Very true that - very far from live playing (and there is no judgment in that statement)!
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Yep. When producing music, every corner you can cut to get good results means more time to spend on something else to make the song better.
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Interesting video in that context - some good thoughts here, IMHO:
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Thanks! Just done this and it worked a treat!
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Another quick question, is the Moises premium service worth the $$?
You need to pitch-correct really hard to get to the level in that video and frankly they did not do a good job, very amateurish really. I mean literally, I can melodyne that much better myself as an amateur 
I personally look at this from a standpoint of integrity. I’m just wanting to make music that sounds good. If I were trying to sell something on the basis of the performer being a virtuoso (as in the example in that video), then by all means, yes, pitch correction is wrong.
But in the context of just making a song sound better where vocals (or bass, or whatever) are simply instruments in the mix? I see nothing wrong with applying things like pitch correction. And I have in fact even applied it to bass before, when I noticed bad intonation or tuning in a mix. Small adjustments to fix things are not noticeable and IMO just are another part of the production process.
Things don’t have to be (and should not be) perfect. But if you can fix something that is simply wrong, there’s nothing wrong with that.
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Totally agree, and I guess the guy who posted that YT video would too. The issue is, of course, about being transparent about using those tools, especially when making certain claims or when being compared to other performances.
But, yeah, for us not claiming anything else, it would be stupid not to use all the tools available nowadays.
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To me it is. I pay 3.99 a month and that gives me 5 track separation and I can do songs over five minutes long. Which isn’t a big deal, but I use the app a lot and I’m just happy to support it by paying a small subscription fee.
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I’ve watched a few of that guy’s videos in the past. He’s weirdly obsessed with pitch correction. For clicks I’m assuming, because somehow people who don’t make music are still obsessed with it.
I personally use pitch correction almost all the time on demos and finished tracks (not usually for live stuff, but I have tweaked once or twice if something annoyed me). I prefer to use manual correction for myself rather than auto correction, but will do the latter in a pinch if it’s for something that doesn’t matter that much. And every time I record fretless bass I at least double check it in Flex Pitch. Tools are tools.
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