Repitching/mangling vocals

[disco.infiltrator]

This may already have been asked, and if so, just re-route me to the original answer.

I am wondering what software people generally use to manipulate vocal/any audio file and change the pitch, like "re-writing" the melody. I don't know if that is exactly the same thing as auto tune, but I feel like the software must be the same.

Does anyone know which plugins/programs allow you to easily do this? I mean you could chop it up and re-pitch every slice in something like Ableton, but that seems tedious, and re-pitching generally changes the speed too...

Any programs that do this for Mac? Free is preferable.

Thanks

[Astral]

What you can do in ableton without splicing is use warp markers and the re-pitch option. Just be warned, its incredibly sensitive.

[Basic A]

I use FL so thats what context this is written from =/ ... Typically, lay it intotheplaylist and slice incrementally/stretch to time + reset to original pitch and sync the vocal in original tune to my rhythm... Bounce that down clean, open it back up... Use various instances of GSnap/Kerovee/Fruity's native audio clips pitch shifter and some eq/logic/math in my own head... All the while bouncing down occasionally to flatten everything...

[disco.infiltrator]

What you can do in ableton without splicing is use warp markers and the re-pitch option. Just be warned, its incredibly sensitive.

I am using Ableton, so would you care to explain this a little bit more? Sounds tricky from what I understand, because you don't get direct control over the pitch of each slice...

[gravity]

using the repitch option in ableton seems a bit of a dumb way to do this - you dont really have control over the pitch then because it is tied to the length of the warped section. using a granular option and then automating the transpose on the actual audio clip seems like a more sensible option to me.

however you could try and get hold of melodyne, which is actually designed for re-tuning vocals, and im pretty sure it adjusts the timing too. i dont have it myself, but i use vari-audio occasionally in cubase, which as far as i know is pretty much the same thing.

[samkablaam]

melodyne is ridiculous. anything you want to do with repitching/timing, it can do. and it sounds good too.

the newest version can fucking go inside chords and rejig each note. WTF

[phrex]

if you have ableton: use the warping as an effect.

[symmetricalsounds]

because you don't get direct control over the pitch of each slice...

just automate transpose either in the clip directly or on the track, clip is probably easier.

[deadly_habit]

built in cubase features and renoise
need to get melodyne next

[mta7388]

I've had a go at Melodyne with DNA [direct note access]. Next-level stuff. Take a sample of synth chord, vocal line, etc and be able to extract the individual notes in that chord of your sample. Of course most of the time it should be a fairly clean ssample, but overall it does an incredible job i was blown away.

[deadly_habit]

yea i've messed with it and i meant to get a dnr copy of it back when i worked at guitar center but never did
gonna have to buy it one of these days

[Aquathesis]

Do you want cleaner, autotune/pitchshift sounds, or more gritty, tape reel pitch bend stuff?

[disco.infiltrator]

I was thinking more artificial, futuristic, kinda autotune sounds. I need to get a hold of Melodyne it looks amazing.

[adamc]

if you want to do major lazer-style pitch bending on vocals there's a good free VST called Son of a Pitch that you might want to check out