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PRESET EDIT SCREENS

Pitch Correction Edit Screens

VoiceLive will listen to the pitch of your voice, compare it to the selected correction scale, and then

apply pitch correction in real-time. The amount of correction applied is governed by the various

amount and timing settings.

In order to correct the pitch of a vocal, VoiceLive needs three pieces of information. It needs to

know what pitch you are singing, it needs to know what pitch you would like to be singing, and it

needs to know how perfectly you would like to be singing it. The first piece of information is deter-

mined automatically by VoiceLive as you sing using voice trained pitch detection algorithms. The

second piece is supplied by you in the form of a set of possible target correction notes. VoiceLive

looks at the set of supplied notes, listens to your vocal, and determines which note you are closest

to at any given time. Depending on how you’ve configured the correction settings, VoiceLive will

either subtly nudge your pitch, or aggressively force it to match the target note.

Pitch correcting your lead voice not only makes for great sounding lead vocals, it can also benefit

your harmonies - pitch correction is applied prior to harmony voice generation.

The best way to supply a set of target notes is in the form of a scale that matches the musicality of

your vocal. The parameters in this screen let you do this. For example, you could select all of the

notes of a C Major scale to be your target notes.

EDIT 1 knob: P

ITCH CORRECTION SCALE ROOT.

EDIT 2 knob: P

ITCH CORRECTION SCALE TYPE

. Available options include:

• Maj

(Major)

• Min1 (natural minor)

• Min2

(harmonic minor)

• Min3 (ascending melodic minor)

• Chro

(Chromatic)

• Custom

This setting in combination with scale root determines which notes your input

vocal will be corrected to.

This screen gives access to parameters that determine how subtle or aggressive the pitch correc-

tion. The upper line of the display shows in real-time the pitch correction being applied by

VoiceLive. The maximum correction displayed is +/- 200 Cents (there are 100 cents per semitone).

EDIT 1 knob: WINDOW (cents). When VoiceLive tries to determine which target note you are clos-

est to, it uses this parameter. For example, if the set of correction notes includes

“C, D, E, F, G, A, B” (C-major), and you are singing a very sharp D (80 cents

sharp), the window dictates whether you should be corrected to D, or not at all. If

the window was set to 80 or more cents, the D# would be corrected to the D

Input Clip

0 PPM dB

-5

-10

Out Clip

-20

-40

HARMONY

THICKEN

EFFECTS

PITCH CORR.

I/O

UTILITIES

MIDI IN

PROGRAM DISPLAY

HARMONY | CORRECTION | EFFECTS

VOICELIVE

VOICE 2

VOICE 4

VOICE 1

VOICE 3

LIMITMIC INGLOBAL FX EDITED

PRESET# HARMONY MODE ROOT SCALE/CHORD

Wn55 At31 Am78

CO 2