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Click the Paste button (the cursor will turn
into the Paste cursor).
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Press and hold your left (or only) mouse
button. A graphic representation of the
object(s) to be pasted will appear.
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While holding down the mouse button, drag
the objects to the exact location where you
wish to paste them.
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Once they are at the proper location, release
the mouse button to complete the paste.
NOTE: Since only one correction
object (Line, Curve, or Note) can exist
at any time point on the Pitch Graph,
any object(s) that previously existed at the
time where an object is pasted will be deleted.
Hence, before you complete the paste, be
sure that the area you’re pasting into does not
contain any correction object(s) that you want
to keep.
A TIP: When pasting an object, the
object retains the Retune Speed(s)
of the originally copied object. That
speed may or may not be appropriate for the
pitch data at the object’s new location. Observe
the resulting green output pitch curve and
adjust the Retune Speed as necessary.
The Nudge Buttons
The Nudge buttons allow you
to move all currently selected
correction objects up or down in
precise one-pixel increments.
NOTE: If Snap To Note mode is
enabled, Note objects can not be
nudged. If you want to nudge a Note
object, first turn off Snap To Note. After nudging
the Note to its new pitch, you can re-engage
Snap To Note. The nudged note will remain at
its offset pitch (unless you subsequently use
the Arrow tool to move it, in which case it will
once again be constrained to scale notes).
The actual pitch interval for each Nudge step
depends on the current vertical zoom setting of
the Pitch Graph. When the display is zoomed
far out, the interval is larger than when zoomed
in. The extremes of the nudge intervals are as
follows:
When zoomed all the way out: 20 cents per
nudge
When zoomed all the way in: 1 cent per nudge
For maximum control, zoom in as close as
possible to your object(s) of interest before
using the Nudge buttons.
Keyboard Equivalents
Some host applications support the following
keyboard command equivalents for the
above Edit Buttons. Others reserve these
commands for their own use. Consult your host
application’s manual for details (or just try them
and see if they work).
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
Pitch Shifting, Formant Correction
and Throat Modeling
To use the Pitch Shifting, Formant Correction
and/or Throat Modeling functions in Graphical
Mode, refer to the descriptions of the
Transpose, Throat Length, and Formant
controls in the Common Controls section earlier
in this chapter.
Pen Tablet Input
If you do a lot of your pitch correction using
Graphical Mode, you may want to consider
using a USB pen tablet like the Wacom
Bamboo or Intuos.
A pen tablet lets you control Auto-Tune 7’s
graphical tools (as well as all the other controls)
using a familiar pen-style input device. Once
you become comfortable with one (which
usually only takes a few minutes), a pen tablet
typically offers increased drawing accuracy
with less wrist stress in long sessions. Some
tablets also include programmable function
keys for often-used keyboard commands.