Antares Auto-Tune 5, Owner'S Manual

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most isolated track. For example, if one track
is a close mic’d vocal while the other is mic’d
from farther away for ambience, or is heavily
processed, select the close mic’d track.
ANOTHER NOTE:
Auto-Tune 5 will
only pitch correct true stereo tracks.
If the second track (i.e., the track
not selected as a pitch reference) is simply
an independent unrelated track, unpredictable
(and potentially unpleasant) sounds may result.
On the other hand, something interesting
might happen. You never know.
When Auto-Tune 5 is instantiated on a mono
track, this control is inactive (grayed out).
Options
Clicking the Options button
will bring up a window
containing a number of
settings that fall into the “set
and forget” category. They are:
TRACKING In order to accurately identify
the pitch of the input, Auto-Tune 5 requires a
periodically repeating waveform, characteristic
of a voice or solo instrument. The Tracking
control determines how much variation is
allowed in the incoming waveform for Auto-
Tune 5 to still consider it periodic.
If you are working with a well-isolated solo
signal (e.g., tracking in a studio or off of a multi-
track master) you can typically set the Tracking
control to 25 and forget it.
If, on the other hand, your signal is noisy or not
well-isolated (as might be more common in a
live performance situation) or you are dealing
with a particularly breathy or guttural voice,
it may be necessary to allow more signal
variation (higher Tracking numbers). However,
under these circumstances tracking is not
guaranteed and a too “relaxed” setting may
introduce distortion and popping.
NOTE:
The improved pitch detection
algorithm in Auto-Tune 5 (in
combination with the Input Type
selection described above) results in noticeably
more reliable pitch detection compared to
previous versions of Auto-Tune. If you have
used older versions of Auto-Tune, you may find
that situations that previously required constant
modifications of the Tracking control now track
perfectly at the default setting.
BUFFER SIZE This controls the number of
seconds of memory buffer space that are
permanently reserved for pitch tracking and
pitch correction data in Graphical Mode.
(There is a separate buffer for each plug-in
occurrence.) To change the buffer allocation,
click in the data field and enter the required
number of seconds.
NOTE:
As buffer memory is typically
allocated from within your host
application, for large buffers, it
may be necessary to increase the memory
allocation of your host.
ANOTHER NOTE:
For hosts that
provide valid time information, Auto-
Tune 5 will display all tracked pitch
information at its correct time within the track.
If your host supports this capability, setting
the buffer to the length of the entire song and
tracking the pitch in one pass will allow you
to quickly and easily move to each section of
audio to be corrected as necessary.