SONAR X3 Quicktip: Make Your Voice Thicker (Studio & Producer)

Vocal production can lead to many different types of processing. Sometimes subtle enhancements to your vocals can make all the difference in the final mix.

SONAR X3 Studio and Producer introduces Melodyne Essential as a fully integrated and pitch correction editor. This easy to use software allows users to access their Melodyne right from the Multi-Dock without needing to perform any special tricks within the software.

One great way to process vocals is to add low end to them without using EQ. Thickening up a vocal can be a tricky task but now with the use of Melodyne you can take advantage of it’s pitch correction abilities.

With the deep integration of ARA technology simply do the following to edit pitch:

Insert a vocal track that needs some help in the lower register.
Highlight the desired audio region
Go to Region FX and highlight Melodyne
Melodyne will appear in the Multi-Dock

Minimize the Melodyne Editor for now and do the following in the Track View

Highlight your audio track and right-click on the Track Pane
Select [Clone] and make sure to enter 2 in the selection for “repetitions”

This will load two tracks with the same Melodyne region enabled.

Open up the first region within Melodyne
Go to Edit > Select All or simply hit CTRL+A
Within Melodyne use the magnifying glass tool to zoom in on one specific blob
Within Melodyne go to Edit > Pitch Grid and select No Snap
Using the “Main Tool” click and drag the entire selected track down every so slightly
Do the same with the second cloned track but in the opposite direction
Now pan both tracks somewhat out in width and mix them underneath your main vocal track
Apply a Low Pass Filter to both and any other processing you want to experiment with, here I added some saturation to both tracks