How to Correct Vocal Timing Issues Using Flex Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2024
- Are your vocals out of time with the beat and it's distracting or amateur sounding?
In this vocal production video, Ben Runyan shares how he fixes vocal timing issues in an otherwise perfect performance. With some help from Logic Pro X's new feature, flex time, Ben makes these pop vocals shine.
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Tutorial begins at 4:38
It begins but it kind of it doesn't
It's more like around 5:24 I think
Damn! Its rare to come across a tutorial where the instructor is fast, has great energy and the music is also bomb. Got a new subscriber off top from me!
Thanks man! I'm juiced up!
thanks man! so helpful!
You just opened me up to a whole new world man. Thanks!
My pleasure
Really nice job! I also like the way you explained that tightening up the vocal is specific to certain genres, but can be used as desired in others. A good example of when that would not be desirable is in a song like Rehab by Amy Winehouse. In the chorus where she sings, "I won't go, go, go" the the "goes" are well behind the beat, which creates a sense of pulling that is perfect for the message.
Craig Rogers that’s exactly right! It’s not always necessary! Thanks for watching :)
i like how much fun you're having. i do the same thing when i feel really good about a track i'm working on :)
Wonder when the song is coming out. Sounds Awesome!
It took me forever to fix this problem. To clarify, I had a huge issue with flex pitch. When I would use it, the timing would shift and there would be tempo fluctuations. What I ended up doing was adding flex time on to the tracks after I would add flex pitch to a track. A lot of time mine defaults to the "slicing" flex time setting. I usually will have to add it to another setting like the "monophonic" settings for synth basses and "rhythmic" for guitars. I hope this works for you because I can get mine to work overtime. Good luck!
thank u bro.
not enough ppl know logic this deep.
That reverb is still tailing now...
Some say it never stopped! (Its the guy in the video btw)
Skip to 4:45 Thanks for the tutorial and nice tune
Great Tutorial 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Is It Apllicable In GarageBand? Thank You
your video was very helpful. Any chance we could get a one o one how to use logic. Ill pay
Thanks! super helpful
At 7:34 when he presses play again the view jumps back aswell, i find this sooo anyoing because it often happends while the beginning of the region is visible on screen as well.. Does anyone know a fix for this?
Which flex algorithm did you use for the vocals?
wondering about your master outs pegging out in the red. Can you comment on that? cheers
thanks!
Where can I find this song
I almost bought Melodyne just for this feature... I need to know Logic better!! Thanks for this!
Buy melodyne! Just do it. Logics flex time is almost useless as it leaves so many digital artifacts even on the parts you`re not flexing. It will just drive you crazy.
I use logic flex time all the time and I never hear artefacts.
I own melodyne and it is so difficult to use I have given up on it.
Yes, this is gonna save me so much time. Thanks handsome.
Great track and advice.
Thanks my friend!
I like this video. You're informative, real and straight forward. Great stuff. ✊🏼💥
What about Logic version 10.4? It seems to totally screw up the audio timing if you apply it to a whole track..
Nice track and awesome tut.Keep it up.
1. At 4.06 you drag down to zoom a track vertically - I cant do that.. (I have version 10.4.1, if that's related..) When I take my pointer there I dont get the vertical zoom icon you do (i only get it at the sides of the track area to zoom horizontally..). Is there some setting to enable this downward track drag?
2. How do i set the playhead to RETURN to its starting point whenever I press space again to stop it from playing (after I've pressed play to start playing, of course)? I want to be able to press space to stop the playhead, and it to come back to the part of the track where it left from. Is this possible?? It works like that in cubase but can't figure it out here..
3. Is there a way to set markers (automatically to begin with, and then manually for any corrections thereafter) at all the downbeats throughout the track so that Logic "warps" the track and then the entire track and places every beat where it should be on the grid; so that whenever i change the arrangement's BMP, the track will automatically change its tempo and "sit" perfectly on the new tempo grid?
Great video! Do you get the sense that the tone of the vocal shifts when applying Flex Time (Polyphonic)? For some reason, I hear the vocal in my session get thinner within the Flex Time processed portion of the region. It’s as if the Flex Time process adds a very subtle 3-5k boost and cuts the low end. I hear this before any EQ or dynamic processing is placed on the track.
I wasn't sure if that was my imagination, but I think you're right. the vocal, to my ears, becomes a bit "metallic" sounding sometimes after applying the flex time alogrhythm.
It certainly does. Polyphonic is generally the best algorithm it has to offer. But even that isn't perfect. Melodyne is a good bit cleaner. But it also depends on if you are playing this in the context of a full mix. Harder to notice.
good
Great video... but what's the trick to avoiding Logic's "crackle" artifact that often accompanies flex pitch/time? Did this latest version resolve it or do we still have to eventually switch over to Melodyne after frustration?
hey! (its the guy from the video) did you try switching the flex mode to "polyphonic". This helps read the vocals the best to avoid that stuff.
Ur a life saver much love to you friend :) hitting subscribe button now
Thanks!!
Hey thank you!
J U S T P R O C E S S I use flex to quantize audio, but I never knew about anchoring so as not to move the other areas of the region! U gave me another tool bro!!
Wil Tee you got it bro! It’s an incredible tool.
Wonder if there’s a way to duplicate the track and harmonize with the transpositions
Ben here. Sure enough is. You can build fake harmonies this way!
If you don't have time to listen to all this chatty guy's speech go at 5:44
Bro what's the song called?
"The Rain". Never finished it. These days I give it to my students to use for flex time practice :-).
Hi Ben. Is there anywhere I can access this project file or the stems? Great tune!
Yes actually! Email me benjaminrunyan@icloud.com
@@cityraintunes thanks!
You just got a like from me my friend
Very nice you made it look too easy but I know it can be challenging. Thanks!
Thanks my friend
You need to fix your audio of ypour webcam. Please put a deesser on it
I did that soon after this video :-) This was early on in my practice of making videos/streaming.
8:17 😂😂thanks for the video!!
looool your welcome.
There's gotta be a faster way to do this....
its like late 90ies dance music, mid 2000's ...she doing teh scratchy white girl voice though everybody doing now... like they sad or sumthin''
the reverb makes this unlistenable. why not just solo the vocal to a click? would make this much easier to follow.
Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy my friend. Cheers!