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Pitch Tracking and Correction Objects
Track Pitch
The Track Pitch function is used
to detect the pitch of the audio
to be processed so that it can
be displayed on the Pitch Graph
Display.
NOTE: If you will only be correcting
the pitch of your vocal and will not
be editing the time, you need only
use the Track Pitch function as described below.
However, if you will also be editing the time,
you should instead use the Track Pitch + Time
function as described in the Graphical Mode
Time Controls section later in this chapter.
To track pitch, locate the desired audio and
press the Track Pitch button. (If you are using
Auto-Tune 8’s Internal clock (see below) you
may (depending on your host) need to click
the Reset button to reset the clock position to
::) The Track Pitch button will flash blue
and red to indicate that Auto-Tune is in Track
Pitch mode.
Next, start playback of the audio. A graphic
representation of the pitch and its amplitude
envelope will be drawn to the display as the
audio plays. When all of the audio you want
to correct has played, stop playback. You will
exit Track Pitch mode and, if you have Auto-
Scroll enabled (as described in the Pitch Graph
Display section below), the Pitch Graph will
automatically scale in such a way as to include
all of the tracked audio. If you have not enabled
Auto-Scroll, no scaling will occur.
NOTE: If you are using Auto-Tune’s
Internal Clock, after stopping
playback in your host, you must click
the clock Reset button to stop Auto-Tune’s
transport and return you to the beginning of
your tracked region.
ANOTHER NOTE: If the length of the
audio to be processed exceeds the
currently set size of the buer as
set in the Options dialog (or your start point
lies beyond the current buer area), tracking
will stop when the buer is full and a warning
message will appear notifying you of that
fact. If this happens, increase the buer size as
necessary.
YET ANOTHER NOTE: Be cautious
about changing the Tracking
value (in the Options dialog) after
performing the Track Pitch function. Auto-
Tune 8 uses the Tracking setting during both
the Track Pitch function and while correcting
pitch. Changing the Tracking setting after
Tracking Pitch, but before correcting, may
result in unpredictable pitch modifications or
strange artifacts.
Correct Pitch
In versions of Auto-Tune prior to Auto-Tune 5,
after creating correction objects, you would
have to press the Correct Pitch button in order
to put Auto-Tune into correction mode. As
a result, the Auto-Tune window always had
to be open in order to use Graphical Mode.
Well, no longer. Now, simply create your
corrections and play. Essentially, anytime you
are not tracking pitch, Auto-Tune 8 will be
correcting. It is this basic change that allows
you to use multiple instances of Auto-Tune
8 simultaneously in Graphical Mode without
having to have their windows visible.
NOTE: The ability to use multiple
instances of Auto-Tune 8
simultaneously in Graphical Mode
without having to have their windows visible
is only available for hosts that provide valid
time information. See the Clock Source section
above for details.