Hello,

For example Billie Jean at 03:30:

I took a Flute sound and played a high tone (e.g. F#5) and pitched it down by 1 and even 2 octaves.
However, it sounded strange.

Then I tried EQing it completely down - not really better.

From what I hear it starts high and goes down, but apparently I can't reproduce due to wrong technice.
Could you help me, maybe graphical (how you would automate the pitch/EQ curve within a DAW.)

P.S: I don't want the original sample, I want to have it melodical.

Any help will be much apreciated!

 

Double-track a falsetto "hoooo" (yes, sing it) and Melodyne the two or three takes (pitch up/down and change formant if needed). Don't make the doubles perfect in pitch to each other, as it will remove the "chorusness".

It's just a single note/pitch. No pitch envelope.

 

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Maybe use a Wah, (they can be graduated..)
and play the note with a bend-up approximation, and bend-down release..

The tuning varation is subtle but if done right and with the Wah, it could work,
this will also make it be a rounder note with less attack..

Ofc it would be easier on a guitar w/trem, or violin/viola than a flute..

 

I think here you need a saw with noise, with an LP filter and complex envelopes, then chorus You can do that in the Vital

 

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It would probably be easiest to produce the sound yourself vocally. For best results I would recommend extensive facial surgery, particularly your nose, it needs to be the same shape as Michael's.

 

Or you could just find a comedian doing a Jackson impersonation and chop the sample out...

 

I'm personally more intrigued with his James Brown-ish "aaaaauch" vocal effect, and that can be easily achieved most realistically by using a hammer on your right or left toe [depending on your political orientation] and hitting it hard whilst recording. Using a plastic or rubber one can get you there, no problem. Nothing can replace a real performance. Just be careful to get the timing right.