: Highlight the vocal track or section you want to tune.

He went back to his browser, where the search history still read *“can you autotune in aud

: Select your audio, go to the Effect menu, find your new plugin at the bottom, and adjust the "Pitch Correction" or "Snap" settings.

He pitched the vocal down slightly, masking the sharpness with a lower octave. He added distortion. The wobble in Jay's voice turned into an emotional tremble. The "bad" note became a bluesy bend.

"This is it," he muttered. "The magic wand."

Desperation set in. He tried to comp the track, cutting the best parts of Jay's bad takes and stitching them together. He used the Crossfade tool to smooth the transitions. It looked like a Frankenstein monster of audio.

"Okay," Elias whispered to the empty room. "Let's do this the hard way."