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Onset Rate
Sets the amount of time (in msec) between
the end of the Onset Delay (set above) and
the point at which the vibrato reaches the
full Amounts set in the Pitch, Amplitude and
Formant Amount settings. The range is from
 to 1500ms (1.5 seconds). The default value is
500ms. Double-clicking or Command (Mac)/
Control (PC) clicking the knob will reset it to
that value.
Onset Example: As an example of the above
parameters, assume an Onset Delay of 1000ms
and an Onset Rate of 750ms. In that case, each
time a new note starts there will be no vibrato
at all for the first second (1000ms) followed
by a 3/4 second (750ms) period during which
the vibrato depths will increase from none to
the full amounts set in the various Amount
parameters - for a total of 1.75 seconds from
the beginning of the note to the time full
vibrato depth was reached.
Pitch Amount
Sets the amount that the pitch changes. The
range is from  (no change) to 100 (maximum
change). The default setting is 18. Command
(Mac)/Control (PC) clicking the slider will reset
it to that value.
Amplitude Amount
Sets the amount that the loudness changes.
For the most realistic vibrato, the amount of
amplitude change should be substantially less
than pitch change, although for special eects,
anything goes.
The range is from  (no change) to 30
(maximum change). The default setting is
10. Command (Mac)/Control (PC) clicking the
slider will reset it to that value.
Formant Amount
Sets the amount that the resonant timbre
changes. The range is from  (no change) to
100 (maximum change). The default setting is
70. Command (Mac)/Control (PC) clicking the
slider will reset it to that value.
NOTE: The vibrato is re-started
every time Auto-Tune 8 matches
the incoming pitch to a dierent
scale tone. Also, the vibrato is applied after the
eects of the Retune Speed control. Hence,
even with a slow retune value of 50, a square
wave vibrato will make instantaneous changes
in pitch.
ANOTHER NOTE: As mentioned
above, although we perceive vibrato
primarily as a variation in pitch,
in most cases there is also matching (though
more subtle) variations in amplitude and
timbre. Setting Auto-Tune 8’s Retune Speed
to 0 will remove an existing vibrato’s pitch
variation, but the amplitude and timbral
variation will remain. If you then apply a
new vibrato using Auto-Tune 8’s Create
Vibrato section, the results may be less than
convincing. Auto-Tune 8’s Vibrato section is
more often useful for adding a vibrato to an
input that originally had none, or for various
special eects.
YET ANOTHER NOTE: The Create
Vibrato controls function completely
independently of the Natural Vibrato
function. Changes in that function have no
direct eect on the depth of any vibrato
resulting from the Create Vibrato controls.
However, since both functions can operate
simultaneously, they can interact in ways that
may or may not be useful, depending on your
intent. In most cases, you should probably use
one or the other.