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The Virtual Keyboard
The Virtual Keyboard displays Auto-Tune 8’s
pitch detection range and acts as a real-time
display of the currently detected pitch, a
display of the current Scale settings, and as
a tool for setting target note behaviors in
specific octaves.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The keyboard is
only active for scales with exactly
twelve notes. It will be grayed
out (hence inactive) when any other scale is
selected.
“But wait!” you might be thinking, “I want
to edit Major and Minor scales in individual
octaves and the keyboard is grayed out when
I select either one.” No problem. Simply select
Chromatic, then use the Set Major or Set Minor
button to set up the scale of your choice and
edit away.
ANOTHER NOTE: New in Auto-Tune 8,
when either the Major or Minor scale
is selected, the virtual keyboard
will display the the currently detected pitch
(although the keyboard will still not be active
for editing).
KEY COLORS The color of the keys of the
Virtual Keyboard indicate their current state
as follows:
COLOR STATE
Blue The currently detected
input pitch
White or Black Scale Note
Gray Removed Note
Light Brown Bypassed Note
KEYBOARD EDIT These buttons are used to
select which state (Remove or Bypass) will be
toggled when you click on a key.
When Remove is selected, clicking on any key
that is not currently set to Remove will set
that key to Remove. Clicking on any key that is
currently set to Remove will set that key to a
Scale Note.
When Bypass is selected, clicking on any key
that is not currently set to Bypass will set
that key to Bypass. Clicking on any key that is
currently set to Bypass will set that key to a
Scale Note.
NOTE: In the descriptions above, “clicking”
on a key refers to pressing the mouse button
down and then releasing it. The edit action is
executed when the mouse button is released.
Therefore, if the Keyboard Mode is set to Latch
(see below), dragging across the keyboard
highlights each key in turn, but it is only
when you release the mouse button that the
resulting key will change state.
KEYBOARD MODE When the Latch mode is
active (i.e., the Latch button is blue), any edits
made to the keyboard will latch - i.e., clicking a
key will change its state and the key will retain
that state until some other action causes it to
change.
When the Momentary mode is active (i.e., the
Momentary button is blue), keyboard edits
are only active for as long as the mouse is held
down on a key.