose Monophonic mode and wait for the transient detection to happen. Start with the vocal sitting in a 160 BPM song and make sure it's in the right position with respect to that tempo.Įnable flex on the vocal track (Stock key command is Command-F)

That makes a difference.ģ) Have you tried it yet? While there are few tricks to know about the use of Flex, you've got to get your hands dirty and try it out. This helps us help you better.Ģ) You didn't say if you are changing the vocal in the context of an existing song or if you're going to change the vocal first. Ok, speaking of bullet points, here's three to start.ġ) You really should put your set-up in your signature.
