Antares AutoTune 4 user manual

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HOLD BUTTONClicking and holding the Hold button while Auto-Tune
4 is processing audio will freeze both the Pitch Tuning display and the
blue Detected Pitch indication on the keyboard for as long as you hold
down the button. This is useful for figuring out exactly what’s going on
with a particular note in a performance that would otherwise pass too
quickly to see.
VIBRATOAuto-Tune 4 includes a plethora of new vibrato functions to
allow the creation of much more convincing vibratos. And for the...

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STREAMLINED NAVIGATION: We have rearranged the various
scrolling and scaling controls such that they all cluster around the
lower lefthand corner of the display. This should result in less
mousing.
The Envelope amplitude display is now auto-scaling, allowing us to
eliminate its previous scaling controls.
The scroll handles now size proportionally to the current display
scale.
AUTO-SCALING: After tracking, the pitch display will automatically
scale in such a way as to include all of the tracked audio....

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NOTE: This function uses the same algorithm as the Auto Mode’s
Improved Targeting function to attempt to differentiate between
vibrato and intended pitch changes. Therefore, you can typically select
a portion of your audio containing both vibrato and intended pitch
change and the Scale Vibrato function will scale the vibrato while
leaving the intended pitch changes alone. But again, depending on the
actual performance, sometimes this will work better than others. If
Scale Vibrato seems to be making...

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SCISSORS TOOL (4):
Click anywhere on an existing line or curve to break it in two at the
point clicked. Although it will look like there is only one handle
created at the break point, there are actually two (one for each of
the two newly created line or curve segments). Simply move the top
handle to reveal the other one.
MAGNIFYING GLASS (5):
Drag in the pitch display to zoom into that area (as in Auto-Tune 3)
Click in the pitch display to increase both horizontal and vertical
zoom factors one step...

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Chapter 6:
Creative Applications for Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune 4 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 4:
•Produce instant double tracking in one take! Record onto two tracks,
processing only one of the tracks through Auto-Tune 4. If you’re going
for...

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Index
A
Antares Audio Technologies
contacting  iv
Authorizing Auto-Tune 4  4
Auto-Tune 4
background  5
what it is  5
Automatic Mode  2, 9
Controls  17
Retune Speed  10
Scales  9
Vibrato  10
Automatic Mode Controls  17
Bypass  21
Bypass All  23
Cents  22
Edit Scale Display  20
Hold Button  32
Improved Targeting  29
Key Selection  17
Knobs  17
Octave as Played/All Octaves  27
Pitch Change Indicator  32
Remove  21
Remove All  23
Retune Speed  28
Scale Detune  27
Scale Selection  17
Set All  22
Set Major...

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Scissors Tool  38
Select All Button  40
Tracking  43
Undo Button  39
Vibrato Scaling  42
I
Input Type  14
Installing Auto-Tune 4  4
K
Keyboard Equivalents  40
L
License Agreement  v
M
MIDI Functions  25
Learn Scale From MIDI  26
Target Notes Via MIDI  25
N
New Features  61
Dual Detune Display  63
Graphic Pitch Editing Tools  67
Hold Button  65
Improved Targeting  63
Maximum Sampling Rate  61
Octave as Played/All Octaves  63
Option Dialog  61
Pitch Edit Display  65
Scale Edit Window  63
Undo/Redo  66...

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Tutorial  45
Automatic Mode Basics  45
Graphical Mode Basics  49
Precision  52
The Improved Targeting Function  47
The Make Auto Function  56
The Make Curve Function  53
Using the Automatic Mode MIDI Functions  48
V
Vibrato  10, 65
Vibrato Section  29
Amplitude Amount  31
Formant Amount  31
Onset Delay  30
Onset Rate  31
Rate  30
Shape Menu  30
Variation  30
Virtual Keyboard  23, 64
Key Colors  24
Keyboard Edit  24
Momentary  24
W
What’s New in Auto-Tune 4  2
Automatic Mode Features  2
General...