When free versions of pitch correction plugins emerged, Graham Yeadon was at the forefront. Given that there are 33 other plugins in the package, MAutoPitch is a treasure trove you should check out. That it can be mentioned in the same breath as the leaders as a free plugin is impressive.

Here are our picks for the Top 6 free autotune VST plugins, as well as a day free trial with the pioneer in the pitch correction world.īig-ticket pitch correction packages such Antares Auto-Tune and Melodyne can sometimes take some wrangling to fine-tune. While the big names of the game charge a pretty penny for their impressive packages, there are plenty of low- and no-cost options out there. Autotuning is a studio staple nowfrom the biggest commercial studios to the humblest bedroom setup. So impressive and successful was Auto-Tune, its name is now synonymous with the pitch correction process, regardless of the program or plugin used. Coming from an ex-Exxon employee, Antares offered, for the first time, easy and powerful pitch correction that was ideally suited for fixing vocals and, as Cher demonstrated, creating vocal effects. This was perfect if you wanted to sneeze with different notes, but it was still less than ideal for vocal corrections, perhaps the most commonly desired pitch correction task. Its pitch correction range was limited, and it could level audible artifacts with even modest adjustments, but when there was no re-recording alternative, the Eventide could be a lifesaver. The released song is not a single, contiguous performance thanks to varispeed.

Altering the speeds of these takes resulted in a marvellous coincidence when both takes came into the same key at compatible tempos.

Variable speed controls on tape recorders thus allowed a way to alter pitch, though in a rather clumsy and inefficient way, since all content on a recording is changed equally. That is, if the motor drifted, so did the pitch of the recording. Tape requires consistent and controlled speed to maintain the musical integrity of recorded material.

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