User Manual

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Chapter 1: Getting Started
Auto-Tune 7, with its new-from-the-ground-up time manipulation capabilities,
represents the most substantial advancement in functionality since Auto-Tune’s
original introduction in 1997.
If you are new to Auto-Tune, we encourage you to read this manual and work through the tutorials in
Chapter 4. It’s the quickest way to become familiar with what Auto-Tune 7 does and how it does it.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Auto-Tune, you will find that most of what you’re
already doing will continue to work in Auto-Tune 7, only better. However, with the new time
manipulation functions, there’s more new stuff in Auto-Tune 7 than in any previous Auto-Tune
update. To get up to speed quickly, just check out the new feature overview below and then refer to
related sections of in Chapter 3.
ONE BIG IMPORTANT NOTE
For those upgrading from older versions of
Auto-Tune, is it critical to note the following:
Auto-Tune 7 will NOT open sessions created
with Auto-Tune Evo. (The addition of the time
manipulation capabilities would require you
to completely re-track your audio, effectively
negating any previously made edits in the
session.)
For that reason, we have configured Auto-Tune
7 such that it and Auto-Tune Evo can be active
in your DAW simultaneously. Additionally,
your Auto-Tune 7 license includes a bundled
authorization for Auto-Tune Evo, so you can
continue to use it to open saved sessions.
Auto-Tune 7 (like Auto-Tune Evo before
it) will also NOT open sessions created
with Auto-Tune 5 or earlier versions. The
improvements made to the core technology are
so extensive that it just won’t work.
For that reason, we have also configured Auto-
Tune 7 such that it and Auto-Tune 5 and all
earlier versions of Auto-Tune can be active in
your DAW simultaneously.
However, it’s important to note that Auto-
Tune 5 (and earlier versions) have long been
discontinued and we will not be releasing
future updates to any of them. Consequently,
it’s inevitable that between computer OS
advancements and host updates, those earlier
versions will eventually stop working.
If you have current saved sessions with
instances of Auto-Tune 5 or earlier that you may
need to access into the indefinite future, we
offer the following suggestions:
•
If you are satisfied with the current Auto-
Tune settings, use whatever method your
host offers (bouncing, offline editing, etc.) to
permanently render the corrected tracks.
•
If you believe you will need to keep editing
into the future, remove the instances of the
earlier versions of Auto-Tune and replace
them with instances of Auto-Tune 7.