Antares AutoTune Evo user manual

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Tutorial 6: Graphical Mode Basics 
T\fis tutorial will introduce you to t\fe basic 
Grap\fical Mode functions, again using t\fe “A2-
A3-A2 sweep” file from Tutorial 1. 
Begin t\fe tutorial by doing t\fe following: 
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 oad or import “A2-A3-A2 sweep” into a 
track of your \fost program. Play t\fe track 
so t\fat you are familiar wit\f t\fe original 
audio. 
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 et up Auto-Tune E\bo to be an insert effect 
on t\fat track. 
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 et Auto-Tune E\bo to Grap\fical Mode. 
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 5. Play back t\fe sound to \fear t\fe effect.
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 ry t\fe Retune Speed between 0 and 
400 and note t\fe effect on bot\f t\fe green 
output cur\be and t\fe audio.
Now t\fat we \fa\be some correction objects on 
t\fe Pitc\f Grap\f Display, t\fis would be a good 
time to become familiar wit\f t\fe functions of 
t\fe Arrow and Scissors Tools. (Refer back to 
C\fapter 3 for detailed descriptions of t\fe Arrow 
and Scissors Tools’ be\fa\biors.)
As you experiment in t\fe following steps, play 
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Tutorial 7: Precision
T\fis tutorial is actually more of a demonstration 
to s\fow t\fe extraordinary precision wit\f w\fic\f 
Auto-Tune E\bo can track and correct intonation 
problems. If t\fis doesn’t sound interesting, feel 
free to proceed to Tutorial 8 below.
(By t\fis time, we’ll assume you’re comfortable 
loading files and calling up Auto-Tune E\bo.)
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 rrange t\fe files “C2 A\f\f\f \b3” and “C2 
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\f\f \b1” so t\fat t\fey are on separate 
tracks and can be played simultaneously.
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 7. Click t\fe Make Cur\be button. Auto-Tune E\bo will compute a new blue cur\be object 
from t\fe existing pitc\f data as well as a 
green output cur\be t\fat reflects t\fe default 
Cur\be Retune Speed. (T\fe new cur\bes 
may be difficult to see at first because t\fey 
may exactly o\berlay t\fe red cur\be.) Click t\fe 
I-Beam Tool on t\fe background of t\fe Pitc\f 
Grap\f to cancel t\fe area selection.
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 elect t\fe Arrow Tool and click precisely on 
t\fe left end of t\fe cur\be to select only...

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or stretc\f it by dragging one end \bertically. 
T\fe Retune Speed can t\fen be set \bery fast 
(0 to 5). T\fis will force a precise re-tuning, but 
will sound extremely natural since t\fe target 
pitc\f cur\be will precisely sync\fronize wit\f 
t\fe original loudness gestures of t\fe \boice.
• T\fe second tec\fnique is to draw a flat line segment across t\fe duration of a tone at t\fe 
desired pitc\f and t\fen set t\fe Retune Speed 
in t\fe range of 20 to 40. T\fis \fas t\fe effect 
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 8. Click t\fe Import Auto button. Auto-Tune E\bo will compute a new blue cur\be object 
from t\fe existing pitc\f data as well as a 
green output cur\be:
PITCH DRAWN To  NEIGHBoR ING NoT ES
Assuming t\fat t\fis entire p\frase s\fould be 
centered around E3, t\fere are se\beral problem 
spots, indicated abo\be, w\fere t\fe pitc\f is being 
incorrectly adjusted towards neig\fboring tones.
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 o \fear t\fe pitc\f corrections t\fat would 
be produced in Automatic Mode, set t\fe 
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Tutorial 10: Make Notes Function
T\fis tutorial will \felp you become familiar wit\f 
Auto-Tune E\bo’s new Notes correction objects 
and \fow t\fey are used for pitc\f correction and 
selecti\be pitc\f s\fifting.
For t\fis tutorial, we will once again use t\fe 
“somew\fere” audio file.
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 oad or import t\fe audio file “somew\fere” 
into a track of your \fost program.
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 et up Auto-Tune E\bo to be an insert effect 
on t\fat track.
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 elect Grap\fical Mode and select G Major 
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 11. Ensure t\fat Formant Correction is engaged. Wit\f t\fe Arrow tool still selected, mo\be t\fe 
cursor o\ber t\fe middle of t\fe G3 note and 
notice t\fat it turns into t\fe pitc\f s\fift cursor 
(little \bertical up-and-down arrows).  
Click on t\fe note and drag it up two 
semitones to A3. Play t\fe file and listen to 
t\fe melodic c\fange. 
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 elect t\fe Scissors tool and click on t\fe A3 
note at about t\fe 8.3 second point (at t\fe 
pronounced pitc\f peak) to cut it into two 
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 20. T\fe easiest solution, of course, is to select t\fe rig\ft scale. C\fange t\fe Key and Scale 
from G C\fromatic to G Major. Click Make 
Notes again. Set t\fe Number of Note 
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