User manual ANTARES AUTO-TUNE EFX

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[. . . ] You can download and install the latest version of Auto-Tune EFX from the following web page: http://www. antarestech. com/download/ update. shtml 2. If you are having problems authorizing your software, be sure that you have the latest version of the PACE Interlok drivers. You can download and install the latest version for your operating system from the following web page: http://portal. knowledgebase. net/article. asp?article=174703&p=5764 If your problem is not resolved after taking the above actions, try the following: 1. Consult our searchable knowledgebase at: http://www. antarestech. com/support/ index. html 2. Check our web page for tips, techniques, or any late-breaking information: http://www. antarestech. com 3. Submit a question directly to our Customer Support department at: http://www. antarestech. com/contact 4. The one who lives in his mom's basement and spends his days playing World of WarcraftTM. He'll know. ) So even if you can`t authorize it right away you can still use your software in the meantime. (During this period, click the "Continue" button whenever you are presented with the Trial Period screen at launch. ) But don't procrastinate too long. After those ten days are up you will no longer be able to launch Auto-Tune EFX until it's authorized. If you already own other audio plug-ins, you probably already have one. If not, they can be purchased from many local music stores as well as most online music technology retailers. 4 5 Chapter 2: How It Works Some background In 1997, Antares first introduced the ground-breaking Auto-Tune Pitch Correcting Plug-In and Recording Magazine called Auto-Tune the "holy grail of recording. " In the intervening years, Auto-Tune has established itself as the worldwide standard in professional pitch correction. Today, it's used daily by tens of thousands of audio professionals to save studio and editing time, ease the frustration of endless retakes, or save that otherwise once-in-a-lifetime performance. What's it do? Auto-Tune EFX lets you choose between two different flavors of the Auto-Tune Vocal Effect and real-time pitch correction. Pitch Correction Auto-Tune EFX pitch correction works by continuously tracking the pitch of your vocal and comparing it to the notes in the (usercustomizable) scale of your song. The scale note closest to the input pitch is identified as the target note. If the vocal's pitch exactly matches the target note, no correction is applied. If the vocal's pitch varies from the target note, either sharp or flat, the output pitch is smoothly corrected to the target note. But in addition to its use in pitch correction, Auto-Tune has also gained renown as the tool of choice for what has become one of the signature vocal sounds of our time. First heard on Cher's 1998 mega-hit "Believe, " variations of the Auto-Tune Vocal Effect have gone on to appear on songs from a huge variety of artists. Most recently, its use by T-Pain (and many others in the pop, R&B and hip-hop communities) has rekindled intense interest in the effect and introduced the magic of Auto-Tune to an even larger community of musicians and producers. As a result, we have created Auto-Tune EFX, an affordable, easy-to-use tool for basic real-time pitch correction and creating the Auto-Tune Vocal Effect. Auto-Tune Vocal Effect The Auto-Tune Vocal Effect is what is technically known as "pitch quantization. " That is, instead of allowing all of the small variations in pitch and the gradual transitions between notes that are a normal part of singing (and speaking, for that matter), the Auto-Tune Vocal Effect limits each note to an exact pitch, stripping out any variation, as well as forcing instantaneous transitions between notes. The process of choosing the pitches to quantize to is the same as described above for pitch correction. [. . . ] Create a new project in your host and import the tutorial files "hidin_vocal. wav" and "hidin_accomp. wav" onto two tracks of the project. Set Vocal Type to "alto/tenor. " Set Key to "A flat" and set Scale to "minor. " 5. Change the Effect Type to "Soft EFX" and play again to hear the difference. Switch back to Hard EFX and click the A#/ Bb button to remove that note form the scale. [. . . ]