Antares AutoTune 8 user manual

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The Edit Scale Display
The Edit Scale Display is used to create custom scales or to modify any of the preset scales selected in the Scale popup. Edits made using this display are associated with each scale. That is, each scale retains its own edits independent of the other scales. For example, if you select C Major in the Key and Scale popups and Remove or Bypass certain notes and then change to C Minor and make other edits, when you return to C Major your previous edits associated with C Major will...

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This phrase is in D Major and, if all the pitch errors were no greater than about 49 cents, would work fine with a standard D Major scale (D, E, F#, G, A, B, C# ). However, the pitch error of three semitones at the end of the last note is so large that with B and C# present in the Scale, as the pitch fell, Auto-Tune 8 would see first C# and then B as the target pitch and therefore allow the error to remain. With C# and B removed from the Scale, Auto-Tune 8 continues to see D as the target pitch for the...

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The Virtual Keyboard
The Virtual Keyboard displays Auto-Tune 8’s pitch detection range and acts as a real-time display of the currently detected pitch, a display of the current Scale settings, and as a tool for setting target note behaviors in specific octaves.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The keyboard is only active for scales with exactly twelve notes. It will be grayed out (hence inactive) when any other scale is selected. 
“But wait!” you might be thinking, “I want to edit Major and Minor scales in individual...

28NOTE:
 Pressing and holding the 
Shift key on your keyboard will 
temporarily toggle the Keyboard 
Mode.
A TIP: The main purpose of the 
Momentary mode 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 Keyboard 
Mode to Momentary
•Now...

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Automatic Mode MIDI Functions
Auto-Tune 8 provides two functions that require it to receive MIDI data from the host application. Depending on your intent, this data could come in real time from a MIDI controller (typically a keyboard) or from a prerecorded MIDI sequencer track. Refer to your host application’s manual for details on how to route MIDI to Auto-Tune 8.
NOTE: Although these days virtually all major hosts allow the routing of MIDI to plug-ins, there may still be a few hosts lurking out...

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If you happen to have made 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 scale in preparation for adding just the notes you play. If you then press the Learn Scale From MIDI button again without playing any notes, you will be left with a chromatic scale with all notes removed. In...

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Create Vibrato Functions
The controls in this section are designed to add a synthesized vibrato to the input. 
While vibrato is typically perceived to be a variation solely in pitch, careful analysis shows that, depending on the voice or instrument and the style of the individual performer, variations in amplitude (loudness) and formant resonances are also involved. Reflecting this, Auto-Tune 8 includes a plethora of vibrato functions to allow the creation of much more convincing vibratos. (And for the...

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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 or Command (Mac)/ Control (PC) 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,...

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The Pitch Change Meter
The Pitch Change Amount Indicator
The Pitch Change Indicator shows you how much the pitch is being changed, measured in cents (100 cents = one semitone). For example, if the indicator bar has moved to the left to -50, it indicates that the input pitch is 50 cents too sharp and Auto-Tune 8 is lowering the pitch by 50 cents to bring the input back to the desired pitch.
Hold Button
Clicking and holding the word “Hold” while Auto-Tune 8 is processing audio will freeze both the Pitch...

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Graphical Mode Controls
The Clock Controls
Sync to host transpor t (host dependent)
If your host provides valid time information, 
once you have tracked audio and created 
correction objects (see below), Auto-Tune 8 will 
maintain sync with the host program, allowing 
you to move around in your track at will. 
Additionally, if your host does not provide valid 
time information or does not strictly adhere to 
its plug-in format specification, sync problems 
could ensue. In that case, see the Selectable...