Antares Auto-Tune 5, Owner'S Manual

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Now that we have some blue lines and
curves on the Pitch Graph Display, this
would be a good time to become familiar
with the functions of the Arrow and Scissors
Tools. (Refer back to Chapter 3 for detailed
descriptions of the Arrow and Scissors Tools’
behaviors.)
As you experiment in the following steps, play
back the file to hear the effect of each action.
7. Select the Arrow Tool.
8. Drag the Arrow Tool across the Pitch
Graph to select objects.
9. Move the cursor over curves and anchor
points. Practice selecting entire curves and
individual anchor points.
10. Use the Arrow Tool to drag selected
curves and individual anchor points.
11. Use the Arrow Tool to double-click
anywhere on one of the existing line (not
curve) segments to create a new anchor
point. Use the Arrow Tool to drag the new
point to a new position.
12. Still using the Arrow Tool, double-click on
the new anchor point you created in Step
11 to delete it and return the line to its
initial state.
13. Select the Scissors Tool and click on an
existing line or curve to break it in two at
that point. A stacked pair of anchor points
will be created at the point you click. Select
the Arrow Tool again and use it to drag
each of the new end points in turn to new
positions.
14. Select one or more objects and play with
the Edit Buttons (Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste,
Select All).
This would also be a good time to see if the
Edit Button keyboard equivalents work in your
host application:
Command/Control-Z
Undo
Command-Shift-Z/Control-Y Redo
Command/Control-X Cut
Command/Control-C Copy
Command/Control-V Paste
Command/Control-A Select All
Tutorial 6: Precision
This tutorial is actually more of a demonstration
to show the extraordinary precision with which
Auto-Tune 5 can track and correct intonation
problems. If this doesn’t sound interesting, feel
free to proceed to Tutorial 7 below.
(By this time, we’ll assume you’re comfortable
loading files and calling up Auto-Tune 5.)
1. Arrange the files “C2 Ahhh v3” and “C2
Ohhh v1” so that they are on separate
tracks and can be played simultaneously.
2. Assign a separate instance of Auto-Tune
5 to each of the two tracks and select
Automatic Mode for each of them.
3. In each Auto-Tune 5, set the Retune slider
to 0.
4. In each Auto-Tune 5, set the Key pop-up to
B-flat.
5. Do whatever your host application requires
to bypass both instances of Auto-Tune 5.
6. Play back the files so you can hear them
together without processing.
Believe it or not, these vocal samples from
a sample CD are supposed to be the same
pitch. Yikes!
7. Now enable Auto-Tune 5 on each of the
tracks and play the files again.
If you’ve done everything right, you will hear
the samples so well in tune that they sound
like one voice.