Antares AutoTune 3 user manual

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5. Do whatever your host application requires to bypass both instances of
Auto-Tune 3.
6. Play back the files so you can hear them together without processing.
Believe it or not, these vocal samples from a sample CD are supposed to be
the same pitch. Yikes!
7. Now enable Auto-Tune 3 on each of the tracks and play the files again.
If you’ve done everything right, you will hear the samples so well in tune
that they sound like one voice.
Tutorial 4: The Make Curve Function
This tutorial will introduce...

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6. Use the Zoom/Select tool to drag a selection of “-gether” in the Enve-
lope Graph. The result will be something like the following:
7. Click the Make Curve button. Auto-Tune 3 will compute a new yellow
curve object from the existing pitch data. (The new curve may be
difficult to see at first because it will exactly overlay the red curve.) Click
the Zoom/Select tool on the background of the Envelope Graph to
cancel the area selection.
8. Both anchor points of the new curve will be selected. Select...

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10. Set the Retune Speed to 0 and play back the sound. Note that the
errant note is now in tune.
To continue, here is an alternative approach to the same pitch problem
using the Line Tool.
1. Click the Select All button and then the Cut button to delete the yellow
curve created above.
2. Use the Line Tool to draw a horizontal line as shown below (press the
Option/Alt key to constrain the line to horizontal):
3. Set the Retune Speed to 20 and play back the sound. Experiment with
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because the new pitch variation does not correspond to the original (and
still present) loudness variation.
These considerations are also important when correcting pitch. It’s rarely
effective to draw in a new pitch gesture at the desired pitch, even though
that gesture may have worked well in another performance.
As this tutorial has demonstrated, the following two techniques are the
most commonly successful approaches to Graphical Mode pitch correction:
•The first technique uses the Make Curve...

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7.  Use the Zoom/Select Tool to drag a selection in the Envelope Graph as
shown:
8. Click the Make Auto button. Auto-Tune 3 will compute a new yellow
curve object from the existing pitch data:
PITCH DRAWN TO
NEIGHBORING
TONE
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Assuming that this entire phrase should be centered around E3, there are
several problem spots, indicated above, where the pitch is being incor-
rectly adjusted towards neighboring tones.
9. To hear the pitch corrections that would be produced in Automatic
Mode, set the Graphical Mode Retune Slider to 0, (fast) and play back
the file.
10. Switch to the Automatic Mode and click the Remove buttons next to C,
D and F.
11. Return to the Graphical Mode and use the Zoom/Select tool to drag out
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Chapter 5:
Creative Applications for Auto-Tune 3
Auto-Tune 3 works on vocals so well you may think that’s all it can do.
Actually, lots of instruments can use it to great advantage. Fretless bass,
electric violin, trombone, even the theremin, all feature continuous pitch
potential, unconstrained by frets or keys. Here are some other ideas for
using Auto-Tune 3:
•Produce instant double tracking in one take! Record onto two tracks,
processing only one of the tracks through Auto-Tune 3. If you’re going...

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Index
A
Antares Audio Technologies
contacting  ii
Authorizing Auto-Tune 3  4
Auto-Tune 3
background  6
creative applications  51
installation  3
serial number  1
Tutorials  40
what it is  6
Automatic Mode  10, 11
Automatic Mode Controls  17
B
Bass Mode  2
Bypass  17, 21
Why set Scale notes to “Bypass?”  21
C
Cents  22, 25
Challenge/Response  4
Controls  15
Bypass  17
common  15
Correct Pitch  30
Correction Mode  16
Edit Scale Display  20
Envelope Graph Display  32
Envelope Graph Scale  32
Graphical...

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I
Input Type  16
Alto/Tenor Voice  16
Bass Instrument  16
Instrument  16
Low Male Voice  16
Soprano Voice  16
Installing Auto-Tune 3  3
K
Key Selection  17
keyboard equivalents  35, 44
Knobs  17
L
Learn Scale From MIDI  24
License Agreement  iii
Line Tool  32
M
Make Auto button  36
Make Curve button  36
MIDI Functions  23
Learn Scale From MIDI  24
Target Notes Via MIDI  23
P
Paste button  35
Pitch  7, 8
how Auto-Tune 3 corrects pitch  10
how Auto-Tune 3 detects pitch  9
Pitch Change Indicator  28...