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pitch changes. This parameter controls how
rapidly the pitch correction is applied to the
incoming pitch. The units are milliseconds.
A value of zero will cause instantaneous
changes from one tone to another and
will completely suppress a vibrato (note
that related volume changes will remain).
Retune values from 10 to 50 are typical for
vocals.
To continue:
1. Set the Retune Speed to 0
2. In the Edit Scale Display, click the Remove
buttons next to all the notes except F#.
3. Play “A2-A3-A2 sweep” again. As the
sound is playing, move Scale Detune knob.
The output pitch will be locked to F#, however,
you will hear the output pitch change with the
Detune slider movement. This is because the
Detune knob is changing the pitch standard of
the scale.
Finally:
1. Select “sine wave” from the Vibrato Type
pop-up.
2. Play “A2-A3-A2 sweep” again.
3. Experiment with the various vibrato
controls to hear their effects.
Tutorial 2: Targeting Ignores
Vibrato Function
This tutorial will demonstrate the purpose and
use of the Automatic Mode’s Targeting Ignores
Vibrato function.
Begin the tutorial by doing the following:
1. Load or import “wide_vibrato” into a track
of your host program. This is a recording of
a male voice singing a sustained “G” with
a pronounced vibrato. Play the track so
that you are familiar with the original audio.
Despite the wide vibrato, you will notice
that the singer’s pitch drifts alternately
sharp and flat.
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 “C” and the Scale to
“Chromatic.”
5. Set the Input Type to Low Male Voice
6. Set Retune Speed to a value of 24.
7. Use your host program’s controls to Bypass
Auto-Tune 7. Set “wide_vibrato” to loop
continuously and put your host program
into Play mode. Watch the blue Detected
Pitch indication on Auto-Tune 7’s Virtual
Keyboard. As you will see, the singer’s
vibrato is so wide that it consistently gets
closer to G# and F# than G, causing Auto-
Tune to intermittently select those notes as
target pitches.
8. Check that Targeting Ignores Vibrato is
not selected and remove Auto-Tune 7
from Bypass. Watch the Detected Pitch
indication and listen to the result. As you
will hear, whenever Auto-Tune 7 thinks
G# or F# is the target pitch, it will move
the input closer to those notes, in effect
making the situation worse.
9. Now, leaving all other settings the same,
click Targeting Ignores Vibrato. With
Targeting Ignores Vibrato engaged, Auto-
Tune 7’s vibrato identification algorithm
recognizes the pitch excursions as vibrato
and continues to use “G” as the target
pitch.
Next, we’ll use Graphical Mode for a dramatic
graphic demonstration of the effect of Targeting
Ignores Vibrato:
1. Still using “wide_vibrato,” set up Auto-Tune
7 as described in Steps 1-5 above.
2. Set Retune Speed to 0.
3. Make sure Targeting Ignores Vibrato is Off.
4. Set Auto-Tune 7 to Graphical Mode.
5. Click the Track Pitch button and play
wide_vibrato through Auto-Tune 7. A red
curve representing the pitch contour of
wide_vibrato will be drawn to the screen as
the file plays.