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The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
The Antares Auto-Tune 4 software and this User’s Manual are protected by
copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the
prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by
law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law.
Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Auto-Tune 4
software and its documentation. Use of Auto-Tune 4 is limited by the
following license agreement.
Please carefully read all the terms and conditions of this license agreement.
At the time of installation of the Auto-Tune 4 software you will be
presented with a copy of the agreement and asked whether or not you
agree to it. Continuing with the installation process beyond that point
constitutes such agreement.
AUTO-TUNE 4 LICENSE AGREEMENT
Antares Audio Technologies grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusive
license to use Auto-Tune 4 under the terms and conditions stated in this
agreement. Use of Auto-Tune 4 indicates your agreement to the following
terms and conditions.
LICENSE
You may:
1. Use Auto-Tune 4 on only one computer.
You may not:
1. Make copies of Auto-Tune 4 or of the user manual in whole or in part
except as expressly provided for in this agreement. Your right to copy
Auto-Tune 4 and the user manual is limited by copyright law. Making
copies, verbal or media translations, adaptations, derivative works, or
telecommunication data transmission of Auto-Tune 4 without prior
written authorization of Antares, is prohibited by law and constitutes a
punishable violation of the law.
2. Make alteration or modifications to Auto-Tune 4 (or any copy) or
disassemble or de-compile Auto-Tune 4 (or any copy), or attempt to
discover the source code of Auto-Tune 4.
3. Sub-license, lease, lend, rent, or grant other rights in all or any portion
of Auto-Tune 4 (or any copy) to others.
TERM OF THE AGREEMENT
This agreement is effective until terminated by you or Antares. You may
terminate the agreement at any time by notifying Antares and destroying
all copies of the manual, and erasing Auto-Tune 4 from all machine-
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In the event of breach of any of the terms of this agreement, you shall pay
the attorney’s fees of Antares that are reasonably necessary to enforce the
agreement plus resulting damages.
LIMITED WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER
AUTO-TUNE 4 AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Antares Audio Technologies does not warrant that the functions contained
in the program will meet your requirements. The entire risk as to the use,
quality, and performance of Auto-Tune 4 is with you.
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JURISDICTION.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF
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APPLY EVEN IF ANTARES OR ITS AUTHORIZED AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED
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NOT ALLOW LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY
TO YOU.
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Contents
Getting Started Chapter 1
What’s New in Auto-Tune 4 2
Installing and Authorizing 4
Technical Support 4
Introducing Auto-Tune 4 Chapter 2
Some background 5
A little bit about pitch 6
How Auto-Tune 4 detects pitch 8
How Auto-Tune 4 corrects pitch 8
Automatic Mode 9
Graphical Mode 11
Auto-Tune 4 Controls Chapter 3
Common Controls 13
Automatic Mode Controls 17
MIDI Functions 25
Graphical Mode Controls 33
Auto-Tune 4 Tutorial Chapter 4
Tutorial 1: Automatic Mode Basics 40
Tutorial 2: Improved Targeting Function 47
Tutorial 3: MIDI Functions 48
Tutorial 4: Graphical Mode Basics 49
Tutorial 5: Precision 52
Tutorial 6: Make Curve Function 53
Tutorial 7: Make Auto Function 56 
						

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New Features Chapter 5 61
Creative Applications Chapter 6 69
Index 70 
						

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Welcome!
On behalf of everyone at Antares Audio Technologies, we’d like to offer
both our thanks and congratulations on your decision to purchase Auto-
Tune 4, the most powerful intonation correction tool in the world. Before
you proceed any farther, we’d like to strongly encourage you to register
and authorize your copy of Auto-Tune 4. (You can skip ahead to the
Authorization and Installation instructions on page 4. We’ll wait.) Also, if
you’re planning on discarding that lovely Auto-Tune 4 box, it’s probably a
good idea to write down the serial number that appears on the bottom of
the box for future reference. (The inside cover of this manual would be a
good place.)
As an Auto-Tune 4 owner, you are entitled to receive notification of any
software upgrades, technical support, and advance announcements of
upcoming products. But we can’t send you stuff unless we know who and
where you are. So please, register.
At Antares, we are committed to excellence in quality, customer service,
and technological innovation. With your purchase of Auto-Tune 4, you have
created a relationship with Antares which we hope will be long and
gratifying. Let us know what you think. You can count on us to listen.
Again, thanks.
Dr. Sturgeon and The Whole Antares Crew
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Chapter 1: Getting Started
If you are new to Auto-Tune, we encourage you to read this manual and
work through the tutorials in Chapter 4. Its the quickest way to become
familiar with what Auto-Tune 4 does and how it does it.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Auto-Tune, you will find
that most of what you’re already doing will continue to work in Auto-Tune
4, only better. To get up to speed quickly, just check out the new feature
overview below and then refer to the detailed New Feature Quick Start
Guide in Chapter 5, which will tell you everything you need to know to
make use of Auto-Tune 4s new capabilities.
What’s New in Auto-Tune 4
The following are the key new features that have been added in Auto-Tune 4:
GENERAL FEATURES
•Support of sampling rates up to 192kHz (assuming your host and audio
hardware support it)
•A new Options dialog that includes a variety of configuration options
•Selectable knob control
•A sleek new interface
AUTOMATIC MODE FEATURES
•The ability to specify target note behaviors (Scale Note, Remove,
Bypass) in individual octaves
•A virtual keyboard for realtime detected pitch display and
target note control
•Improved Targeting option for problem vibratos
•Enhanced Vibrato functions for more realistic (or wacky) vibratos
•A Hold function to help analyze pitch errors in Auto Mode
•Other niceties (Dual Detune display, new Scale Edit buttons)
GRAPHICAL MODE FEATURES
•Larger Pitch Edit Display
•Seriously expanded and reworked Graphical Editing Tools
•Multi-level Undo/Redo (up to 20 levels)
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