Antares Auto-Tune 5, Owner'S Manual

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Nonetheless, one situation that could
previously send you to Graphical Mode was
a performance that included both very fast
notes and longer sustained notes. The problem
was that in order to get the fast notes in tune,
you’d have to set a fast Retune Speed, which
would then make any sustained notes sound
unnaturally static. The solution was adjusting in
Graphical Mode.
Now, with the new Humanize function, you
can get the same results quickly and easily
in Automatic Mode. The Humanize function
differentiates between short and sustained
notes and lets you apply a slower Retune
Speed just to the sustained notes. Thus, the
short notes are in tune and the sustained notes
still allow the natural variations of the original
performance.
Here’s how it works:
Start by setting Humanize to 0 and adjusting
the Retune Speed until the shortest problem
notes in the performance are in tune. At
this point, any sustained notes may sound
unnaturally static. If so, start advancing the
Humanize control. The higher the Humanize
setting, the more the Retune Speed is slowed
for sustained notes. The goal is to find the
point where the sustained notes are also in
tune and just enough of the natural variation
in the performance is present in the sustained
notes to sound natural and realistic. (If you set
Humanize too high, any problem sustained
notes may not be fully corrected.)
This is one of those settings where you
have to let your ears be your guide. The
optimum Humanize setting for any particular
performance will depend on the performance
style, the other Automatic Mode settings and
the specific effect you desire.
The default Humanize setting is 0. Double-
clicking or Command (Mac)/Control (PC)
clicking the Humanize knob will reset it to that
value.
Natural Vibrato
The Natural Vibrato function allows real-time
modification (either increase or decrease)of
the depth of any vibrato present in the input
audio while preserving the original shape and
character of the vibrato.
This function uses the same Stochastic
Optimal Linear Estimation Theory as
the Targeting Ignores Vibrato function to
differentiate between vibrato and intended
pitch changes, adjusting the vibrato depth
while leaving intended pitch changes intact.
The Natural Vibrato function acts
independently of the pitch correction functions.
Of particular note is the fact that setting a scale
note or notes to Bypass still allows vibrato
adjustment for those notes. So, if you want to
adjust a performance’s vibrato while making
no other pitch changes, you can simply set all
scale notes to Bypass and still use the Natural
Vibrato function to adjust vibrato depth.
NOTE:
This function acts only
on vibrato present in the original
performance. If the original
performance does not contain vibrato, this
control will have no audible effect.
ANOTHER NOTE:
Natural Vibrato
adjustments function independently
of the Create Vibrato functions
described below. However, since both
functions can operate simultaneously, they can
interact in ways that may or may not be useful,
depending on your intent. In most cases, you
should probably use one or the other.
The default Natural Vibrato setting is 0.
Double-clicking or Command (Mac)/Control
(PC) clicking the Natural Vibrato knob will reset
it to that value.