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Message: [QUOTE="Bombastus, post: 92206, member: 2178"] Pitcher can use a custom tuning reference, so its correction grid does not have to stay locked to the usual 440 Hz standard. If your instrumental is already running at A432 but Pitcher is still targeting A440, corrected notes can land about 31.8 cents sharp against the music. Record the singer against the [B][URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/resources/how-to-tune-fl-studio-to-432-hz.38/']432 Hz master tuning[/URL][/B] you actually intend to keep for the instrumental. The vocalist does not need to “sing 432 Hz” as a separate technique. They simply hear the backing track and aim for its notes, just as they would with a track referenced to 440 Hz. Once the take is recorded, the important setting moves from the toolbar to the correction plug-in. In Pitcher, set the A3 Hz tuning control to 432 before judging whether the vocal sits correctly. Changing the project reference without changing Pitcher leaves the instrumental and the correction targets using different rulers. [HEADING=2]Pitch correction needs the same reference as the beat[/HEADING] Moving from A440 to A432 does not change the song from one key to another. A C minor track is still C minor, and the same scale notes remain valid. Every equal-tempered target is simply shifted downward by the same proportional amount, so Pitcher still needs the correct key and scale after its reference is changed. This distinction matters because key detection and reference tuning solve different problems. The key tells Pitcher which notes are allowed, while the tuning reference tells it where those notes sit in frequency. Getting C minor right while leaving the reference at 440 can still produce a vocal that sounds consistently high against a properly tuned A432 instrumental. Singing pitch accuracy is commonly measured by comparing the sung fundamental frequency with a reference note in cents, a definition used in [B][URL='https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5010534/']singing pitch accuracy under auditory feedback[/URL][/B]. A 31.8-cent reference mismatch is therefore not a vague tonal preference inside a correction system. It moves the target itself. [HEADING=2]Recorded vocals can be shifted twice by accident[/HEADING] A singer who performed while hearing the A432 instrumental has already followed that lower reference with their voice. The recorded waveform does not need another blanket 31.8-cent drop merely because the project Master Pitch is set to 432. Treat the new vocal as audio that was captured against the target tuning. FL Studio’s Master Pitch can affect Audio Clips when Enable Main Pitch is active on their channels. If a freshly recorded vocal is allowed to follow Master Pitch after the singer already matched the retuned backing, the clip can be shifted again. Check the vocal channel before assuming a strange flatness came from Pitcher. A quick diagnostic is to bypass Pitcher and compare the dry lead against a simple pitched instrument in the track. If the raw performance already sounds consistently low after recording, inspect the Audio Clip’s Main Pitch response and any clip-level fine-pitch changes. Fixing the source first keeps the correction plug-in from compensating for a routing mistake. [HEADING=2]Clean input makes 432 Hz correction easier to judge[/HEADING] Pitcher works best on one voice at a time and should receive the cleanest practical signal. Put it early in the vocal chain, before reverb, chorus, heavy modulation, or other processing that can blur pitch detection. A doubled lead, choir bus, or stereo vocal stack is a poor place to diagnose reference tuning. Pitcher’s minimum-frequency control can also keep rumble, breath pops, and other low-frequency junk from confusing detection. Raise it only as far as the performance allows. Set it above the singer’s lowest real fundamental, and the plug-in can stop tracking the very notes you are trying to correct. Set the key and scale first, then choose a correction speed that matches the sound you want. Fast correction forces notes toward their targets aggressively and makes the effect obvious. Slower correction leaves more of the singer’s slides, legato movement, and vibrato intact, which also makes it easier to hear whether the reference itself is correct. For a final check, hold a stable note over a sparse part of the instrumental and toggle Pitcher on and off. The corrected version should settle into the backing rather than acquire a permanent sharp edge. If a third-party correction plug-in replaces Pitcher, set its own tuning, detune, or reference-pitch control to A432 where supported instead of assuming FL Studio’s Master Pitch automatically changes the plug-in’s correction grid. AutoTune Pro is a useful example because its Detune control changes the target reference away from the default A440 and can display the adjustment in hertz or cents. In Graph mode, set the reference before drawing correction objects. Changing Detune afterward moves the pitch-reference lines but does not automatically relocate correction objects you already created. [/QUOTE]

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