Antares Auto-Tune 5 Owner's Manual - page 59
5
Details
Larger Pitch Edit Display
As you’ve no doubt noticed, the Pitch Edit
Display is now bigger. Lots bigger.
Track Pitch
The Track Pitch function is used to detect the
pitch of the audio to be processed so that it
can be displayed on the Pitch Graph Display.
Locate the desired audio and press the Track
Pitch button. (If you are using Auto-Tune 5’s
Internal clock (see below) you may (depending
on your host) need to click the Reset button to
reset the clock position to 00:00:0.) The Track
Pitch button will flash red to indicate that Auto-
Tune is in Track Pitch mode.
Next, start playback of the audio. A graphic
representation of the pitch will be drawn to
the display as the audio plays. When all of the
audio you want to correct has played, stop
playback. Note that Auto-Tune will remain in
Track Pitch mode (the button will continue to
flash red). If you are using the Host Clock and
want to track the pitch of audio elsewhere in
your track, simply use your host’s transport
controls to move to that audio and start
playback again. Auto-Tune will continue
tracking pitch at that point. When you have
tracked all of the audio you want to correct,
click the Track Pitch button again. You will exit
Track Pitch mode and the pitch display will
automatically scale in such a way as to include
all of the tracked audio.
NOTE:
If you are using Auto-Tune
5’s Internal Clock (because your
host does not provide valid clock
information), you will not be able to navigate
around your audio while tracking as described
above. In that case you should either track all of
the audio at once, or track an individual section,
then correct it and bounce the changes (or use
a destructive editor if available) and then move
on to the next section.
ANOTHER NOTE:
If the length of the
audio to be processed exceeds the
currently set size of the buffer as set
in the Options dialog, playback will stop when
the buffer is full. If this happens, increase the
buffer size as necessary.
YET ANOTHER NOTE:
Be cautious
about changing the Tracking value (in
the Options dialog) after performing
the Track Pitch function. Auto-Tune 5 uses the
Tracking setting during both the Track Pitch
function and while correcting pitch. Changing
the Tracking setting after Tracking Pitch, but
before correcting, may result in unpredictable
pitch modifications or strange (though possibly
interesting) artifacts.
Correct Pitch (host dependent)
If you’re an experienced Auto-Tune user, you’re
probably wondering where the Correct Pitch
button is. Well, you can stop looking. It’s not
there.
In all previous versions of Auto-Tune, after
creating correction curves, you would have
to press the Correct Pitch button in order
to put Auto-Tune into correction mode. As
a result, the Auto-Tune window always had
to be open in order to use Graphical Mode.
Well, no longer. Now, simply create your
corrections and play. Essentially, anytime you
are not tracking pitch, Auto-Tune 5 will be
correcting. It is this basic change that allows
you to use multiple instances of Auto-Tune 5
simultaneously in Graphical Mode.
NOTE:
This functionality is only
available for hosts that provide valid
time information. See the Selectable
Clock Source section below for details.
Sync to host transport
For hosts that provide valid time information,
Auto-Tune 5 will now maintain sync with the
host program. Once you have tracked audio
and created correction curves, you can move
around in your track at will. No more having
to always start playback at exactly the same
location.
NOTE:
In some cases, this
functionality may require updating
to the latest version of your host
program. Check the Read Me file for details.
Additionally, if your host does not provide valid
time information or does not strictly adhere to
its plug-in format specification, sync problems
could ensue. In that case, see the Selectable
Clock Source section below. (Again, check the
Read Me file for any specific examples.)