You’re then presented with several different graphical overlays that show the actual pitch, the detected note regions, the transition between notes, and the regions that lack definitive pitch such as breaths and sibilance.
Once you have transferred your audio over, you can control click a region and select Make Warp Region to make it editable. The ball is currently in Apple’s court on this one, but ARA2 integration is a definite improvement that means you get instant transfer and communication between both software titles, instead of having to do it manually. We reviewed it alongside the new ARA2-compatible version of Logic, but due to an issue with the way Apple has implemented the system, Synchro Arts decided to hold off on releasing a Logic-compatible version, as there is a danger of users losing their work. Revoice Pro 4 is now also ARA2-compatible, which gives even tighter integration.
The specifics on how to do this vary between each DAW, but there are some excellent guides on the Synchro Arts website including demo projects that you can use alongside video tutorials.
It runs as standalone software and can link to your DAW via a Revoice Pro Link plug-in that lets you transfer the audio tracks over to Revoice Pro to edit timing, pitch, volume and other parameters, then transfer the audio back again. Of course, the amount of work needed will largely depend on the skills of the performer, but working on an average vocal track can potentially involve hours and hours of vocal editing and alignment. One of the key tasks when working on a vocal-based track, is to layer up multiple takes and harmonies to get a larger, more textured sound, but this comes at the cost of having to line-up and fine-tune all of the stems to get them to sit together. In the right hands, it’s possible to gently massage a vocal or instrument track towards a ’perfect’ performance, without it sounding too forced or fake. The quality of results achievable with pitch and time correction software has seen slow but steady improvements since it was first introduced.
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