Pitch Correcting in Logic Pro? Let's Compare Your Options

[@WhyLogicProRules]

At some point you may need to correct the pitch of a recording. Lucky for us, Logic Pro includes 2 options - the Pitch Correction plug-in and Flex Pitch. Which tool should you use? Today let me show you how each tool works (and what I end up using for this vocal example). *Trigger Warning*: Obviously, since we're discussing pitch correction, that means listening to pitchy/out of tune notes...a lot. Please keep this in mind!

[@jamesphillipshort]

I get all excited whenever you drop a video!

[@aeiplanner]

Chris, I’m gonna do you a solid and save you a ton of time. Step 1: Activate Flex pitch on a track. Step 2: double click on the region. Make sure all notes are selected move the pitch correction slider to about 50 or 60% on the left. A little goes a long way here. Step3: listen to the track, make slight manual adjustments in the direction of the note you need to go. Step 4: logic pitch correction plug-in on the same track. You can safely bounce the track in place

[@dhunii]

this guy logics

[@randypiano11]

Thanks, Chris! I love your site and the content that you create. Happy new year

[@andrewcox4324]

Thanks! It was good to actually see pitch correction being used, instead of just being explained. Having done pitch correction in studio recordings over a decade ago, this was a great reminder of how to do it effectively. Loved the emphasis on perfect is not always better!

[@sokoleski]

Very clear...and no nonsens... thanks for this one 🍀

[@GianpaoloGallianOfficial]

Thanks so much, Chris! Beautiful video! ❤

[@sdecario5736]

That was an awesome refresher for me! Thanks Chris!!!

[@mikevirtualteacher]

Great video Chris! Thanks for showing some more options and how you work with this! It is amazing that this is just "built in" to Logic!

[@rustywhite2174]

I didn’t know you could cut a blob in Flex Pitch. Thanks!!

[@Martinbeef]

Another superb video. Thank you.

[@uberTof]

One super handy Flex Pitch shortcut I learned on accident is if you double click a note block it snaps to the nearest note.

[@RileySullivan]

This is incredibly helpful. Thank you.

[@thundersnow819]

thats a remarkable shirt, looking real sharp!

[@billywade]

Thank you - a great video on Logic pro pitch correction 👍👍👍👍👍

[@FC-kv7sp]

I love Logic and Flex Pitch, but I find that it adds a lot of nasty artifacts to vocals with edits. Pitch correct plugin is great, especially with selective processing to get an individual note that might be a little “pitchy” Thanks for the good video!

[@weschilton]

Yeah I tried Flex Pitch for a long time, but eventually I bought Melodyne and, man, its SO much better sounding.

[@somedood6621]

This was the case for a long time so much that I bought melodyne but since Logic 11 or thereabouts they have improved the algorithm massively, now I just use Logic’s Flex Pitch.

[@davidpurple3698]

Great, thanks

[@Devinop]

Hello. If I know that tonality (tone, scale) of the song is minor, which variant I must prefer - natural, harmonic or melodic minor?

[@pbissell1]

If the white dot always shows the current note, and the show button is set to output, then why does the white dot land on notes that have been disabled? In that example it’s landing on A# even though the A# has been disabled. Based on what is said, it should not land on any disabled notes since the white dot should be skipping them. But it’s obviously not.

[@noahm]

It’s based on the response time e.g. if you set response time to 1sec, it will stay on the original pitch for 1sec before deciding what to do.

[@charlesbeatty5058]

You are very good.

[@thomasbroker69]

Flex Pitch is not good enough for a professional main vocal sound, compare it to Melodyne or even better Revoice, it uses a granular synthesis, which is fine for instruments but it is a destructive process that looses quality on on a vocal, sure you can get away with it but I believe it’s not the quality that the others have. I love Logic btw

[@Martinbeef]

I use Melodyne a lot. It works.

[@martinnilsson7453]

Thanks you are a great

[@wbkbeats8724]

I always use both! commenting before watching ;) The artifacts only happen when set to "Perfect Pitch" or 100% Quantize Correction. I Always set the scale and keep it at zero, and then add Pitch Correction "Auto-Tune". LMK if you want me to show you a video on Logic Pro!!!! ;)

[@morbidmanmusic]

none.

[@simonrussell77]

I love Logic but flex pitch has far too many artefacts to be professionally used on a vocal track. Melodyne is chalk and cheese in quality.

[@PaulEdsall-y8s]

Here’s an idea, just a wild one,....SING IN TUNE! !!!

[@weschilton]

I agree, and with this example I would just skip this take and try to get a better one. But sometimes you have a great performance that just has a few areas that need a little cleanup. I also understand that for educational purposes, he's using a pretty bad take so you can hear what these plugins are doing.

[@13Skribbles]

I would rather fire the vocalist than try and fix their performance with that incredibly convoluted garbage pitch corrector

[@edwardmacnab354]

Man , that singer is really screwing up at Posters lol . AND , as soon as he mentioned M series I know I'm out of the loop . :( "I would just have the guy sing it over and over till he got it right ."

[@dallaslouis]

yo, are you related to @GeographyByGeoff ?