Elastic Pitch to tune vocals

Just upgraded to Protools 8, and am very excited that it came w/ elastic pitch, to help out w/ vocal spots here and there. Problem is, I do not understand how to use it to tune a vocal performance spot that can't be hit right. Is there a documentation file that came w/ my PT 8 upgrade disc that tells how to use this, or, is there a good article online or anywhere anyone can suggest? Thank you in advance.

I just meant if recording a person that can't seem to hit a note after multiple takes.. - Thanks for the reply. If you don't mind, what is the link to the page on Digi's site that shows how to use elastic pitch? Thank you again.

Elastic pitch is not the greatest solution out there for vocal pitch correction. Notes must be shifted in discrete steps, region by region. It's usuable for fixing one or two "out" notes, but is nothing like melodyne, waves tune, etc.

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Yeah, I know it's not the best, but I don't have money for any upgrades right now. - well, I received a Melodyne essential package w/ my upgrade, would that have the melodyne tuning tools you're referring to 'devkerr'? If so, I will give that a try as well.

Silentbry another option is if you have access to a TC Helicon voiceworks (or similar) you can process pitch correction through it. Because it's outboard gear there is a slight latency which you'll have to nudge back in time I open a new track and copy the sections of the vocals I need to rework, send the output to something other than 1/2 and record to a new track (avoiding onboard Digi pre's... the Helicon has plenty of output) . If I don't like the results, change a setting and record again- It seems the methods I've tried (Elastic, Melodyne, and the outboard Helicon) all ad artifacts, which to me sounds like an odd reverb... I noticed in the PT Youtube vide, the vocal seemed to have a decaying delay... which I didn't notice as much before the pitch correction..... one trick I've found for vocalists having trouble reaching a note is to raise the mic up so the daiphragm is level with the top of their head so they have to look up while singing... seems to help their air supply which seems to play into hitting the notes another option is to turn their headphone level down of their vocals.... untrained folks tend to sing sharp when they can't hear themselves as well... and a bit flat if the level is too loud