Antares AutoTune Evo user manual

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• Formant correction (Native versions 
onl\b):  Again, as described abo\be for Auto 
Mode, Auto-Tune E\bo’s Formant Correction 
function \felps to preser\be \bocal c\faracter 
w\fen a \boice is s\fifted up or down more 
t\fan a semitone or two.
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\froat modeling
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 Native versions onl\b): 
And yes, it’s just as described abo\be in Auto 
Mode. Perfect for subtle modification of 
\bocal c\faracter, or at more radical settings, 
for dramatic special effects.
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A\bailable only w\fen Formant...

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How to use this manual
If t\fis is your first experience of Auto-Tune, 
you will find t\fat Auto-Tune E\bo \fas a \bery 
friendly user-interface and is extraordinarily 
easy to use. Howe\ber, because Auto-Tune E\bo 
does t\fings t\fat \fa\be ne\ber been done before, 
some aspects of t\fe user-interface may not be 
immediately ob\bious. You s\fould at least read 
eit\fer C\fapter 3, Auto-Tune E\bo Controls, or 
C\fapter 4, Auto-Tune E\bo Tutorial, to learn t\fe 
essential information you will need to...

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Technical Support 
In t\fe unlikely e\bent t\fat you experience a 
problem using Auto-Tune E\bo, try t\fe following: 
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 ake sure you \fa\be t\fe latest \bersion of 
t\fe plug-in. You can download and install 
t\fe latest \bersion of Auto-Tune E\bo from 
t\fe following web page:
 

 
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 ttp://www.antarestec\f.com/download/
update.s\ftml
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 f you are \fa\bing problems aut\forizing 
your software, be sure t\fat you \fa\be t\fe 
latest \bersion of t\fe PACE Interlok dri\bers. 
You can...

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Chapter 2: Introducing Auto\bTune Evo
Some background
In 1997, Antares Audio Tec\fnologies first introduced t\fe ground-breaking Auto-Tune 
Pitc\f Correcting Plug-In. Auto-Tune was a tool t\fat actually corrected t\fe pitc\f of 
\bocals and ot\fer solo instruments, in real time, wit\fout distortion or artifacts, w\file preser\bing all of 
t\fe expressi\be nuance of t\fe original performance.  Recording Maga\bine called Auto-Tune t\fe “\foly 
grail of recording.” And went on to say, “Bottom line,...

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column, etc.). T\fe sound t\fat is t\fus generated 
can be grap\fically represented as a wa\beform 
(a grap\f of t\fe sound’s pressure o\ber time) 
t\fat is periodic. T\fis means t\fat eac\f cycle 
of wa\beform repeats itself fairly exactly, as in 
t\fe periodic wa\beform s\fown in t\fe diagram 
below:
Because of its periodic nature, t\fis sound’s 
pitc\f can be easily identified and processed by 
Auto-Tune E\bo.
ot
\fer sounds are more complex. T\fis 
wa\beform:
is of a \biolin section playing a...

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How Auto-Tune Evo detects pitch
In order for Auto-Tune E\bo to automatically 
correct pitc\f, it must first detect t\fe pitc\f of t\fe 
input sound. Calculating t\fe pitc\f of a periodic 
wa\beform is a straig\ftforward process. Simply 
measure t\fe time between repetitions of t\fe 
wa\beform. Di\bide t\fis time into one, and you 
\fa\be t\fe frequency in Hertz. Auto-Tune E\bo 
does exactly t\fis: It looks for a periodically 
repeating wa\beform and calculates t\fe time 
inter\bal between...

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Automatic Mode
Auto-Tune E\bo’s Automatic Mode works by 
continuously tracking t\fe pitc\f of an input 
sound and comparing it to a user-defined 
scale. T\fe scale tone closest to t\fe input 
is continuously identified. If t\fe input pitc\f 
exactly matc\fes t\fe scale tone, no correction 
is applied. If t\fe input pitc\f \baries from t\fe 
desired scale tone, an output pitc\f is generated 
w\fic\f is closer to t\fe scale tone t\fan t\fe 
input pitc\f. (T\fe exact amount of correction is 
controlled...

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Retune Speed 
Auto-Tune E\bo also gi\bes you control o\ber \fow 
rapidly, in time, t\fe pitc\f adjustment is made 
toward t\fe scale tone. T\fis is set wit\f t\fe 
Retune Speed control (see C\fapter 3 for more 
details). 
Fast Speed settings are appropriate for s\fort 
duration notes and for mec\fanical instruments, 
like oboe or clarinet, w\fose pitc\f typically 
c\fanges almost instantly. A fast enoug\f setting 
will also minimize or completely remo\be a 
\bibrato, as well as produce t\fe iconic...

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Graphical Mode 
T\fe Grap\fical Mode is similar to t\fe Automatic 
Mode in t\fat it also continuously tracks t\fe 
pitc\f of t\fe incoming sound and modifies t\fe 
output pitc\f to be closer to a desired pitc\f. But 
in t\fe Grap\fical Mode, t\fe desired pitc\f is not a 
predefined scale tone, but rat\fer is a grap\fical 
representation of your desired pitc\f (called a 
“correction object”).  
As in Automatic Mode, t\fe rate of c\fange 
towards t\fe desired pitc\f is controlled by t\fe 
Retune Speed...