Antares AVOX 4 user manual

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Clicking the Stereo Noise button will toggle it 
between mono and stereo noise. The button 
will turn blue to indicate the selection of 
stereo noise. 
NOTE: Stereo noise is only 
available from stereo or mono-
>stereo versions of ARTICULATOR 
Evo. If you have instantiated a mono 
version, this button will be disabled.
fOR mAnT  eXTRACTIO n SeCTIO n
The controls in this section allow you to 
optimize the formant extraction process for 
your specific Control Signal.
Vo i c e  Ty p e
Use this control...

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The effect of this control is so dependent 
on the combination of each specific Control 
Signal and Audio Signal that the only guideline 
for working with it is to just check out its 
entire range and discover what works best for 
your particular needs.
To adjust Throat Length, click on the 
knob and move the cursor up to turn 
the knob clockwise, or down to turn it 
counterclockwise. The numeric display will 
indicate the percentage of change.
Command (Mac)/Control (PC)/Option (Pro 
Tools) clicking...

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has a varying dynamic range, you might, 
depending on your goal, consider engaging the 
Compressor in the Input Mixer to even it out.
TIP : The easiest way to 
understand the effect of this 
control is to do the following:
  1.  Do whatever your DAW requires to set 
up ARTICUL ATOR Evo with a speaking or 
singing voice as the Control Signal.
  2.  In the Input Mixer, set Audio Level to -inf 
and Noise Level to a comfortable level.
  3.  Set the Formant Extraction controls as 
appropriate for your...

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Display
The EQ Section Display provides a real-time 
graphic representation of the Control Signal 
(red plot), the Audio Signal (blue plot) and the 
EQ cur ve (green plot). 
OuTPuT mIX eR Se CTIO n
Here’s where you can set the output levels and 
pans of both the processed Audio Signal and 
the Control Signal.
Audio Signal 
Level
This control 
applies gain or 
attenuation to 
the processed 
Audio Signal plus 
Noise (if any). 
The range is 
from -inf (i.e., off) to +12 dBs of gain.
The associated meter...

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NOTE: Control Signal Pan only 
functions in Stereo or Mono -> 
Stereo versions of ARTICULATOR 
Evo. If you have instantiated a Mono 
version, the slider will be disabled.
Command (Mac)/Control (PC)/Option (Pro 
Tools) click the control to reset it to its default 
value of 0 (absolute center).
Usage Tips
Although we’ve already mentioned this 
a few times, it bears repeating that to 
obtain the most interesting results from 
ARTICUL ATOR Evo, it’s most important to 
select appropriate Control and Audio...

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11: M U TATO R  Ev o  
E XT rEME  VOI cE dESIGNE r
MUTATOR Evo provides a combination of tools for creating unusual, weird, or downright 
wacky voices. With high-quality pitch shifting, throat modeling,  a pitch-tracking ring 
modulator for “mutation,” and a mind-bending Alienization function, MUTATOR Evo is 
the perfect tool for unique vocal effects and post-production sound design.  

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controls
VOC AL  
R AnG e
Use this 
control to 
select the 
range of the 
track you 
will be processing. Choices include soprano 
voice, alto/tenor voice, baritone/bass voice and 
instrument (a general setting for anything that 
isn’t actually a vocal).
Matching the appropriate algorithm to the 
input results in faster and more accurate pitch 
detection and more accurate pitch shifting and 
modeling.
To select vocal range, click on the Vocal Range 
pop-up and then select the desired range from 
the...

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Throat Width 
As you might imagine, this control is similar 
the the Throat Length control described 
above, but instead modifies the width of the 
modeled throat.
Values above 1.00 represent a widening of 
the throat while values below 1.00 represent 
a narrowing of the throat. The actual values 
represent the percentage change in the throat 
width. For example, a value of 1.20 represents 
a 20% increase in throat width, while a value 
of 0.80 represents a 20% decrease in throat 
width.
NOTE: As with...

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Mutation
The Mutation 
control allows 
you to select 
among 24 
different 
varieties of 
mutation, as 
well as being able to select “0,” which, not 
surprisingly, will result in no mutation effect.
Although the sound of each mutation 
setting depends to a great extent on 
the characteristics of the specific voice 
being processed, as a general rule, odd-
numbered settings will typically result in 
more enharmonic overtones being added to 
the voice (i.e., weird growly or grunginess) 
than...

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Dialect
This control sets the length of the speech 
segments that are reversed. You can choose 
one of two Dialect modes, Internal or Tempo 
Sync. 
INTE rNAL  MOd E When using Internal 
Mode (i.e., when the Temp Sync button is not 
engaged), the Dialect control sets the length (in 
time) of the speech segments that are reversed. 
Low numbers result in short segments, 
while progressively higher numbers result in 
progressively longer segments. At very low 
numbers, the segments are so small that you...