Start with a vocal.
Import a take, then shape the notes.
In an ARA host, audio appears here automatically.
Capturing audio
Play your vocal in your DAW.
Choose a tool, then drag a note. Top middle handle: fine pitch. Bottom middle: vibrato amount, all the way down = flat. Bypass (top right) plays the original.
- Space
- Play or pause
- Return
- Go to the beginning
- Tool keys
- Customize these in Keyboard Shortcuts in the main menu.
- Shift + click
- Select a range of notes
- ⌘ / Ctrl + click
- Add or remove one note
- ⌘ / Ctrl + Z
- Undo an edit
- Option / Alt + drag
- Temporarily ignore snapping. In the Vibrato tool: draw a vibrato freehand
- Vibrato tool
- Organic (the singer's own vibrato, flat to 200%) or Magic (a perfect sine matched to the singer). Drag a note up or down: Organic scales it, Magic sets the sine's depth (the curve follows); in Magic, drag right to end early, scroll for rate. Double-click a note to toggle Magic. The strip has Amount or Depth, Rate, Onset and Magic; the bottom middle handle is the amount in every tool
- Option / Alt + scroll
- Zoom horizontally and vertically
- Arrow keys
- Nudge the selection
Double-click a blob to center its pitch on the nearest piano note. In Curve mode, single-click a blob to reveal its points; double-click the pitch line to add another point; drag it to shape the section between neighboring points. Double-click a point to remove it. Top middle handle: fine pitch. Bottom middle: vibrato amount. Join tool (J): hover the seam between two adjacent notes and click to join them; drag across notes to join the run. Parameters combine by duration and the audio stays untouched.