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as the scale develops on Auto-Tune 7’s
virtual keyboard and in the Scale Edit
window. As each note is sung, it is added
to the scale until the scale includes every
note that appears in the melody.
8. Set the Retune control to 20 and play the
audio track using this scale.
NOTE: You can also instantaneously
define a scale by playing all of the
notes of the scale as a chord (i.e.,
all scale notes played on the same beat) and
recording that into a MIDI track. This is an ideal
way to use Auto-Tune 7 in music with many key
(scale) changes.
With Target Notes Via MIDI, Auto-Tune 7 looks
at its MIDI input in real time to determine its
current target note(s). Try the following with the
provided audio and MIDI files:
1. Set up your host program and load or
import the “somewhere” audio and MIDI
files as described in steps 1–4 above.
2. Select Automatic Mode and click the
“Target Note Via MIDI” button so that
it turns blue and its indicator changes to
“On.”
3. Click the Octaves as Played button so that
it turns blue (if it is not already).
4. Play the audio and MIDI track together and
watch the current target note change in real
time on the Virtual Keyboard — and listen
to the results.
The most interesting part of the Target Notes
Via MIDI feature is that it only operates for the
duration of the MIDI note — that is, when there
is no current MIDI Note On value, Auto-Tune
7 is effectively in Bypass mode. This means
that if you delay the MIDI notes, then the audio
performs its attacks as performed and then
corrects to pitch when the MIDI note occurs
(at whatever Retune Speed is set). In the case
of the ‘Somewhere’ vocal performance, most
of the intonation problems happen during
the notes’ sustain portions. Try moving the
notes in the MIDI file around and listen to the
results. This gives far more subtle control than
Automatic Mode alone, while not being quite
as tweaky as operating in Graphical Mode.
NOTE: The MIDI functions look only
at MIDI note values. Controller data
such as Pitch Bend or Mod Wheel do
not affect Auto-Tune 7’s performance.
Tutorial 5: Transpose and
Formant Control
This tutorial will demonstrate Auto-Tune 7’s
pitch shifting, formant correction and throat
modeling capabilities. It will make use of the
same audio file used in the previous tutorial.
Begin the tutorial by doing the following:
1. Load or import the audio file “somewhere”
into a track of your host program.
2. Set up Auto-Tune 7 to be an insert effect on
that track. (If you are using a Pro Tools HD
system, use the RTAS version of the plug-
in.)
3. Set the Key to “G” and the scale to
“Major.” Set the Retune Speed knob to 27.
4. Play the audio file. Note that these settings
do a pretty good job of correcting the most
obvious problems in the performance.
5. Set the Transpose control to 6 (a perfect
fifth up). Check to be sure that Formant is
off.
6. Play the audio file and listen to the quality
of the voice. Since the formants are being
shifted with the pitch, you will hear the
familiar “chipmunk” effect.
7. Click the Format button to turn on formant
correction. Set the Throat Length to 120.
8. Play the audio file again and note the
difference.
9. Play the audio file again while adjusting the
Throat Length control to hear the effect of
changing the modeled vocal tract.
10. Repeat steps 5 through 9 with different
settings of the Transpose control.