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Chapter 4 : Auto-Tune 7 Tutorials
This chapter introduces you to how Auto-Tune 7 works by guiding you through a
number of brief tutorials.
These tutorials make use of a number of audio and MIDI files. (We will assume that
you are familiar with loading audio and MIDI files into your host application.)
If you purchased a packaged version of Auto-Tune 7, your will find the required files in the “Tutorial
Audio” folder on the installation DVD ROM.
If you purchased your copy of Auto-Tune 7 via download, you will have to separately download the
Tutorial Audio files from the same web page from which you downloaded Auto-Tune 7.
Tutorial 1: Automatic Mode Basics
This tutorial will guide you through the basic
Automatic Mode functions using the file “A2-
A3-A2 sweep.” This is a simple synthesized
waveform sweeping slowly from A2 up to A3
and back to A2. While it is unlikely that you’d
ever need to process such an input with Auto-
Tune 7, it provides a very clear example of what
each of the main Auto-Tune 7 controls do.
Begin the tutorial by doing the following:
1. Load or import “A2-A3-A2 sweep” into a
track of your host program. Play the track
so that you are familiar with the original
audio.
2. Set up Auto-Tune 7 to be an insert effect on
that track.
3. Set Auto-Tune 7 to Automatic Mode.
4. Set the Key to “A” and the Scale to
“Major.”
5. Set the Retune Speed to zero.
6. Set “A2-A3-A2 sweep” to loop
continuously and put your host program
into Play mode.
What you will hear is an A major scale. This
is because Auto-Tune 7 is continuously
comparing the input pitch to the notes of the A
major scale and instantaneously correcting the
output pitch to the nearest of the scale tones.
Now do the following:
1. In the Edit Scale Display, click the Remove
buttons next to the notes B, D, F# and G#.
2. Play “A2-A3-A2 sweep” again.
You will now hear an arpeggiated A Major triad
because you have removed all the other notes
from the scale.
To continue:
1. In the Edit Scale Display, click the Bypass
button next to E.
2. Play “A2-A3-A2 sweep” again.
You will now hear the effect of not correcting
the E. During the time that Auto-Tune 7 would
normally be tuning the input to E, Auto-Tune 7
instead enters bypass mode and passes the
input through uncorrected.
To continue:
1. Set the Retune Speed to about 30.
2. Play “A2-A3-A2 sweep” again. Compare
the 30 setting to the 0 setting.
3. Try various other Speed settings.
The setting of 0 is fast: Auto-Tune 7 makes
instantaneous pitch changes. The setting
of 30 is slower. Auto-Tune 7 makes gradual