• We're currently having issues with our e-mail system. Anything requiring e-mail validation (2FA, forgotten passwords, etc.) requires to be changed manually at the moment. Please reach out via the Contact Us form if you require any assistance.

How much tuning is enough tuning?

Bookworm2

Your friendly neighborhood Vocaloid nerd
As the title says. I've heard covers that were WAY over-tuned, but I've also ran into covers that were obviously under-tuned. How much is just enough? As well, I'm getting overwhelmed by the number of parameters in Vocaloid, and I really don't want to have to edit all of them.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MagicalMiku

Rylitah

kiyoteru enthusiast
Staff member
Moderator
Apr 8, 2018
603
As much as you want, really. If you're happy with the results and it sounds good to you, then you're done! There isn't much point in poking around every parameter if you aren't sure what it'll add (of course, play around with it for practice so you'll know how to utilize it in the future, but you don't need to go into every project with the intention that every parameter must be used).

Whether something is undertuned or overtuned really is subjective, too. What may sound overtuned to you probably sounds great to the person who did it and they're happy with it. If that isn't your style, it doesn't have to be. Just do whatever you like!
 

MagicalMiku

♡Miku♡
Apr 13, 2018
2,812
Sapporo
Exactly, there is never too much tuning or a little tuning. It depends on you, what you wished the song to sound like. Think of it like taking a picture: you can edit the photo later on Photoshop or other photo editing software, and yes the edit software gives you thousands of tools, but you don't need to use all of them. The same for the music:meiko_lili:
(what I recommend is, make an example tuning song to try to practice on, and learn how the various tools work)
 

Beananium

Yapping Dingus
Oct 22, 2025
24
22
As a listener and not a user of any Vocal Synths, I find my favorite covers have a good amount of variety in how the vocals are tuned through most of the song. Extremely excessive tuning can be extremely good in an emotional finale before the music closes out, but every vocal has their limits. If you have a 10/10 throughout the whole song, it makes the emotional climax either feel the same as the rest of the song or way too janky when trying to push for an 11/10. It genuinely depends on the song where to use vocals with nothing changed, vocals that have some work done on them and vocals where you just went ham on every option for a section.

In the end though, thats just my opinion. I think what sounds good to you is ultimately what matters at the end of the day. The driving force in Vocal Synth producers and cover-artists having different and unique styles is how they look at their work and go "Yeah, thats pretty good!" Pick out some traits you like in other songs and covers that use the vocalist you're using. See how you can replicate that general sound in the program for practice (ask others for help if you're stuck), and see if what you learned can apply to any covers you plan on doing!
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)