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CHAPTER 3
 
Auto-Tune Tutorial
 
ÒI donÕt want to know how it works Ð 
I want to know how to work it!Ó
Ð Keith Emerson
 
This chapter introduces you to how Auto-Tune works by guiding you
through several tutorials. All of the important controls are explained. Also,
tips are presented that will help you use Auto-Tune effectively. If you only
read one chapter, read this one.
The Auto-Tune installation process copies several audio Þles into the instal-
lation folder. Use...

 
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What you just heard was an A major scale. This is because Auto-Tune con-
tinuously compared the input pitch to the A major scale and corrected the
output pitch so that the output was closer in pitch to the scale tones. Now
do the following: 
1. Press the Edit Scale button.
 
The left most column is labelled Òdo not trackÓ. Clicking in this column
places a ÒchkÓ indicator. This has the effect that when the pitch of the
incoming sound is close to a tone...

 
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Lesson 1: Automatic Mode Controls
 
tones to be removed except those nearest the diatonic Equal Tempered Scale
of the current key. On microtone scales, additional ÒMicrotonal tuning
dataÓ appears in the window that shows the cents values for various ideal
intervals. These can be used to help tune up the scale by allowing you to
select tones that are in tune with other pitches in the harmonic structure. 
1. Press the Edit Scale button.
2. Press the mouse under the Òdo not...

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4. Press Done and play the sound again. As the sound is playing, slide the 
Scale Detune slider.
You are hearing the output pitch change with the Detune slider movement.
This is because the Detune slider changes the pitch standard of the scale. If
you have a tone you know that you want to use as the pitch standard, select
that tone and play it in a loop. Adjust Scale Detune until the Change meter
reads zero.
1. Set the Vibrato popup to Òsine waveÓ and play...

Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual25 Lesson 2: Graphical Mode
The appearance of the Pitch Graph is affected by the Key, Scale and Detune
setting in the Automatic Mode. These parameters do not affect the compu-
tations performed in Graphical Mode. They merely provide you with infor-
mation about the location of scale tones so that you may draw in your
desired pitches.
The basic steps you will perform in Graphical Mode are:
¥Select some sound for processing. This is done in the Soundbites win-
dow.
¥Bring up...

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1. Press the Zoom/Select tool and drag out a box on the Pitch Graph that 
encloses the red curve. You will see the following:
2. Press the Line tool and enter a line similar to that below. By clicking mul-
tiple points on the Pitch Graph, line segments joining the points will be 
drawn. If you move the cursor outside the Pitch Graph during point entry, 
the graph will be automatically scrolled.
To exit, double-click a point or press  on the keyboard.
To erase...

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4. Select the Curve tool, then click and hold down the mouse on the Pitch 
Graph. A curve will be drawn as the mouse is dragged. To exit, lift up on 
the mouse. Create a curve similar to the one shown: 
5. Press Correct Pitch and play back the sound to hear the effect.
6. Listen to the effect of the Retune slider as you change the values 
between 0 and about 50.
7. Experiment with the Pointer tool. This tool is used to select and drag 
lines and curves....

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1. Select one or more objects and play with undo, cut, copy, paste and 
select all.
The Auto-Tune clipboard is not shared with other Auto-Tunes. It is also not
shared by other plug-ins, or other applications.
Keyboard equivalents:   
The following are keyboard equivalents to the respective Graphical Mode
buttons on certain platforms. Try them out and see if they work for you:
Command 
(Apple) Key Function
a
Select All
zUndo
xCut
cCopy
vPaste
TABLE 2. Edit...

Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual29 Lesson 3: A Quiz
Lesson 3: A Quiz
So, you think youÕre getting the hang of this? Well, if you really are, youÕll
be able to answer the question at the end of this lesson.
1. Use the techniques above to achieve the following Pitch Graph. Note the 
horizontal target pitch function:
2. Set the Retune slider to 0, press Correct Pitch and play back the sound 
to hear the effect..
The pitch you will hear is a steady tone, as you would expect.
3. Now set the Retune slider to about
 50,...

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Lesson 4: Precision
This lesson is actually more like a demonstration to show the extraordinary
precision by which Auto-Tune can track and correct intonation problems. It
will, though, give you a little more practice using Auto-Tune. If this doesnÕt
sound interesting, please proceed to Lesson 5, below, which is an important
tutorial of some Graphical Mode techniques.
1. Setup your playback so that Auto-Tune processes the Þles ÒC2 Ahhh v3Ó 
and ÒC2 Ohhh v1Ó.
2....