>>It's only a tool, and is in itself neither a good thing nor a bad thing. My big reservation is that it is widely being put to a particularly unappetising (to me) use<<
you are right, protools can be used by all sorts of people with all sorts of results... my point was mainly that i don't think anyone, no matter how good your ears, could ever tell if someone had used protools to correct someone's pitch... i love protools but use it sparingly...or rather my engineer does (i just watch & listen)... maybe i'm giving away trade secrets here but recording artists rarely sing a whole song all the way through on a take & keep that take in its entirety...(except if its a live recording)...singers will often sing a song several times & with protools you can pick & choose the best parts from each take & put em altogether for the recording...in the old days you used to have to punch in the parts that you weren't happy with... for me its a recording tool, rather than a songwriting tool... ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
