You can route a MIDI track or live MIDI keyboard into the plugin. This allows you to play the exact notes you want the vocal to snap to in real time, turning the plugin into a highly playable vocal instrument or harmony generator. Studio vs. Live: How to Use Waves Tune Real-Time In the Studio: Boosting Tracking Confidence
Never use a Chromatic scale live if you can avoid it. Stick strictly to the song's actual key to prevent the plugin from pulling a rogue note to the wrong accidental.
If you hear unnatural artifacts, try increasing the and Note Transition controls, and add some Tolerance to prevent the plugin from trying to correct pitch too aggressively. As one user explains: “Quite often this all comes down to the settings. Try increasing the Speed, Note Transition and give it some Tolerance, so it’s not trying to correct the pitch every 5 ms”.
In the high-stakes environment of modern vocal production, time is money, and pitch is paramount. For decades, the standard for vocal correction was a post-production process: you sang the take, you comped the best parts, and then you loaded the file into an editor to correct the pitch. It was a surgical, often tedious affair.
: For live correction, a subtle approach usually works best. Set Speed higher (slower response) and Note Transition moderate to preserve natural expression. More aggressive settings can be saved for moments where you want the hard-tune effect.