Antares AutoTune 4 user manual

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REMOVE ALL
Clicking this button sets all notes in the
current scale to Remove in all octaves.
BYPASS ALL
Clicking this button sets all notes in the
current scale to Bypass in all octaves.
SET MAJOR SCALE/SET MINOR SCALE
When any scale that includes more than
seven notes (i.e., any non-diatonic scale) is
selected, the Set Major Scale and Set
Minor Scale buttons will appear. Clicking
on either of these buttons will “Remove”
all notes from the scale except for those
notes closest to the notes of a...

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KEY COLORSThe color of the keys of the Virtual Keyboard indicate
their current state as follows:
COLOR STATE
Blue The currently detected input pitch
White or Black Scale Note
Invisible Remove
Brown Bypass
KEYBOARD EDITThese
buttons are used to
select which state
(Remove or Bypass) will
be toggled when you
click on a key.
When Remove is selected, clicking on any key that is not currently
set to Remove will set that key to Remove. Clicking on any key that
is currently set to Remove will set that key to...

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A TIP: The main purpose of the Momentary function is to allow you
to deal easily with specific individual events in a performance.
However, you can also use it to “play” the target melody notes in
real time. To do this, set the scale to Chromatic and use the Scale
Edit window Remove All button to remove all notes from the scale.
Set Keyboard Edit to Remove and Momentary to On. Now use your
mouse to play the target melody on the keyboard. It’s not as easy as
Target Notes via MIDI, but if you don’t have...

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IMPORTANT NOTE: If you will not be defining Auto-Tune 4’s target
pitches via MIDI, be sure that the Target Notes Via MIDI button is off. If
it is left on and no MIDI note data is present, Auto-Tune 4 will pass
through all audio unprocessed — giving the impression that Auto-Tune
4 is not functioning.
LEARN SCALE FROM MIDI
In most cases, you will probably tell Auto-Tune 4 which notes to correct to
using the Edit Scale Display and/or the Virtual Keyboard. However, there
may be occasions when it is not...

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When you have played the entire melody, press the Learn Scale From MIDI
button again to end the process. The Edit Scale Display will now contain a
scale containing only those notes that appeared in your melody.
If you happen to make an error during note entry, or want to try again for
any other reason, simply click the Learn Scale From MIDI button and start
the process again.
NOTE: When you start the process by pressing the Learn Scale From
MIDI button, all notes are first Removed from the chromatic...

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If you have a tone 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. (You may be required to use the Edit Scale Display to remove
adjacent notes so that Auto-Tune 4 doesn’t tune to the wrong note.)
The default Scale Detune setting is 0 cents. Double-clicking the Scale
Detune knob will reset it to that value.
RETUNE SPEED
Retune Speed controls how rapidly the
pitch correction is applied to the
incoming sound. The...

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The default Tracking setting is 25. Double-clicking the Tracking knob will
reset it to that value.
NOTE: The improved pitch detection algorithm in Auto-Tune 4 (in
combination with the Input Type selection described above) results in
noticeably more reliable pitch detection compared to previous versions
of Auto-Tune. If you have used older versions of Auto-Tune, you may
find that situations that previously required constant modifications of
the Tracking control now track perfectly at the default...

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SHAPE MENU
Selects the shape of the vibrato. The choices are:
NO VIBRATO Pretty self-explanatory
SINE WAVE Changes smoothly from minimum to maximum and
back again. The most common choice for a conventional vibrato.
SQUARE Jumps to maximum where it spends 50% of the cycle and
then jumps to minimum for the remaining 50% of the cycle.
SAWTOOTH Gradually rises from minimum to maximum and then
drops instantaneously to minimum to start the cycle again.
RATE
Sets the rate of the vibrato over a range of 0.1...

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ONSET RATE
Sets the amount of time (in msec) between the end of the Onset Delay
set above and the point at which the vibrato reaches the full Amounts
set in the Pitch, Amplitude and Formant Amount settings. The range is
from 0 to 1500ms (1.5 seconds). The default value is 500ms. Double-
clicking the knob will reset it to that value.
Onset Example: As an example of the above parameters, assume an
Onset Delay of 1000ms and an Onset Rate of 750ms. In that case, each
time a new note started there would be...

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NOTE: As mentioned above, although we perceive vibrato primarily
as a variation in pitch, in most cases there is also matching (though
more subtle) variations in amplitude and timbre. Setting Auto-Tune
4’s Retune Speed to 0 will remove an existing vibrato’s pitch varia-
tion, but the amplitude and timbral variation will remain. If you
then apply a new vibrato using Auto-Tune 4’s Vibrato section, the
results may be less than convincing. Auto-Tune 4’s Vibrato section is
more often useful for adding a...