Antares AutoTune 8 user manual

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horizontal lanes that extend from the left-hand “keys” and are tinted to di(erentiate the sharps and/or flats. Note objects snap neatly into these lanes. They are particularly useful when you will be using Note objects to shift the pitch of individual notes.
NOTE: The Show Lanes option is only available when the Major, Minor or Chromatic scales are selected. In all other cases, the Show Lanes button will be disabled.
Click the Show Lanes button to toggle its state. The button will turn blue when Show...

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The Envelope Graph Display
The Envelope Graph Display is visible whenever “SHOW ENVELOPE GRAPH” is checked in the Options window.
The Envelope Graph displays the amplitude (loudness) envelope of the sound whose pitch is shown in the Pitch Graph. Additionally, its central horizontal axis will display red in any range in which time has been tracked.
When Time Control is enabled, the Envelope Graph will display two envelopes, one above the other; the original envelope on the bottom and the (potentially)...

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Editing Tools
Editing Modality  
With Auto-Tune 8, you are free to use the graphical editing functions while correcting pitch. This can be particularly useful if you edit specific sections while looping them, as you can immediately hear the results of an edit without having to stop and restart the transport.
You can, for example: 
• Draw new correction objects while you are correcting pitch. 
• Edit existing correction objects while correcting pitch — even when the position indicator is passing over...

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If you have enabled Snap To Note mode (see below), each segment will automatically snap to the nearest semitone. Pressing the Shift key on your keyboard while drawing a line temporarily toggles the state of the Snap To Line button. I.e., if Snap To Note mode is not enabled, pressing Shift will enable it for as long as Shift is pressed. Conversely, if Snap To Note mode is enabled, pressing Shift will disable it for as long as Shift is pressed.
If you move the cursor outside the Pitch Graph during point...

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MANIPULATING LINES AND CURVES  Clicking on the background of the Pitch Graph and dragging horizontally selects objects’ anchor points. Shift-clicking extends the selection.
Dragging beyond the Pitch Graph boundaries automatically scrolls the graph.
Moving the Arrow Tool over a Line or Curve causes the cursor to change to the object cursor (a horizontal bar). Clicking on an unselected curve or line segment with the object cursor causes the curve or segment and its anchor points to become selected and...

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A TIP: When moving a Note with Snap To Note o!, you can refer to the Object Pitch Display to determine the Note’s exact pitch at any position. If “PLAY AUDIO FOR SELECTED NOTE OBJECT” is checked, you will also hear the pitch of the note as you move it.
When the cursor is near either end of a note, the length adjustment cursor (horizontal left and right arrows) will be displayed. Clicking on either end of a Note when the length adjustment cursor is displayed will allow you to drag the selected end...

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When the Magnifying Glass cursor is displaying the default “+”, clicking the Magnifying Glass anywhere in the pitch display will increase the display’s horizontal and vertical zoom factors one step (if possible).
Pressing Option(Mac)/Alt(PC) will cause the cursor to change to “-”. In this state, clicking anywhere in the pitch display will decrease the display’s horizontal and vertical zoom factors one step (if possible).
Dragging the Magnifying Glass in the Envelope Display will cause the selected...

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The Undo Button
The Undo button becomes active whenever you move or modify a target pitch contour object. Clicking the Undo button once will undo the most recent change. If you have made multiple changes, you can continue to click Undo to undo additional changes up to the limit that you set in the Options dialog.
The Redo Button
The Redo button becomes active whenever you have executed at least one Undo. Clicking the Redo button once will redo the most recent undone change. If you have executed...

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The Nudge Buttons
The Nudge buttons allow you to move all currently selected correction objects up or down in precise one-pixel increments.
NOTE: If Snap To Note mode is enabled, Note objects can not be nudged. If you want to nudge a Note object, first turn o! Snap To Note. After nudging the Note to its new pitch, you can re-engage Snap To Note. The nudged note will remain at its o!set pitch (unless you subsequently use the Arrow tool to move it, in which case it will once again be constrained to scale...

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Time Shifting Overview
As mentioned back in Chapter 2, in order to do its time shifting magic, Auto-Tune 8 must first create a copy of any audio you wish to edit. As you might imagine, these audio files can be quite large. Unlike the pitch data generated by the traditional Track Pitch function, which is always stored with the instances of Auto-Tune in your session, the audio recorded for time shifting by the Track Pitch + Time function is saved as one or more separate files elsewhere on your computer....