User manual ANTARES AUTO-TUNE 4

[. . . ] Certified Isinglass-freeTM All trademarks are property of their respective owners. Antares Audio Technologies 231 Technology Circle, Scotts Valley, California 95066 USA voice: (831) 461 7800 fax: (831) 461 7801 service: (831) 461 7800 (Option 3) web: www. antarestech. com Printed in USA Rev 1. 1 PN 24001-0304-M01 iv The Obligatory Legal Mumbo-Jumbo The Antares Auto-Tune 4 software and this User's Manual are protected by copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Auto-Tune 4 software and its documentation. [. . . ] ANOTHER NOTE: If the length of the audio to be processed exceeds the currently set size of the buffer as set in the Options dialog, playback will stop when the buffer is full. 33 CORRECT PITCH After you have used the graphical tools (as described below) to create a target pitch contour, this button is used to apply the pitch correction to the audio. In all cases, pressing the Correct Pitch button and then starting playback will cause the pitch correction to be applied to the audio. In some host applications, starting playback when the Pitch Graph contains any yellow pitch correction contour will automatically engage the Correct Pitch function. Check your Auto-Tune 4 Read Me file for details. THE PITCH GRAPH DISPLAY The Pitch Graph displays the pitch contour of the audio to be processed as well as the target pitch contour objects that you create. On this display, the vertical axis represents pitch (with higher notes towards the top) while the horizontal axis represents time. NOTE: As explained in the Options section, you can select from three different color schemes for the Pitch Graph Display. In the descriptions below we will refer to the colors that appear in the Classic scheme. The red curve represents the original pitch contour of the input track, while the desired target pitch or pitch contour is indicated in yellow. 34 The horizontal grid lines represent scale pitches. The key annotation, scale name, scale pitches and Scale Detune value are those defined in the Automatic Mode. They are merely a reference to guide you in drawing the target pitches. If you wish to change them, select the Automatic Mode and change the Key pop-up, Scale pop-up, or the Scale Detune setting, respectively. (Changing the Scale Detune setting will also result in the scale pitch graph lines moving up or down relative to the tracked pitch. ) Then, return to Graphical Mode. PITCH GRAPH SCALE The Pitch Graph Scale Buttons control the horizontal (time) and vertical (pitch) scaling of the graph. Clicking the appropriate "+" button causes the view to zoom in, while clicking a "-" button causes it to zoom out. They also control the Envelope Graph when it is set to "Tie" (see below). CURSOR PITCH DISPLAY The exact pitch value of the cursor position on the Pitch Graph is constantly displayed as a note name +/- cents. This display is always relative to the currently selected scale (i. e. , only scale notes will appear in the pitch display). THE ENVELOPE GRAPH DISPLAY The Envelope Graph displays the amplitude (loudness) envelope of the sound whose pitch is shown in the Pitch Graph. ALL/TIE BUTTONS The Envelope Graph's horizontal (time) scale is controlled by the "All" and "Tie" buttons. Clicking the All button causes the envelope graph to display the entire time scale represented by the current buffer setting. This is useful for locating and selecting various portions of audio spread over the duration of a song. [. . . ] Although it will look like there is only one handle created at the break point, there are actually two (one for each of the two newly created line or curve segments). MAGNIFYING GLASS (5): Drag in the pitch display to zoom into that area (as in Auto-Tune 3) Click in the pitch display to increase both horizontal and vertical zoom factors one step (if possible). Cursor shows default "+" Option(Mac)/Alt(PC)-Click in the pitch display to decrease both horizontal and vertical zoom factors one step (if possible). Drag in the Envelope display to have that time range appear in the pitch display (most useful for navigating when the Envelope display in in "all" mode). [. . . ]