Where to Place Pitch correction

[Markisflippinsweet]

In a vocal channel strip, where should one normally place a pitch correction insert?

I think it would be first, but it seems as though the artifacts of it could be amplified from the compression coming afterwards... I'm not sure...

[redlogic]

When I've used it, it was always in the first slot and I've never had any problems with artifacts.

[Markisflippinsweet]

Same place for a doubler?

I thought about sending my doubler to a stereo bus that all vocal tracks were routed to, but something just seems wrong about that... Same thing about sending all vocal tracks to the same compressor/EQ on a bus. I feel as though it will not be done properly (mainly compression).

[ski]

With this kind of stuff there is no right and wrong. There is only what's appropriate for your particular application.

 

• If you have a reasonably clean vocal track, put it first.

• If you have to correctively hipass filter, de-ess, or de-pop the vocal (or similar), put it after that processing.

• If you want only the final vocal sound (compressed, EQ'd, whatever) to be pitch-corrected, put it last.

[tristancalvaire]

Attending a Melodyne product pitch at a local college, the guy said that many people compress beforehand so that Melodyne can easily separate notes, though that he personally compressed after instead.

[Markisflippinsweet]

Okay, thanks everyone. Anymore input is greatly appreciated.

[David Nahmani]

I was going to add my input but ski summed it up perfectly IMO.