Best option to pitch-correct bass lines ?

[LeSedna]

Hi, all in the title : what's the best/easiest option out there now to edit pitch of bass lines ? Do you have any good experience on this ? I had to make a compromise with the bass I used for my recording, and it's kinda detuned on notes played with high frets.

 

[Skinny Viking]

I think others here have said Melodyne works well for this

 

[Ermz]

At this point, probably the new version of Studio One - at least until the others follow suit with the ARA thing.

 

[Emdprodukt]

ermz, you tried cubase 6 for basstuning?

 

[Ermz]

Its integrated pitch correction doesn't reach anywhere near low enough.

 

[JeffTD]

Melodyne standalone.

 

[AllanD]

At this point, probably the new version of Studio One - at least until the others follow suit with the ARA thing.

ARA? Google didn't come up with anything.

 

[Adrian Warren]

Does melodyne still degrade the audio quality when recording the signal into it?

 

[Soundlurker]

ermz, you tried cubase 6 for basstuning?

Yeah, it's pretty good but only goes as low as the E string on a Bass ;/

 

[LeSedna]

So Melodyne seems the go to choice. Ermz, any reason for saying Studio One instead of Melodyne standalone since Studio One pitch editing IS Melodyne itself ? Are you talking about its UI in the DAW ?

I believe Celemony is in talks with other DAWs as well.

@AllanD : IIRC and please correct me if I'm wrong, ARA is more or less a new type of plugin which, contrary to VST/AU/RTAS which only receive the audio information that is being "played", interact with the source in a more global way and allows for more complex processes, such as pitch shifting/editing which needs to "scan" whole regions in draw modes for example. http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=ara#top EDIT : BTW, it seems wonderful, I just watched the video and I'm stoked, it's how it should be : double clic, edit, bam.

 

[Emdprodukt]

Its integrated pitch correction doesn't reach anywhere near low enough.

damn, had high hopes.

 

[Ermz]

So Melodyne seems the go to choice. Ermz, any reason for saying Studio One instead of Melodyne standalone since Studio One pitch editing IS Melodyne itself ? Are you talking about its UI in the DAW ?

I find the Standalone Melodyne UI and transport to be extremely awkward. For that reason alone I'm considering buying Studio One Professional.

 

[LeSedna]

I see, and for what I got, the price is almost the same, if you consider the full Editor version of Melodyne.

BTW, any interest in Editor or Assistant over the Essential version ? I read the difference over Essential is :
- more options of editing (volume/vibrato/formant) + midi export etc for Assitant
- Same + DNA for Editor

But is this worth it, do you find any of these options useful ?

 

[Emdprodukt]

Tried VariAudio today and I'm very disappointed.

 

[Virgil.]

I too have heard Melodyne works great for it. I've heard waves tune sucks at it. lol

 

[Trevoire520]

Tuning bass in Melodyne works pretty well in my experience.

 

[Emdprodukt]

fuck. variaudio could be so good.

 

[Audiosprite]

I see, and for what I got, the price is almost the same, if you consider the full Editor version of Melodyne.

BTW, any interest in Editor or Assistant over the Essential version ? I read the difference over Essential is :
- more options of editing (volume/vibrato/formant) + midi export etc for Assitant
- Same + DNA for Editor

But is this worth it, do you find any of these options useful ?

you'll be off perfectly fine tuning monophonic instruments like the bass guitar with melodyne essential : )

 

[timislegend]

autotune (bass)

 

[Skinny Viking]

I've heard waves tune sucks at it. lol

It does