Antares Auto-Tune 5, Owner'S Manual

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5
Selectable Clock Source
For hosts that do not provide valid time
information, Auto-Tune 5’s clock display and
selection functions let you use an internal time
reference for Auto-Tune 4 style operation.
Since all of the controls in the Clock section
are used together, we will describe them as a
group.
Determining if your host provides valid clock
information
To determine if your host supplies valid clock
information, click the Host button to select
the host-supplied clock and put your host into
Play. If Auto-Tune 5 is receiving valid timing
information from your host, the Position
display should constantly update to reflect your
current position in the track. Moving forward
or backward in the track should result in
corresponding display updates. If this is in fact
happening, you have confirmed your host’s
timing info. Simply leave the clock setting
on Host and enjoy all of Auto-Tune 5’s new
features.
On the other hand, if the display does not
update or if it does not accurately reflect your
host’s transport, Auto-Tune 5 may be getting
bad (or no) clock information. In that case, you
will need to use the Internal clock option.
Using Internal Clock Mode
To select Auto-Tune 5’s Internal clock, click the
Internal button.
To track and correct pitch in Internal Clock
mode:
1. Use your host transport to move to the
beginning of the section you want to
correct and note that position, as you will
need to return to that precise place for
correction.
2. Click the Reset button to set the clock
position to 00:00:0.
3. Click the Track Pitch button, play the
desired audio and then stop the transport.
4. Use the various tools described below to
create your pitch correction curves.
5. Use your host transport to return to the
precise start location defined in step 1.
6. Click the Reset button to reset the clock
position to 00:00:0.
7. Play your audio. Auto-Tune 5 will apply your
corrections.
NOTE:
Some hosts that require
Internal Clock nonetheless have the
capability to automatically reset the
clock to 00:00:0. (Versions of Pro Tools HD
and Pro Tools LE prior to v7.2 specifically have
this capability.) In those cases, steps 2 and 6
above are not necessary.
In Internal Clock Mode, the following features
are unavailable:
• Sync to Host Transport (obviously)
• Multiple simultaneous Graphical Mode
instances with windows not open
NOTE:
As the various host
developers are constantly updating
their applications’ functionality, it may
be necessary to update to the latest version of
your host to use Host Clock Mode.
In addition, we are working with host
developers to ensure that as many as possible
provide valid clock info, so even if yours
doesn’t now, it may well add that capability in a
future version. (And if it doesn’t now, you might
want to drop the developers an email and let
them know you’d like it to.)
Realtime pitch tracking display
During the Track Pitch process, the graphic
representation of the pitch will be displayed in
realtime as the audio plays.
Multiple simultaneous Graphical Mode
instances
You can now have multiple instances of Auto-
Tune Graphical Mode operating on different
tracks simultaneously, even if their windows
are not open. In previous versions, since you
had to have plug-in windows open to engage
Correct Pitch mode, only open instances could
be active. No longer.