User manual ANTARES AUTO-TUNE 3

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[. . . ] It's provided for reference purposes and to help you choose which notes of a microtonal scale to include or remove. 22 Set Major Scale/Set Minor Scale When any scale that includes more than seven notes (i. e. , any non-diatonic scale) is selected, the Set Major Scale and Set Minor Scale buttons will appear. Clicking on either of these buttons will "Remove" all notes from the scale except for those notes closest to the notes of a traditional diatonic major or minor scale (depending, of course, on which button you clicked). Auto-Tune 3 MIDI Functions Auto-Tune 3 contains two new 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 pre-recorded MIDI sequencer track. Refer to your host application's manual for details on how to route MIDI to Auto-Tune 3. Please note that some host applications may not support the routing of MIDI information to plug-ins. In that case the following two functions will not be selectable. Target Notes Via MIDI To use the Target Notes Via MIDI function, ensure that the desired MIDI source is routed to Auto-Tune 3, then click the Target Notes Via MIDI button. Its associated "LED" will light and the Edit Scale display will automatically be set to a chromatic scale with all of the notes set to Remove. While in this mode, Auto-Tune 3 continuously monitors its MIDI input for Note On messages. At any instant, the scale used for correction is defined by all MIDI notes that are on. For example, if MIDI notes A, C and E are held, Auto-Tune 3's input will be retuned to an A, C or E, whichever is closest to the input pitch. The source of the MIDI input would typically be a MIDI keyboard or sequencer track, and could consist of chords, scales, or, most powerfully, the exact melody that the input should be corrected to. Important Note: If you will not be defining Auto-Tune 3's target pitches via MIDI, be sure that the Target Notes Via MIDI button is off. If it is left on and no MIDI note data is present, Auto-Tune 3 will pass through all audio unprocessed -- giving the impression that Auto-Tune 3 is not functioning. 23 Learn Scale From MIDI In most cases, you will probably tell Auto-Tune 3 which notes to correct to using the Edit Scale Display described above. However, there may be occasions when it is not clear exactly what key a melody line is in, or where the line has too many accidentals to fit comfortably into a conventional scale. For those occasions, the Make Scale From MIDI function allows you to simply play the line into Auto-Tune 3 from a MIDI keyboard or sequencer track and let Auto-Tune 3 construct a custom scale containing only those notes that appear in the line. To use the Make Scale From MIDI function, ensure that the desired MIDI source is routed to Auto-Tune 3 and then click the Make Scale From MIDI button. Its associated "LED" will light and the Edit Scale display will automatically be set to a chromatic scale with all of the notes set to Remove. Now simply play the melody to be corrected from your keyboard or sequencer. Tempo and rhythm don't matter, so take your time and make sure you don't play any wrong notes. As each note is played, the corresponding Remove button in the Edit Scale Display is turned off. After playing those notes the display would look like this: When you have played the entire melody, press the Make Scale From MIDI button again to end the process. The Edit Scale Display will now contain a scale containing only those notes that appeared in your melody. [. . . ] Select Automatic Mode and set the Key and Scale to C Major and the Retune Speed to the default of 20. Select the Zoom/Select tool and drag out a box on the Pitch Graph that encloses the red curve for the words "crowd all rushed. " You will see something like the following: 48 7. Use the Zoom/Select Tool to drag a selection in the Envelope Graph as shown: 8. Auto-Tune 3 will compute a new yellow curve object from the existing pitch data: PITCH DRAWN TO NEIGHBORING TONE 49 Assuming that this entire phrase should be centered around E3, there are several problem spots, indicated above, where the pitch is being incorrectly adjusted towards neighboring tones. [. . . ]