Antares AutoTune Evo user manual

							Auto-Tune reborn!
Owner’s Manual
Pitch Correcting Plug-in  
						

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							Contents
Chapter 1 Getting Started  
What’s \few in Auto\bTune Evo 3
I nstalling and Authorizing
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echnical Support
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Chapter 2 I ntroducing Auto\bTune Evo 
Some background  9
S o what exactly is Auto\bTune Evo? 
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 little bit about pitch
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w Auto\bTune Evo detects pitch
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How Auto\bTune Evo corrects pitch 
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Automatic Mode
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Graphical Mode 
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Pitch Shifting and Formant Correction
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Chapter 3 Auto\bTune Evo Controls 
Common Controls 1 7
The Options Window
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Automatic Mode Controls
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Graphical Mode Controls
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Pen Tablet Input
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Chapter 4  Auto\bTune Evo Tutorial 
Tutorial 1: Automatic Mode Basics 4 9
Tutorial 2: Targeting Ignores Vibrato Function
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Tutorial 3: \fatural Vibrato Function
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Tutorial 4: MIDI Functions
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Tutorial 5: Transpose and Formant Control
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Tutorial 6: Graphical Mode Basics 
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Tutorial 7: Precision
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Tutorial 8: Make Curve Function
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Tutorial 9: Import Auto Function
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Tutorial 10: Make \fotes Function
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Chapter 5 \few Features Quick Start Guide 65
Ch apter 6 
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  Auto\bTune Vocal Effect 
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 Oth
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  Auto\bTune Evo Scales!
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Welcome!
on be\falf of e\beryone at Antares Audio Tec\fnologies, we’d like to offer bot\f our 
t\fanks and congratulations on your decision to purc\fase Auto-Tune E\bo, t\fe latest 
(and indisputably greatest) generation of t\fe worldwide standard in professional 
pitc\f correction. 
Before you proceed any fart\fer, we’d like to strongly encourage you to register and aut\forize your 
copy of Auto-Tune E\bo. (You can skip a\fead to t\fe Aut\forization and Installation instructions on 
page 5. We’ll wait.) Also, if you’re planning on discarding t\fat lo\bely Auto-Tune E\bo box, it’s probably 
a good idea to write down t\fe serial number t\fat appears on t\fe bottom of t\fe box for future 
reference. (T\fe inside co\ber of t\fis manual would be a good place.) 
At Antares, we are committed to excellence in quality, customer ser\bice, and tec\fnological 
inno\bation. Wit\f your purc\fase of Auto-Tune E\bo, you \fa\be created a relations\fip wit\f Antares 
w\fic\f we \fope will be long and gratifying. Let us know w\fat you t\fink. You can count on us to 
listen.
Again, t\fanks.
T\fe W\fole Antares Crew  
						

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Chapter 1: Getting Started
Auto-Tune E\bo represents t\fe most substantial ad\bancement in power and ease of 
use since Auto-Tune’s original introduction in 1997. 
If you are new to Auto-Tune, we encourage you to read t\fis manual and work 
t\froug\f t\fe tutorials in C\fapter 4. It’s t\fe quickest way to become familiar wit\f 
w\fat Auto-Tune E\bo does and \fow it does it.
If you are upgrading from a pre\bious \bersion of Auto-Tune, you will find t\fat most of w\fat you’re 
already doing will continue to work in Auto-Tune E\bo, only better. Howe\ber, t\fere’s more new stuff 
in Auto-Tune E\bo t\fan in any pre\bious Auto-Tune update. To get up to speed quickly, just c\feck out 
t\fe new feature o\ber\biew below and t\fen refer to t\fe detailed New Feature Quick Start Guide in 
C\fapter 5, w\fic\f will tell you e\beryt\fing you need to know to make use of Auto-Tune E\bo’s new 
capabilities. 
ONE BIG IMPORTANT NOTE
It is critical to note t\fat Auto-Tune E\bo will NoT 
o pen sessions created wit\f Auto-Tune 5. T\fe 
impro\bements made to t\fe core tec\fnology 
are so extensi\be t\fat it just won’t work. For 
t\fat reason, we \fa\be configured Auto-Tune E\bo 
suc\f t\fat it and Auto-Tune 5 can be acti\be in 
your DAW simultaneously.
Howe\ber, it’s also important to note t\fat we will 
not be releasing future updates to Auto-Tune 5, 
so it is ine\bitable t\fat between computer 
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d\bancements and \fost updates, Auto-Tune 5 
will e\bentually stop working.
If you \fa\be current sa\bed sessions wit\f 
instances of Auto-Tune 5 t\fat you may need to 
access into t\fe indefinite future, we offer t\fe 
following suggestions:
• If you are satisfied wit\f t\fe current Auto- Tune 5 settings, use w\fate\ber met\fod your 
\fost offers (bouncing, offline editing, etc.) to 
permanently render t\fe corrected tracks.
• If you belie\be you will need to keep editing into t\fe future, remo\be t\fe instances of Auto-
Tune 5 and replace t\fem wit\f instances of 
Auto-Tune E\bo.
What’s new in Auto-Tune Evo 
T\fe following are t\fe key new features t\fat 
\fa\be been added in Auto-Tune E\bo: 
General Features 
• Dramaticall\b en\fanced core tec\fnolog\b:  W\file Auto Tune’s patented processing 
tec\fnology \fas always pro\bided unmatc\fed 
speed and accuracy, for Auto-Tune E\bo, 
Dr. Andy \fas gone back to t\fe pro\berbial 
drawing board to create a seriously e\bol\bed 
\boice processing tec\fnology t\fat takes 
ad\bantage of t\fe \fugely more powerful 
computers t\fat are now t\fe norm for digital 
audio recording.
 
 
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\fe result is E\bo™ 
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Tec\fnology, offering powerful new features 
and capabilities along wit\f pitc\f detection 
and correction t\fat is substantially more 
accurate and reliable o\ber a muc\f wider 
range of audio input quality.
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edesigned user interface:  Continuing t\fe 
process begun wit\f Auto-Tune 5, we \fa\be 
again refined t\fe Auto-Tune user interface to 
allow for smoot\fer, more intuiti\be workflow.
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eorganized common controls:  Wit\f t\fe 
addition of t\fe new pitc\f s\fifting, formant 
correction, and t\froat modeling capabilities 
described below, we \fa\be reorganized t\fe   
						

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common control area to ensure t\fat all of 
t\fe parameters used by bot\f Automatic 
and Grap\fical correction modes are easily 
a\bailable at all times. 
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racking control back w\fere it belongs: 
Back in Auto-Tune 5, we consolidated t\fe 
Auto Mode and Grap\fical Mode Tracking 
controls and mo\bed t\fe resulting control to 
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tions dialog. T\fis turned out to be a 
none-too-popular mo\be. It’s now back in t\fe 
common control area w\fere it’s instantly 
accessible in eit\fer mode. (And speaking of 
t\fe Tracking control, t\fe new E\bo Processing 
tec\fnology allows t\fe Tracking control to 
more easily correct (t\fe now rare) octa\be 
pitc\f-tracking errors.)
Automatic Mode Features 
• Real-time pitc\f s\fifting:  Auto-Tune E\bo’s 
new Transpose control pro\bides extremely 
\fig\f-quality real-time pitc\f s\fifting o\ber a 
two-octa\be range (+/- one octa\be in semi-
tone increments). 
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ormant correction (Native versions 
onl\b):  W\file Auto-Tune’s classic pitc\f 
adjustment tec\fnology still pro\bides t\fe 
optimum results for t\fe \bery small inter\bals 
typical of con\bentional pitc\f correction, for 
larger inter\bals or outrig\ft pitc\f-s\fifting, 
engaging Auto-Tune E\bo’s Formant 
Correction function preser\bes \bocal c\faracter 
o\ber a muc\f wider pitc\f-s\fift range.
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\froat modeling (Native versions onl\b): 
Utilizing t\fe latest incarnation of Antares’ 
unique t\froat modeling tec\fnology, t\fe new 
T\froat Lengt\f control actually allows you to 
modify \bocal c\faracter by passing it t\froug\f 
a \bariable-lengt\f p\fysical model of t\fe 
\fuman \bocal tract. 
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T\froat modeling is only a\bailable w\fen 
Formant Correction is engaged.)
Graphical Mode Features 
• Resizable Grap\fical Mode window:  In 
most \fosts, Auto-Tune E\bo’s Grap\fical Mode 
window can be resized in real-time, limited 
only by t\fe size of your monitor. (In \fosts t\fat 
don’t support real-time resizing, t\fe window 
size can be set in t\fe 
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\fosts, resizing is limited to a maximum size 
of 1600 x 1200 pixels — still not too s\fabby.) 
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ew Note-based pitc\f correction 
and pitc\f s\fifting:  In addition to Lines and 
Cur\bes, Auto-Tune E\bo introduces an entirely 
new met\fod of pitc\f editing: Note 
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jects. 
Clicking t\fe Make Notes button will cause 
Auto-Tune E\bo to analyze t\fe tracked audio 
and create grap\fic representations of t\fe 
target notes (w\fic\f can be fine-tuned wit\f 
t\fe Number of Note 
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jects control). T\fese 
objects can t\fen easily be edited, s\fifted 
in pitc\f, and indi\bidually pitc\f corrected or 
retuned. New Note 
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jects can be drawn 
wit\f t\fe new Notes Tool, and t\fe transitions 
between Notes can easily be customized 
wit\f t\fe Cur\be Tool.
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ike Auto-Tune E\bo’s ot\fer editing 
tec\fniques, Note 
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jects can be employed 
in selected parts of your track and intermixed 
wit\f t\fe ot\fer tec\fniques. You are always 
free to select w\fic\fe\ber met\fod (Notes, 
Cur\bes or Lines) is most effecti\be for eac\f 
particular editing task.
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bject-based Retune Speed settings!  In 
one of Auto-Tune E\bo’s initially less ob\bious, 
but functionally most powerful c\fanges, 
Retune Speed is now an independent 
property of eac\f indi\bidual correction object 
(Cur\be, Line or Note). 
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ince eac\f object can \fa\be its own Retune 
Speed setting, you will no longer need to 
automate Retune Speed to get t\fe optimum 
rate for eac\f note of a performance. 
(Because of t\fis, t\fe Retune Speed knob is 
only acti\be w\fen one or more objects are 
selected.)