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 Well done 💜 
 Thanks.

I could do better if I spent some time on it. But it's not really worthy of more time. That last part is too high for me anyways. 
 Did you autotune that chorus, or is this a recording of them singing? 
 I should have auto-tuned it.  I don't have any real gear setup anymore, nor that plugin.  But years ago I used autotune on our lead vocalist, back before Cher turned it into an effect.  I also used Fraunhaufer IIS to compress our recordings (mp3) before people were sharing mp3 files on the Internet. I think it is cool I was using that stuff before anybody knew about it. Did everything with an 8-track ADAT and a Mackie 16 channel mixer, plus a 8-track digital audio card for my computer that used lightpipe to the ADAT, and various software like Cakewalk... and Neumann U87ai microphones, plus a bunch of other specialized mics for drums, etc.

But now I don't have any of that stuff. Well, I have some but it is packed away and runs on 115V (NZ uses 230V).

So I just used Audacity on my linux box with my Yeti microphone.

Here is what got me out of bed to do it:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jMPgvaOXH8

I think if I were gay I could hit the high note🤣 
 I still have a Sony portable DAT recorder lying around somewhere with some mics and a bunch of tapes from my gig days. Fun shit. Wonder if it would sell?
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