Antares Auto-Tune 5, Owner'S Manual

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PITCH AMOUNT
Sets the amount that the pitch changes. The
range is from 0 (no change) to 100 (maximum
change). The default setting is 18. Command
(Mac)/Control (PC) clicking the slider will reset
it to that value.
AMPLITUDE AMOUNT
Sets the amount that the loudness changes.
For the most realistic vibrato, the amount of
amplitude change should be substantially less
than pitch change, although for special effects,
anything goes.
The range is from 0 (no change) to 30
(maximum change). The default setting is 10.
Command (Mac)/Control (PC) clicking the
slider will reset it to that value.
FORMANT AMOUNT
Sets the amount that the resonant timbre
changes. The range is from 0 (no change) to
100 (maximum change). The default setting is
70. Command (Mac)/Control (PC) clicking the
slider will reset it to that value.
The vibrato is re-started every time Auto-Tune
5 matches the incoming pitch to a different
scale tone. Also, the vibrato is applied after the
effects of the Retune Speed control. Hence,
even with a slow retune value of 50, a square
wave vibrato will make instantaneous changes
in pitch.
NOTE:
As mentioned above,
although we perceive vibrato
primarily as a variation in pitch,
in most cases there is also matching
(though more subtle) variations in
amplitude and timbre. Setting Auto-Tune
5’s Retune Speed to 0 will remove an
existing vibrato’s pitch variation, but the
amplitude and timbral variation will remain.
If you then apply a new vibrato using Auto-
Tune 5’s Create Vibrato section, the results
may be less than convincing. Auto-Tune
5’s Vibrato section is more often useful for
adding a vibrato to an input that originally
had none, or for various special effects.
ANOTHER NOTE:
The Create Vibrato
controls function completely
independently of the Natural Vibrato
function. Changes in that function have no
direct effect on the depth of any vibrato
resulting from the Create Vibrato controls.
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.