I happen to agree with this. An FX processor, no matter how good, will never accurately emulate the sound of a human voice even assuming you can get the pitch changes spot on. Dane’s Yamaha unit may not even be an FX processor, I don’t know. I too have an FX processor but it can only do so much. Actually, Sarah did hit the nail on the head when she spoke about the different chords or, to use the proper term, “Intervals” You see, I too have some musical training and background.
But what has come out of this is actually a very positive discussion. So let’s not start taking things personally or making noises regarding what others write. This is merely a discussion which I started because I wanted to see whether anybody could come up with a technological solution. I know how this used to be done in the good old days of analogue. But now we’re all digital and I was kind of hoping there might be a short cut. Seems like there is not a short cut. So we’ll have to do this the good old fashioned way. The skill here, apart from hitting the correct intervals to create effective harmonies is to produce vocals with the same inflections on the same beat of each note. It’s going to sound pretty horrendous if, for instance, an “N” sound were to be elongated on one track and not on the accompanying track. That was always the skill of the musician in the good old days of analogue. I have done a little work in a studio environment. True, that was only a 16-track studio and not the 64-track recording studio type of setup. But all the same, when you listen to a band like, for example, Queen sing, or a musician sing in harmony with another musician, they always hit the same inflections. This is taking us way off topic. Bit it sounds to me as though the only solution to this problem which is available to me is going to be doing it the hard way. Again, ProTools is out of my price range just at the moment. Although perhaps some may snub them, there are other tools which can be used to produce similar results. Possibly not as seamlessly, but I’m sure it can be done. Kind regards <--- Gordon Smith ---> <gor...@mac-access.net> Information Technology Accessibility Consultant; Providing Help & Support To Young People With Visual Impairment, plus Braille Transcription services. On 29 Oct 2013, at 21:41, Christopher-Mark Gilland <ch...@clgproductions.com> wrote: Keep in mind though, a yamaha effects unit is only as good as the person who configures it, same goes with other plugs. Not only this, but most of those things are going to be used more as a vo-coder. Not as something that keeps the original human sound of the voice. It just sounds extremely artificial. Trust me. <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
