Imagining a brave step into the purest form of a cappella, I was dreading the results.
Studios can put each person on a separate track.
It is a simple job then to cut, paste, shift, and adjust volume levels using ProTools. Flat notes can be fixed with Autotune, and a proficient engineer knows just how many cool effects to include. While I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of Freshly Squeezed , it only made me yearn for the sound that could have been. In Love and Fascinatin' Rhythm , where the soloist overpowers the background vocals. There are a few pitch issues, most notably at the end of The Girl From Ipanema , and while most of the tempos are just fine, a studio's ability to provide a simple click track would have helped.