vocal processing

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the range of audio production techniques applied to recorded vocal tracks to enhance their quality, adjust their character, or integrate them into a mix; common vocal processing steps include pitch correction (using tools such as Auto-Tune or Melodyne to tune or stylise the vocal pitch), equalisation to shape the tonal character, compression to control dynamics and add consistency, reverb and delay to add space and depth, de-essing to reduce harsh sibilance, and harmonic saturation to add warmth; in modern pop production, vocal processing has become an art form in its own right, with techniques ranging from transparent correction to radical robotic transformation constituting a signature element of genre aesthetics