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Logic Pro Can I 'unquantize' a vocal track?

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Seán O'Connell

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What I mean is, I want to double-track my vocals but because they are tricky I don't want to start rerecording them, but instead copy them onto another track and then 'loosen' or 'unquantize' the copied track for a natural feel. I know this used to be possible in Garageband - can I do it with Logic?
Many thanks, Seán
 
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If the original is quantized - then yes you can "unquantize" the copy or quantize it less or "loosen" to whatever degree you want.
Option drag the track header with the vocals down a track - this makes the copy. turn quantization off in the region inspector - should be fully natural.
 
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Thank-you for your reply. Unfortunately the original isn't quantized so I can't unquantize it. Basically I want to create another track but without re-recording it. I could quantize one of the two versions, which has slightly the effect I'm after, except I've found that on certain bits, it can't cope with fastly sung phrases – and altering the 8, 16, 32 etc setting doesn't cure it. I guess I'll just have to re-record a second vox track but for future use, I'd love to know if there was a facility they used to refer to as ADT (Automatic Double Tracking), which created that variation to simulate a newly sung second vocal. Thanks once again.
 
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Yes you can do this, you could either:

  • Split into many different regions either manually or with strip silence function in Project Audio >Options). I don't think humanise in the event list (Functions menu > Transform) is available for audio regions (someone correct me if I'm wrong). Then move the regions a bit to suit.
  • Use Flex to adjust words/phrases in time.
You could also do stuff with tuning up or down a bit, either flex pitch, pitch plugin or using Sample editor Functions > Time & Pitch machine

This last method is destructive so copy the actual audio file, not just the region.

I'd be doubtful about doing this being as good as just double tracking.
 
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