Antares Auto-Tune 5, Owner'S Manual

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A TIP:
The main purpose of the
Momentary function is to allow you
to deal easily with specific individual
events in a performance. However, you can
also use it to “play” the target melody notes in
real time. To do this, set the scale to Chromatic
and use the Scale Edit window Remove All
button to remove all notes from the scale. Set
Keyboard Edit to Remove and Momentary to
On. Now use your mouse to play the target
melody on the keyboard. It’s not as easy as
Target Notes via MIDI, but if you don’t have a
MIDI controller handy, it’ll do in a pinch.
Auto-Tune 5 MIDI Functions
Auto-Tune 5 provides two 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 prerecorded
MIDI sequencer track. Refer to your host
application’s manual for details on how to route
MIDI to Auto-Tune 5.
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 5, then click the Target Notes Via
MIDI button. Its color will change to blue 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 5
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 5’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 5’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 5 will pass through all audio unprocessed
— giving the impression that Auto-Tune 5 is
not functioning.
Learn Scale From MIDI
In most cases, you will probably tell Auto-Tune
5 which notes to correct to using the Edit Scale
Display and/or the Virtual Keyboard. However,
there may be occasions when it is not clear
exactly what key a melody line is in, or where
the melody line has too many accidentals to
fit comfortably into a conventional scale. For
those occasions, the Learn Scale From MIDI
function allows you to simply play the melody
into Auto-Tune 5 from a MIDI keyboard or
sequencer track and let Auto-Tune 5 construct
a custom scale containing only those notes
that appear in the melody.
To use the Learn Scale From MIDI function,
ensure that the desired MIDI source is routed
to Auto-Tune 5 and then click the Learn Scale
From MIDI button. Its color will change to blue
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.