Auto Tune

[GRAFIK]

Does anyone know if a good, cheap auto tune software that I can use. I dont want to spend a lot of money but I want something that is good and effective. I like to speed up my samples on my turntables before i record them so i can get a good idea of what the track will sound like, but sometimes it is out of tune and i cant compose over it because the sampel is out of tune. Does anyone else do this, if so what software or tools to you use to correct it???? Thanks ahead of time.....

 

[classic]

I basically use my ear, thats the first thing i do before i chop or do anything to the sample is tune it, casue samples that come off a records are usually a little out of tune..

I like to manually do it by playing the notes of the sample on my synth, since most synths are perfectly intune i can usually figure out the pitch from there....

class...

 

[GRAFIK]

yeah most to the time i can detect if it is really out of tune, but i dont have perfectly trained ears like u class to detect if it is a little out of tune, thanks for the suggestion though......i need to take the easy way out homie...

 

[woohff]

I've really just started to use FL. I really don't tune the sample, I tune the synths (vst-i and soundfonts). More work, but still it is better way for me to do it, cuz I do the sampled stuff and drums first and then add some synths in it.

EDIT: If the post is offtopic then sorry. Haven't really been hustlin with autotune... I've just read that you can make Paris Hilton sound like she can really sing like she really could sing

 

[GRAFIK]

why would u tune your vsts they are already in tune, if your sample is out of tune, then when u go to try and compose over it, it is going to sound like shit.

i want something like this

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ANTAUTOTUNE

without that big price tag on it. any suggestions

 

[thedreampolice]

Well what software do you have now?

 

[bigdmakintrax]

Ok here is what I do kiddies.....I think I mentioned it b4....mos to my tuning issues are due to my fast to print shit out and mix in headphones...bass is hard to tune especially sub bass in headphones....anyhow look.....I invested in a cheap Korg chromatic tuner...prolly like 25 bucks....now see especially is I am mapping chromatic samples with a base note say C??? and I sample it....well in order to use a chromatic sample with synths that are correctly tuned it pays to always tune perfectly....sometimes a sample will not tune for shit if you bring a synth into the equation with it...

I usually sample what I need....then play it back thru the tuner and then get it on a C or whatever i use as the base.....I am not sure of the software tuners but it seemed like there was a tuner in cubase for guitars a long time ago..but unsure of other tuners available but yeah i dont care how good your ear is.....its good to have a reference tuner for correct pitch to begin with, every keyboard has a slight tuning difference as do modules...but slight out of tune is not always a bad thing in layers...

 

[woohff]

why would u tune your vsts they are already in tune, if your sample is out of tune, then when u go to try and compose over it, it is going to sound like shit.

i want something like this

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ANTAUTOTUNE

without that big price tag on it. any suggestions

Just to get my sampled stuff sound like I've planned them to sound. (I have no clue if they would sound the same after autotune cuz I really haven't read any info about them). And it is not too difficult to get them vst:s and soundfonts in tune. Little hustlin with pitch (in FL) and midi keyboard and thats it. Takes less than 30 seconds per instrument if you have "the ear" (But shit, I'm not even sure if I have 'One').

 

[Sanova]

i usually just use my ears. but for "singers" who cant really sing.. i use Antares auto-tune on their vocals to make them sound half way decent

 

[GRAFIK]

Well what software do you have now?

i use FL studio 6 and i record my samples through adobe audition.

 

[Ash Holmz]

do it by ear .. u dont need to be a trained musician to find out if something is in tune or not ... the easy way is to get a keyboard/vst sound that really stands out in the mix and doesnt mesh with the sample ... then u start hittin keys until u find the tune .. sometimes u may find on thats kinda close but not exact .. then what u do is start pitching the sample up or down slighty untill they sound they are in tune ... then u play out ur melody ... then u just simply switch ur instrument to something that fits the beat...bam! .. now ur in tune .. no training needed.. dont let the software tell u how to make music... besides auto tuning creates artifacts which may not be desirable in certaion situations ... ears are the best tool ... if u cant figure if something is in tune or at least extremely close u need more practice not a new program

 

[classic]

do it by ear .. u dont need to be a trained musician to find out if something is in tune or not ... the easy way is to get a keyboard/vst sound that really stands out in the mix and doesnt mesh with the sample ... then u start hittin keys until u find the tune .. sometimes u may find on thats kinda close but not exact .. then what u do is start pitching the sample up or down slighty untill they sound they are in tune ... then u play out ur melody ... then u just simply switch ur instrument to something that fits the beat...bam! .. now ur in tune .. no training needed.. dont let the software tell u how to make music... besides auto tuning creates artifacts which may not be desirable in certaion situations ... ears are the best tool ... if u cant figure if something is in tune or at least extremely close u need more practice not a new program

Damn thats why ur my partner, couldent have said it better myself...use ur ears it aint that hard....

shit..

class...

 

[GRAFIK]

well i have my turntables like 10 feet away from my midi keyboard and my computer, that would be a bitch to keep moving back and forth to my turntables and my computer to make sure shit is in tune. that would def work if my turntables were right next to my computer, and i can tell is something is in tune or very close, but sometimes, shit is a little off which i wanted to computer software to help me out with.

 

[Ash Holmz]

cant u pitch samples up and down using fl6? ...its been a long while since i used fl but from what i remeber u def can pitch samples.... if u cant that program sucks cuz thats a huge part of sampling.... on the mpc i just turn the wheel to adjust the pitch of the sample im like 1000% positive u can do the same thing in fl... +12 is an octave up

 

[Sanova]

c - d = whole step (W)

c - c# = half step (h)

i usually can tell what root note a sample is in by just listening to it, of course i play some notes over it and usually use a minor scale equation to test it (W h W W h W W)

afterwards i either compose as such, or tune the sample accordingly.

 

[GRAFIK]

cant u pitch samples up and down using fl6? ...its been a long while since i used fl but from what i remeber u def can pitch samples.... if u cant that program sucks cuz thats a huge part of sampling.... on the mpc i just turn the wheel to adjust the pitch of the sample im like 1000% positive u can do the same thing in fl... +12 is an octave up

you can but like i said earlier, i like speeding up or slowing my samples on my turntables so i get a good idea of how the sample is going to sound. i know i can record teh sample and place it higher or lower on the piano roll, but i feel more comfortable doing on my turntables. when i run through a couple of records and i want to hear how the sample is going to sound right then and there, i dont want to record a sample pitch hear how it sound, and do this repeadily that would be a bitch. I guess i am just looking for an easier way to do this, but thanks for the suggestions everyone, apprechiate it!