Where should the plug-in for automatic pitch calibration be placed?

[happen135]

In order to deal with singers with poor intonation, I bought a low latency auto correction plug-in, so the problem is, I should put it in plug-in FX? Or in the new effect chain of prochannal? In order to reduce the workload of Melodyne, how can I get a relatively accurate audio waveform?

[OutrageProductions]

When that happens in my facility, I just hire different singers. 😁

[msmcleod]

Personally, I'd put it in the vocal track's FX bin, as the first effect - however that does depend on (a) what I'm using in the Pro Channel, and (b) whether I'm using the Pro Channel pre or post FX bin.

Typically I set my Pro Channel to be post (default is pre), as I tend to use the FX Bin for sound design and the Pro Channel for mixing.  

But basically, you want the pitch correction to come first in the chain, as you don't want it pitch-correcting any effects on top.

It sounds like you want to use this as a real-time effect while recording though...  real-time pitch based effects can be really off-putting for the singer, and may actually turn out worse.  By all means try it, but I suspect you'll get a better vocal take from an emotional/expression point of view than recording through pitch correction - i.e. disable the plugin during recording, then enable it for playback.  You may be able to tweak it using automation to bring it in/out at various points.