Antares AutoTune Live user manual

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Auto-Tune
®
 Live
Ultra Low Latency Pitch Correction 
and A\fto-T\fne Vocal \bffect
Owner’s Manua\f 
						

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©2012 Antares Audio Tec\fnologies. All rig\fts reser\bed.
Certified Isinglass-free™
All trademarks are property of t\feir respecti\be owners.
www.antarestec\f.com
Printed in USA Re\b 1.0 PN P28031-0612-M01 
						

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The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-\fumbo 
T\fe Antares Auto-Tune Li\be software and t\fis User’s Manual are protected 
by copyrig\ft law. Making copies, adaptations, or deri\bati\be works wit\fout 
t\fe prior written aut\forization of Antares Audio Tec\fnologies, is pro\fibited 
by law and constitutes a punis\fable \biolation of t\fe law. 
Antares Audio Tec\fnologies retains all owners\fip rig\fts to t\fe Auto-Tune 
Li\be software and its documentation. Use of Auto-Tune Li\be is limited by 
t\fe following license agreement. 
Please carefully read all t\fe terms and conditions of t\fis license agreement. 
At t\fe time of installation of t\fe Auto-Tune Li\be software you will be pre -
sented wit\f a copy of t\fe agreement and asked w\fet\fer or not you agree 
to it. Continuing wit\f t\fe installation process beyond t\fat point constitutes 
suc\f agreement. 
A\fto-T\fne Live License Agreement 
Antares Audio Tec\fnologies grants you a non-transferable, non-exclusi\be 
license to use Auto-Tune Li\be under t\fe terms and conditions stated in t\fis 
agreement. Use of Auto-Tune Li\be indicates your agreement to t\fe follow -
ing terms and conditions. 
License 
You may: 
  1.  Use Auto-Tune Li\be on only one computer at a time.
You may not: 
  1.   Make copies of Auto-Tune Li\be or of t\fe user manual in w\fole or in part 
except as expressly pro\bided for in t\fis agreement. Your rig\ft to copy 
Auto-Tune Li\be and t\fe user manual is limited by copyrig\ft law. Making 
copies, \berbal or media translations, adaptations, deri\bati\be works, or 
telecommunication data transmission of Auto-Tune Li\be wit\fout prior 
written aut\forization of Antares, is pro\fibited by law and constitutes a 
punis\fable \biolation of t\fe law. 
  2.   Make alteration or modifications to Auto-Tune Li\be (or any copy) or 
disassemble or de-compile Auto-Tune Li\be (or any copy), or attempt to 
disco\ber t\fe source code of Auto-Tune Li\be. 
  3.   Sub-license, lease, lend, rent, or grant ot\fer rig\fts in all or any portion of 
Auto-Tune Li\be (or any copy) to ot\fers. 
						

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Term of the Agreement 
T\fis agreement is effecti\be until terminated by you or Antares. You may 
terminate t\fe agreement at any time by notifying Antares and destroying 
all copies of t\fe manual, and erasing Auto-Tune Li\be from all mac\fine-
readable media, w\fet\fer on-line or on arc\fi\bal copies. 
In t\fe e\bent of breac\f of any of t\fe terms of t\fis agreement, you s\fall pay 
t\fe attorney’s fees of Antares t\fat are reasonably necessary to enforce t\fe 
agreement plus resulting damages. 
Limited Warranty And Disclaim\Aer 
AUT o-T UNe LIve  AND ACC oMPANYING MAT eRIALS AR e PR ovIDeD “AS IS” 
WITH oUT WARRANTY  oF ANY KIND,  eITH eR  eXPR eSS  oR IMPLI eD, INCLUDING, BUT 
N o T LIMIT eD T o, TH e IMPLI eD WARRANTI eS  o F M eRCHANTABILITY AND FITN eSS 
F o R A PARTICULAR PURP oSe . 
Antares Audio Tec\fnologies does not warrant t\fat t\fe functions contained 
in t\fe program will meet your requirements. T\fe entire risk as to t\fe use, 
quality, and performance of Auto-Tune Li\be is wit\f you. 
So M e JURISDICTI oNS D o N oT ALL oW LIMITATI oNS  oN H oW L oNG AN IMPLI eD 
WARRANTY LASTS, S o TH e AB ove  LIMITATI oN MAY N oT APPLY T o Y oU. THIS 
WARRANTY GI veS Y oU SP eCIFIC L eGAL RIGHTS. Y oU MAY ALS o HA ve o TH eR 
RIGHTS WHICH  vARY FR oM JURISDICTI oN T o JURISDICTI oN. 
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IN N o eve NT WILL ANTAR eS B e LIABL e F oR ANY DAMAG eS, INCLUDING L oSS 
o F DATA, L oST PR oFITS  oR  oTH eR SP eCIAL, INCID eNTAL, C oNS eQU eNTIAL 
o R INDIR eCT DAMAG eS ARISING FR oM TH e US e o F  AUT o-T UNe LIve  o R 
ACC oMPANYING MAT eRIALS. THIS LIMITATI oN WILL APPLY  eveN IF ANTAR eS  o R ITS 
AUTH oRIZ eD AG eNT HAS B eeN AD vIS eD  oF TH e P oSSIBILITY  oF SUCH DAMAG e. 
Y o U ACKN oWL eDG e THAT TH e LIC eNS e F ee  ReFL eCTS THIS ALL oCATI oN  oF RISK. 
S o M e JURISDICTI oNS D o N oT ALL oW LIMITATI oN  oR  eXCLUSI oN  oF LIABILITY 
F o R INCID eNTAL  oR C oNS eQU eNTIAL DAMAG eS, S o TH e AB ove  LIMITATI oN MAY 
N o T APPLY T o Y oU. 
W\few! Now t\fat t\fat’s o\ber, let’s get on to t\fe good stuff.  
						

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Contents
 
C\fapter 1  Getting Started   07 
Installing and Aut\forizing  07
Tec\fnical Support   08
  C\fapter 2   Introd\fcing A\fto-T\fne Live  10
Some background   10 
So w\fat exactly is Auto-Tune Li\be?   10
A little bit about pitc\f   11
How Auto-Tune Li\be detects pitc\f  13
How Auto-Tune Li\be corrects pitc\f  14 
Formant Correction   16 
Latency   17
  C\fapter 3   A\fto-T\fne Live Controls   18
  C\fapter 4   A\fto-T\fne Live T\ftorials   40
1: Pitc\f Correction Basics   40
2: Targeting Ignores  vibrato Function  42
3: Natural  vibrato Function   43
  C\fapter 5   The A\fto-T\fne Vocal \bffect    44
  C\fapter 6   The A\fto-T\fne Live Scales  46
     Index   49 
						

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\belcome!
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 Li\be, an ultra low latency \bersion of t\fe worldwide standard 
in professional pitc\f correction and manipulation optimized for real time 
operation and control. 
Before you proceed any fart\fer, we’d like to strongly encourage you to 
register and aut\forize your copy of Auto-Tune Li\be. (You can skip a\fead to 
t\fe Aut\forization and Installation instructions on pages 6 and 7. We’ll wait.) 
Also, if you’re planning on discarding t\fat lo\bely Auto-Tune Li\be 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. 
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 Li\be, 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
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 Li\be does and \fow it does it.
If you’\be used or are currently using a fairly recent \bersion of Auto-Tune’s 
real time Automatic Mode, you will find t\fat w\fat you’re already doing will 
continue to work in Auto-Tune Li\be, only wit\f minimal latency and wit\f 
MIDI control of all t\fe key parameters. 
The contents of this ma\An\fal 
Chapter 1: Getting Started 
T\fe c\fapter you are reading. 
Chapter 2: Introducing Auto-Tune Live 
T\fis c\fapter presents some basic facts about pitc\f and \fow Auto-Tune 
Li\be functions to correct pitc\f errors. T\fe basic functionality of Auto-Tune 
Li\be is discussed, and information you need in order to use it effecti\bely is 
pro\bided. 
Chapter 3: Auto-Tune Live Controls 
T\fis c\fapter is reference information for all of t\fe controls used in t\fe 
Auto-Tune Li\be interface. 
Chapter 4: Auto-Tune Live Tutorials
T\fis c\fapter introduces you to details of \fow Auto-Tune Li\be works by guid-
ing you t\froug\f se\beral tutorials. T\fe tutorials will gi\be you insig\ft into \fow 
and w\fen to use eac\f of Auto-Tune Li\be’s key functions.
Chapter 5: The Auto-Tune Vocal Effect 
W\fat it is. How to do it.
Chapter 6: The Auto-Tune Live Scales
Brief descriptions of t\fe \barious scales a\bailable in Auto-Tune Li\be.
Installing A\fto-T\fne Live
Auto-Tune Li\be is designed to work wit\f a wide \bariety of digital audio 
applications. Please refer to your \fost application’s user manual for more 
information on installing and using plug-ins. (Alt\foug\f in most cases, sim -
ply double-clicking t\fe Auto-Tune Li\be installer and following t\fe resulting 
directions will be all you need to do.) 
						

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A\fthorizing A\fto-T\fne Live 
Aut\forization is t\fe process by w\fic\f Auto-Tune Li\be is allowed to 
permanently run on your computer. Detailed instructions co\bering t\fe 
a\bailable aut\forization options will be found in t\fe file “Aut\forization Read 
Me” w\fic\f is included on t\fe installation DvD R oM or wit\f your software 
download. 
NOT\b: You will need to au\Lthorize Auto-Tune Li\fe before you \ban run it in 
your host. If you pl\Lan to follow along with t\Lhe manual (a good idea), go 
do it now.
Technical S\fpport 
In t\fe unlikely e\bent t\fat you experience a problem using Auto-Tune Li\be, 
try t\fe following: 
  1.  Make 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 Li\be from t\fe following web 
page:
    \fttp://www.antarestec\f.com/download/update.s\ftml
  2.  If you are \fa\bing problems aut\forizing your software, be sure t\fat you 
\fa\be t\fe latest \bersion of t\fe PAC e Interlok dri\bers. You can download 
and install t\fe latest \bersion for your operating system by going to ilok.
com and clicking t\fe “Download” tab.
If your problem is not resol\bed after taking t\fe abo\be actions, try t\fe 
following:
  1.  Make anot\fer quick scan t\froug\f t\fis manual. W\fo knows? You may 
\fa\be stumbled onto some feature t\fat you didn’t notice t\fe first time 
t\froug\f.
  2.  Consult our searc\fable knowledgebase at:
    \fttp://www.antarestec\f.com/support/index.\ftml
  3.  C\feck our web site for tips, tec\fniques, or any late-breaking 
information:
    \fttp://www.antarestec\f.com
  4.   Join t\fe Antares  online Community. T\fe Antares  online Community is a 
place w\fere Antares product users can gat\fer to exc\fange information, 
compare notes, and get to know ot\fer Antares users from around t\fe 
world. C\feck it out at:
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Chapter 2: Introducing Auto-Tune Live
Some backgro\fnd
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 cor-
rected 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 Magazine called Auto-Tune t\fe “\foly grail 
of recording.” And went on to say, “Bottom line, Auto-Tune is amazing… 
e \beryone wit\f a Mac s\fould \fa\be t\fis program.” (In fact, we know of quite 
a few people back t\fen w\fo boug\ft kilo-buck Pro Tools™ systems just to be 
able to run Auto-Tune.)
In t\fe inter\bening years, Auto-Tune \fas establis\fed itself as t\fe worldwide 
standard in professional pitc\f correction. Today, it’s used daily by tens of 
t\fousands of audio professionals around t\fe world to sa\be studio and 
editing time, ease t\fe frustration of endless retakes, sa\be t\fat ot\ferwise 
once-in-a-lifetime performance, or to create w\fat \fas become t\fe signa -
ture \bocal effect of our time.
Now, wit\f Auto-Tune Li\be, we’\be created a \bersion of Auto-Tune optimized 
for real-time use in performance or w\fen tracking in t\fe studio.
So what exactly is\A A\fto-T\fne Live? 
Auto-Tune Li\be is a real-time tool for correcting intonation and timing 
errors or creati\bely modifying t\fe intonation of a performance. Auto-Tune 
Li\be pro\bides world professional standard Auto-Tune pitc\f correction 
optimized for tracking and li\be performance wit\f ultra-low latency and 
compre\fensi\be MIDI control. 
T\fanks to its ultra-low latency, Auto-Tune Li\be allows \birtually instant 
response in performance or w\fen tracking in t\fe studio. And wit\f its MIDI 
control capabilities, you can control all of Auto-Tune Li\be’s key performance 
parameters in real time, for t\fe ultimate in creati\be pitc\f processing.
Auto-Tune Li\be employs state-of-t\fe-art digital signal processing algo -
rit\fms (many, interestingly enoug\f, drawn from t\fe geop\fysical industry) 
to continuously detect t\fe pitc\f of a periodic input signal (typically a solo 
\boice or instrument) and instantly and seamlessly c\fange it to a desired 
pitc\f (defined by any of a number of user-programmable scales or by MIDI 
input).