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20. The easiest solution, of course, is to select
the right scale. Change the Key and Scale
from G Chromatic to G Major. Click Make
Notes again. Set the Number of Note
Objects to 20. Voilà.
Tutorial 11: Time: Error Correction
In this tutorial we’ll use Auto-Tune 7’s Move
Point and Move Region functions to correct
timing errors in a lead vocal track. While you
can use Auto-Tune 7’s bars and beats scale as
a reference for correction, we’ve also included
a harmony track with proper timing that will let
you try correcting by ear.
The Move Region Tool
1. Load or import the audio files “Time_
vocal” and “Time_accomp” into two
separate tracks in your host and set your
host’s tempo to 110 BPM. Listen to the
tracks to become familiar with them.
2. Set up Auto-Tune 7 as an insert effect on
the “Time_vocal” track and select “Alto/
Tenor” as the Input Type.
3. Select Graphical Mode and select Bars +
Beats as the Time Display mode.
4. Press the Track Pitch + Time button.
5. Start playback and track “Time_vocal.”
Stop the transport to exit the tracking
function. Adjust the zoom and scroll
controls to focus on the first two bars
(there is one bar of silence at the beginning
of the tracks).
6. Note that the vocalist comes in early with
the first word, “Time.” SInce this word is
isolated (i.e., there’s silence after it), we’ll
use the Move Region tool to move it into its
proper place.
7. Select the Move Region Tool and select the
initial range from the beginning of the third
beat of the first measure to the end of the
second measure. The precise boundaries
of this selection are not critical, as long as
there are a few beats of silence before and
after the note to be moved. (You can check
out the graphic below for reference.)
8. Use the Move Region tool to select the
region to be moved. Using the envelope
display as reference, select the region from
the beginning of the breath before the note
(at time position 1:3.9) to the end of the
note’s decay (at time position 2:3.62).
At this point, your display should look like this:
9. Still using the Move Region tool, click and
hold anywhere in the region selected in
Step 8 and move the region to the right until
the beginning of the note’s main envelope
(the part after the initial breath) is lined up
exactly on the first beat of measure 2.
Your display should now look like this:
Play back your track and note that the two
vocal parts are now perfectly in sync. (You can
click the Time Control Enable button to A/B the
original and time shifted versions.)
The Move Point Tool:
Adjusting an Ending
Moving on in the track, we’ll use the Move
Point Tool to correct a phrase that starts at the
right point but ends late.