How To Tune Vocals in FL Studio - Newtone Tutorial

Let's take a look at Vocal Tuning and Pitch Correction in FL Studio.
In this video I show you how to use the NewTone plugin in FL Studio to manually tune your vocals - giving you complete confidence and control. It can be an important step in making your vocals sit perfectly in your mix however oftentimes less is more!

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The Singer in this video is David Ottestad :

[theworkdayrelease]

I had an amazing time working with Michael on this song and I can't wait for everyone to hear it. I wanted to share some thoughts relating to this video with other producers, singer/songwriters/vocalists. I've been writing and recording songs for 10 years and I used to be incredibly insecure about my ability to sing. I love songwriting but I hated singing. I'd watch producers chop up my vocals and tune them and I'd have to listen to a loop of my pitchy voice repeating over and over until it was made "right". Tracking vocals gave me anxiety. My ear knew what the performance needed to be and my voice could never get there. 3 things helped me overcome this:

1. A producer that finally said to me "pitch is not king, performance is". I always prioritized pitch above all else. And because we hear music all day long on radio that is corrected or witness singers whose pitch is really strong, it's easy to lose confidence in yourself. It wasn't until a producer made me feel comfortable in that space and said, "Don't worry about getting it perfectly right, just go back to how you felt when you wrote the song" that I started to sing with confidence. Then he would compliment certain parts of the performance. "I love that breath right there!" I love how you said this phrase". Highlight what the singer is doing well. As an artist, I can't tell those of you who produce how important it is to communicate with your artist in whatever stage of recording they feel overwhelmed by.

2. Don't be afraid to go for the long takes. Michael mentions in this video that we do full song takes. He was surprised by this approach when we were working together. It is so easy as a singer to obsess with getting things just right when going phrase by phrase. It's why I've stopped doing this. I sing the whole song from start to finish. It helps me step into the emotion of the song. Every line builds upon the next. Rather than singing 5 words over and over and over and trying to get it "right'.

3. This is for those of you who struggle with pitch and want to improve. You can take voice lessons, yes. However, what helped me more was setting up a camera and audio recorder and recording live videos of my songs. That's why you'll find so many of these videos on my channel. It's not just about content. It's about growing myself as a performer. When you listen and watch yourself sing and pay attention to the parts that make you cringe, your brain actually starts working on those aspects of your technique. For 4 years now I've been making one take, live videos and if you go back and watch the first and then the most recent, I guarantee you'll see a difference in my performance. Not only that, the videos from years ago were 1 of 15 takes. Now I do 1 take. I take pride in this. It's important to remember this is all a process. We're all working hard to get better. That should be the goal! Embrace the process and make getting better the priority. You'll be surprised by your progress.

Hope some of that insight helps! We should all work to encourage each other in what we love doing. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them!

Thanks for what you do Michael! I'm having a blast working with you.

[daximusmusic]

Michael Is an actual school within himself, probably saving people thousands of dollars through free tutorials. Mad respect

[inthemix]

Please do ask any questions about singing, recording and vocal tuning, David and I will be happy to help you out :)

[JawKneeYeah]

The FL Studio Community is so lucky to have you Michael. Your videos are comprehensive yet easy to digest. The more I watch your tutorials, the more I'm learning about FL and music production in general. I'm really loving this DAW more and more. FL pride!!

[MisterSliBanda]

Me: After hours of editing, nah, the original sounds better

[SVN]

Can't stress enough how valuable the information you hand out for free is.
Thank you dude, you're a hero.

[ruwenmutz]

I like how your voice is calm and not screaming like all the other youtubers

[hoisttheredeemer]

Dude, your tutorials are genuinely perfect in every way. Concise and informative. Keep it up!

[BLBStudio]

Just WOW! I love your tutorials! They are so informative and I can see that you are doing this with passion. This tutorial became especially in depth. Keep up the good work! Thank you!

[harshitpal]

this was clearly one of the best video about Music production I have seen in my entire career.

[TocTicTacMS]

Him: *talking about how the two voices sounded different*
Me: *Convinced they do, but I can't seem to find it*

[denisroger]

There's no better FL Studio channel on Youtube. Not even close. Thank you!

[iwenglueck]

Just a tip to make keeping the natural breath sounds little easier, is when you use the cutting tool, and right click on the vocal to fix the sound, simply don't do that to the breath parts. They will sound the same and you can leave them in without having to chop and cut them out from the original track.

[big__scratch]

There are so many things to learn from you - be it about music or about the approach towards work. I've applied so many techniques that I've learnt from you and it's certainly been very fruitful. Thank you for your good work. Keep growing!

[stefive]

Busy works beat and you are really the greatest channel for making music. It took me a long time to release my own work because I wanted to be as good as possible. But now, I’m feeling confident enough to release my own stuff thanks to you!

[R.E.A.MASHAPA]

literally in the first 27 seconds MY MIND WAS BLOWN - this plugin is supernatural

EDIT after watching the whole thing: ...blown out of existance. This plugin is awesome

absolutely great video! :)

[RakshitKesar]

Want a full tutorial on vocal mixing like compression, eq, reverb, delay, volume level, and mixing with music

[BECIELOFFICIAL]

I’ve been using melodyne for 2 years and never realised how much more efficient newtone is

[daniloangelo]

Dude this changed the game completely for me. I'm a terrible singer but I love poetry so I make music just for my self and this really helped me improve the sound a tenfold. Much love man!

[KMoss]

What a brilliant tutorial. I spent days feeling frustrated because the vocals in my song sounded off, while almost everything else was fine. After watching this 20 minute video and applying the techniques learnt, the vocals sound 100 times better! Thank you so much!