Antares AutoTune 5 user manual

							
Owner’s Manual
Auto-Tune 5
Pitch Correcting Plug-in 
						

							
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Hi Five! 
						

							
The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo 
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License You may: 
 1.  Use Auto-Tune 5 on only one computer 
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Whew! Now that that’s over, let’s get on to the good stuff.  
						

							
Contents
	Chapter	1	 Getting 	Started	
What’s New in Auto-Tune 5   3 
Installing and Authorizing   5
Technical Support   6
	Chapter	2	 Introducing 	Auto-Tune 	5	
Some background    7
A little bit about pitch   7 
How Auto-Tune 5 detects pitch   9
How Auto-Tune 5 corrects pitch   9
Automatic Mode    10
Graphical Mode   12
	Chapter	3	 Auto-Tune 	5 	Controls	
Common Controls    15
Automatic Mode Controls    18
MIDI Functions    23
Graphical Mode Controls   30
Pen Tablet Input   39
	Chapter	4	 Auto-Tune 	5 	Tutorial	
Tutorial 1: Automatic Mode Basics   41
Tutorial 2: Targeting Ignores Vibrato Function   42
Tutorial 3: Natural Vibrato Function  43
Tutorial 4: MIDI Functions    44
Tutorial 5: Graphical Mode Basics  45
Tutorial 6: Precision   46
Tutorial 7: Make Curve Function   47
Tutorial 8: Import Auto Function   49 
						

							
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	Chapter	5	 New 	Features 	Quick 	Start 	Guide 		 51
	Chapter 	6	 Creative 	Applications 		 57 
						

							


Welcome!
On behalf of everyone at Antares Audio Technologies, we’d like to offer both our thanks and congratulations on your decision to purchase Auto-Tune 5, the most powerful intonation correction tool in the world. Before you proceed any farther, we’d like to strongly encourage you to register and authorize your copy of Auto-Tune 5. (You can skip ahead to the Authorization and Installation instructions on page 5. We’ll wait.) Also, if you’re planning on discarding that lovely  Auto-Tune 5 box, it’s probably a good idea to write down the serial number that appears on the bottom of the box for future reference. (The inside cover of this manual would be a good place.) 
As an Auto-Tune 5 owner, you are entitled to receive notification of any software upgrades, technical support, and advance announcements of upcoming products. But we can’t send you stuff unless we know who and where you are. So please, register. 
At Antares, we are committed to excellence in quality, customer service, and technological innovation. With your purchase of Auto-Tune 5, you have created a relationship with Antares which we hope will be long and gratifying. Let us know what you think. You can count on us to listen. 
Again, thanks. 
The Whole Antares Crew  
						

							
 
						

							


Chapter	1: 	Getting 	Started
If you are new to Auto-Tune, we encourage you to read this manual and work through the tutorials in Chapter 4. It’s the quickest way to become familiar with what Auto-Tune 5 does and how it does it. 
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Auto-Tune, you will find that most of what you’re already doing will continue to work in Auto-Tune 5, only better. To get up to speed quickly, just check out the new feature overview below and then refer to the detailed New Feature Quick Start Guide in Chapter 5, which will tell you everything you need to know to make use of Auto-Tune 5’s new capabilities.
What’s New in Auto-Tune 5
The following are the key new features that have been added in Auto-Tune 5:
General Features 
•  Improved pitch detection algorithm: While Auto Tune’s patented pitch detection technology has always provided unmatched speed and accuracy, Auto-Tune 5 introduces improvements in performance with marginal quality (noisy, poorly isolated, etc.) audio.
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A sleek new interface: As Auto-Tune’s features have proliferated from version to version, we have continually focused on maintaining its ease of use. With Auto-Tune 5, we have undertaken a complete graphic redesign. The result is both easy on the eyes and logically groups related controls for intuitive functionality.
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Consolidated Pitch Tracking control: The previously separate Automatic and Graphical Mode Tracking controls have been consolidated into a single control and relocated to the Options dialog for set-it-and-forget-it simplicity.
Automatic Mode Features 
• Humanize function: For those concerned about pitch correction that is “too perfect,” the Humanize function allows you to set a fast retune speed for short notes, while still allowing natural variation in held notes, for results that are even more natural and realistic.
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Realtime natural vibrato adjustment: The new realtime Natural Vibrato function allows you to modify (either increasing or decreasing) the depth of any vibrato that is present in the original performance.
Graphical Mode Features 
• Larger Pitch Edit Display: As you’ve no doubt noticed, the Pitch Edit Display is now bigger. Lots bigger.
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Sync to host transport (host dependent):  For hosts that provide valid time information, Auto-Tune 5 will now maintain sync with the host program. Once you have tracked audio and created 
correction curves, you can move around in your track at will. No more having to always start playback at exactly the same location. 
						

							


• Selectable Clock Source: For hosts that do not provide valid time information, Auto-Tune 5’s clock display and selection functions let you use an internal time reference for Auto-Tune 4 style operation.
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Realtime pitch tracking display: During the Track Pitch process, the graphic representation of the pitch will be displayed in realtime as the audio plays.
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Full-time correction mode (host dependent): Whenever Auto-Tune 5 is not specifically tracking audio (and correction curves exist), Auto-Tune 5 will be operating in correction mode. There is no longer any need to press a “Correct Pitch” button. Besides being convenient, that makes possible the following feature:
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Multiple simultaneous Graphical Mode instances (host dependent): You can now have multiple instances of Auto-Tune Graphical Mode operating on different tracks simultaneously, even if their windows are not open. In previous versions, since you had to have plug-in windows open to engage Correct Pitch mode, only open instances could be active. No longer.
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Editing functions no longer modal: You can now use all of the graphical editing features while Auto-Tune 5 is either tracking or correcting pitch.
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Enhanced Envelope Display functionality: We’ve made some changes to the Envelope Display to make it much more useful for quick and easy navigation around your audio:
  When in “ALL” mode, the display 
automatically scales to precisely encompass the tracked audio (rather than defaulting to the entire length of the buffer). 
  The behavior of the various editing tools 
has been changed such that for every tool except the I-Beam, moving the cursor onto the Envelope Display causes the tool to temporarily change into the Magnifying Glass Tool (perfect for quickly moving to another portion of your audio without having to manually change tools).   
Using the I-Beam to make a selection on the 
Envelope Display now automatically causes the Pitch Graph Display to move to the selected audio.
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Realtime graphical vibrato depth adjustment: The Adjust Vibrato control allows you to modify the depth of vibrato in your audio while preserving the contour of the original vibrato. Moving this control results in a real-time graphical representation of the resulting vibrato contour.
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Dedicated Snap To Note button: When using the Line Tool, clicking this button constrains the tool to exact scale notes. 
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Dedicated Clear All Data function: Provides a convenient method to instantly clear all saved tracked audio and correction curve data. 
How To Use This Manual
If this is your first experience of Auto-Tune, you will find that Auto-Tune 5 has a very friendly user-interface and is extraordinarily easy to use. However, because Auto-Tune 5 does things that have never been done before, a few aspects of the user-interface may not be immediately obvious. You should at least read either Chapter 3, Auto-Tune 5 Controls, or Chapter 4, Auto-Tune 5 Tutorial, to learn the essential information you will need to operate 
Auto-Tune 5. 
And as we mentioned above, if you are upgrading from Auto-Tune 4, go straight to Chapter 5, the New Feature Quick Start Guide, to learn everything you need to know (about Auto-Tune’s new features, anyway).