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Quick Start  

 

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To get started, insert Tune onto  your vocal track (or monophonic instrument track.) It is 

important that Tune precedes any effects processing on the source.  We recommend that 

Tune is your first insert on the track. 

 

Important note to ProTools users!  

For proper operation of Tune you need to first insert the Waves ReWire plug-in into your 

session.  Since the Waves ReWire plug-in has no audio output you should insert it into an 

auxiliary track so that it doesn’t use a valuable voice. 

 

Other host applications automatically launch the Waves ReWire device.  

ReWire technology is made by Propellerhead software.  

 

Once inserted on a track, Tune is ready to scan  an incoming signal. To keep memory 

usage reasonable and to offer you an extremely stable work environment, Tune can track 

pitches for a duration of ten consecutive minutes.   If you need to scan more than ten 

minutes, you can clear the memory and use the Session Start Time dialogue to start a new 

scan at a later specific  location.  

 

Tune fully syncs with the host editor’s time line, so that you will not have to leave the 

plug-in during your session.  The following transport functions can be performed from 

within Tune:  

1.

 

Play start time. 

2.

 

Mark and playback loop regions. 

3.

 

Stop playback. 

4.

 

Start playback. 

5.

 

Set session start time. 

6.

 

Snap marker to host’s grid option. 

All this is done using ReWire technology licensed from Propellerhead Software.  

 

Before you begin scanning your track, you can set global parameters and segmentation 

parameters such as Scale and Root. These can be modified later, but the modifications will 

affect only the selected notes. Reference Pitch should be adjusted before the scan, as any 

changes made after the scan will require clearing the graph and re-scanning.  

 

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When you send audio through the plug-in,  Tune will perform a scan and create the 

following displays: 

 

Waveform overview - displayed at the top.  

 

Detected pitch curve - displayed in orange on the piano roll pitch editing graph. 

 

Correction pitch curve - displayed in green on the piano roll pitch editing graph. 

 

Note segments – displayed as light white blocks around segments of the pitch 

correction curve. 

 

An orange highlight on the top waveform overview indicates that Tune is scanning audio. 

During the scan, you will not hear any changes in the original audio. 

  

There’s no need to scan the entire track at once.   Whenever Tune detects signal in a 

section where it hasn’t yet established a pitch curve or where the pitch curve has been 

Summary of Contents for Plug-in for Vocals and Monophonic

Page 1: ...Waves Tune Tuning Correction Plug in for Vocals and Monophonic Sound Sources Software Users Guide...

Page 2: ...using formant corrected pitch shifting combined with smoothing of note transitions as well as detection and editing of natural vibrato Now pitch shift with a synthetic sounding quantized effect is a c...

Page 3: ...nctions can be performed from within Tune 1 Play start time 2 Mark and playback loop regions 3 Stop playback 4 Start playback 5 Set session start time 6 Snap marker to host s grid option All this is d...

Page 4: ...hoose your own custom parameters rather than the automatic defaults Once all segments are selected you can change the Segmentation and Correction Parameters Increasing Note Tolerance in the Segmentati...

Page 5: ...220hz 880hz Global Pitch Shift Here you will define the global pitch shift which you want to perform on all scanned material Global shift defines a constant shift in equal tempered semitones half ste...

Page 6: ...get note hold to the current target unless the change lasts for more then the Tolerance time or is steeper then a defined Slope This allows marginal detunes and small getaways to maintain the same tar...

Page 7: ...lues result in rapid corrections that will flatten most of the pitch contours from the original take With longer values Tune will take a little longer to adjust the tune to the target note Note Transi...

Page 8: ...g a part of the note to a different pitch Glue Tool Click on a note with the Glue tool it will connect to the next note Both notes will become one selected note If the next note is different the click...

Page 9: ...the Waveform Overview area will center the view in the Edit Window to a clicked location on the timeline Click dragging in the Waveform Overview area will set the view of the Edit Window The Timeline...

Page 10: ...this is done in the Piano Roll section By default Tune has a 12 semitone grid Each semitone quantization is subject to a tune adjuster in cents and a global tune value which defaults to 440Hz but can...

Page 11: ...detected to be closest to this note no pitch correction will take place However if the input note is illegal and the legal note is the nearest grid note then correction will be applied to that note a...

Page 12: ...controls On Off Turns Natural Vibrato manipulation on off Please note that in order to manioulate natural vibrato you first need to detect it by turning vibrato segmentation to on in places where you...

Page 13: ...ote I O Receive MIDI Tune to MIDI Notes On Off button This allows designating the current pitch according to a MIDI note so you can actually retune to a designated note by playing it on a keyboard Thi...

Page 14: ...mat in the timeline ruler time bars or samples Acquire Session Start Time from Timeline Tune limits the scan duration to ten minutes If you need to correct a track which is longer than ten minutes you...

Page 15: ...or ease and efficiency Part 1 Global parameters and preparation for scanning We first set global parameters for optimizing the pitch detection process The default parameters of Tune are generalized so...

Page 16: ...ecting and initial correction curve creation Press Play to scan the audio from the track where Tune plug in is inserted Tune will automatically scan previously un scanned segments within the ten minut...

Page 17: ...l which will detect natural vibrato segments then target the note closest to the average pitch of the vibrato segment while maintaining the natural vibrato Vibrato detection is not perfect for all app...

Page 18: ...e It s no harder than adjusting an EQ First identify a section which requires further work and define a loop around that area You can create the loop in the host application or you can define a loop w...

Page 19: ...tected natural vibrato with a red highlight It will eliminate over segmentation often caused by detecting the vibrato as separate target notes The vibrato will target it to the note closest to the ave...

Page 20: ...ote as the target note overriding the scale and root logic parameters This is useful if you prefer to teach Tune the correct note by playing it on a MIDI keyboard Consult the user s manual of your hos...

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