Antares AutoTune user manual

 
Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual
 
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Auto-Tune
 
User Õs Manual
 
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Intonation Correcting Plug-In 

 
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© 2000 Antares Audio Technologies. All Rights Reserved.
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Antares Audio Technologies
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Los Gatos, CA 95030
voice: (888) 332-2636
fax: (408) 399-0036
email: [email protected]
web: www.antarestech.com
Printed in USA Rev 1 04/2000
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1. use Auto-Tune on only one computer at a time;
2. physically transfer the program from one computer to another, provided that the 
program is used on only one computer at a time.
You may not:
1.  make copies of Auto-Tune or of the user manual in whole or in part except as ex-
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manual is limited by copyright law. Making copies, verbal or media translations, 
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Welcome! 
On behalf of everyone at Antares Audio Technologies, weÕd like to offer
both our thanks and congratulations on your decision to purchase the
Antares Auto-Tune, the most powerful intonation correction tool in the
world.
Before...

 
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Table of Contents
 
CHAPTER 1
 
Getting Started 7 
A few words from Dr. Andy 7
How To Use This Manual 8
The Contents Of This Manual 8 
Chapter 1: Getting Started 8
Chapter 2: Introducing Auto-Tune 8
Chapter 3: Auto-Tune Tutorial 8
Chapter 4: Auto-Tune Controls 8 
Installing Auto-Tune 9
Authorizing Auto-Tune 9
Proof of Purchase: 9
Challenge String: 9
Technical Support 10 
CHAPTER 2
 
Introducing Auto-Tune 11 
What Is Pitch? 11
Some Terminology 12
The Purpose of Pitch...

 
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Lesson 6: Using the Make Auto Button 34
More Information and Usage Tips 37 
CHAPTER 4
 
Auto-Tune Controls 39 
Automatic Mode Controls 39
The Scale popup 39 
Modern equal temperament: 39
Historical tunings: 40
Ethnic Tunings: 40
Contemporary Tunings: 41 
The Key popup 42
The Edit Scale button 42
The Scale Detune slider 44
The Retune slider 45
The Tracking slider 45
The Vibrato Section 45
The Change meter 46
Graphical Mode Controls 46
The Arrow  buttons 46
The Graphical...

 
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CHAPTER 1
 
Getting Started
 
A few words from Dr. Andy 
I remember, as if it were yesterday, sitting in my junior high school band, happily
playing away on my ßute, when I noticed that our conductor was screaming and
jumping up and down on the podium. What was this about? Suddenly, I realized she
was screaming at me. And just in time too Ñ since I was able to duck and watch a
baton ßy past my head, missing me by inches. ÒWhy [expletive] canÕt you play in
tune?Ó she asked....

 
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How To Use This Manual 
Auto-Tune has a transparent user-interface and is extraordinarily easy to
use. However, because Auto-Tune does things that have never been done
before, some aspects of the user-interface will not be immediately obvious.
You must read either Chapter 3, Auto-Tune Tutorial, or Chapter 4, Auto-
Tune Controls, to learn the essential information you will need to operate
Auto-Tune.
 
The Contents Of This Manual
 
Chapter 1: Getting...

 
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Installing Auto-Tune
 
Installing Auto-Tune 
Instructions for installing Auto-Tune for your speciÞc platform are located
in the Auto-Tune Read Me Þle on the CD ROM. This Þle may also contain
any last-minute Auto-Tune information that didnÕt make it into this man-
ual.
 
Authorizing Auto-Tune 
Authorization (the process by which the Auto-Tune software installed on
your computer is allowed to run) is accomplished by a technique called
Challenge/Response. This is described in...

 
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http://antarestech.com/authorize/ 
and simply follow the directions.  You will receive your Response by
return email, typically within one working day.
 
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If, for some reason, you do not have access to the web but do have email,
copy and paste your Challenge string into an email along with your
name, the product name (e.g., Auto-Tune for MAS), and your serial
number and send it to: [email protected]. You will receive your
Response string by...