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The default Retune Speed value is 20. Double-
clicking or Command (Mac)/Control (PC)
clicking the Retune Speed knob will reset it to
that value.
Correction Style
The Correction Style
control lets you
select either the
classic Auto-Tune-
style pitch correction
or our new Flex-Tune
pitch correction
technology, which is
designed to provide
pitch correction while also preserving a
singer’s expressive vocal gestures intact.
Other real-time pitch correction methods,
including previous versions of Auto-Tune, are
always pulling every note towards a target
scale note, in the process distorting any of the
singer’s expressive vocal gestures. In contrast,
Flex-Tune only provides correction when the
vocalist approaches a scale note. At all other
times, they are free to sing with whatever
vocal gestures best express their emotional
connection to their song.
The Correction Style control lets you choose
how close to the scale pitch the singer has to
be for Auto-Tune 8 to apply correction. In the
Classic position, correction is always applied.
This results in the same style of correction
as previous versions of Auto-Tune. As you
move the control into the Flex-Tune range,
the correction area around the scale note
gets smaller and smaller until, at the extreme
clockwise position, no correction will be
applied at all.
The default Correction Style value is .
Double-clicking or Command (Mac)/Control
(PC) clicking the Correction Style knob will
reset it to that value.
Humanize
One situation that
can be problematic
in Automatic Mode is
a performance that
includes both very
short notes and longer
sustained notes. The
problem is that in
order to get the short notes in tune, you’d have
to set a fast Retune Speed, which would then
make any sustained notes sound unnaturally
static. Luckily, the Humanize function easily
solves this problem.
The Humanize function dierentiates
between short and sustained notes and lets
you apply a slower Retune Speed just to the
sustained notes. Thus, the short notes are in
tune and the sustained notes still allow the
natural variations of the original performance.
Here’s how it works:
Start by setting Humanize to  and adjusting
the Retune Speed until the shortest problem
notes in the performance are in tune. At
this point, any sustained notes may sound
unnaturally static. If so, start advancing the
Humanize control. The higher the Humanize
setting, the more the Retune Speed is slowed
for sustained notes. The goal is to find the
point where the sustained notes are also in
tune and just enough of the natural variation
in the performance is present in the sustained
notes to sound natural and realistic. (If you set
Humanize too high, any problem sustained
notes may not be fully corrected.)
This is another of those settings where you
have to let your ears be your guide. The
optimum Humanize setting for any particular
performance will depend on the performance
style, the other Automatic Mode settings and
the specific eect you desire.
The default Humanize setting is . Double-
clicking or Command (Mac)/Control (PC)
clicking the Humanize knob will reset it to that
value.