First Vocal

This procedure creates a sung vocal from a short, monophonic phrase.

Figure 1. A vocal part begins as notes, lyrics, and a phoneme plan.

1. Create a project and select a voice in the voice rail.
2. In Plan mode, draw the notes at their required written pitch and duration.
3. Select the notes, enter the lyric in the batch lyrics panel, and choose Fill from start.
4. Add slurs where one syllable must continue across successive notes.
5. Inspect the phoneme plan. If a planned pronunciation is unsuitable, enter a manual override for that material.
6. Bake once and listen. If a consonant or vowel onset is misplaced, use Timing to nudge the relevant boundary.
7. If the sung contour requires expression, use Pitch to adjust the note or the relevant processor layer.
8. Choose Bake or press Ctrl+Enter.
9. Audition with Space. After any material revision, bake again before judging or exporting the result.
10. Export with File → Import / Export → Export voice stems (mono)….

The exported WAV is a 48 kHz mono stem for the selected voice. For projects with several voices, repeat the procedure for each part before export.

See Import and export for score interchange and planning-data exports.