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NOTE:
If prior to clicking the Make
Notes button, a range of time has
been already selected by using the
I-Beam Tool, the Make Notes function will
apply only in the selected time range.
Notes also display the audio’s envelope
contour over the Note’s duration and a green
output pitch curve based on the currently
selected Retune Speed.
NOTE: The Retune Speed behavior for
Notes is a bit dierent from that of
the other correction objects. Unlike
the other correction objects, Notes do not
provide a blue correction curve. The implied
correction curve is the horizontal Pitch Graph
line upon which the Note is centered (unless
the Note has been moved o of that line - see
the Snap To Note function for details). Setting
the Retune Speed to “0” will cause the output
to be locked to that note, suppressing any of
the original performance’s expressive gestures.
As you select slower Retune Speeds, the output
progressively reflects the shape and position of
the original tracked input pitch.
This is much easier to understand visually than
to describe. Simply zoom in on a Note and
adjust its Retune Speed over its entire range.
You will see the green output curve change in
real time and all will be clear.
ANOTHER NOTE: Remember that
while all new Notes are created with
the default Notes Retune Speed
set in the Options dialog, you can then select
individual Notes (or cut up single Notes to
create multiple Notes) and assigned a custom
Retune Speed to each one.
Once created, Note objects can be dragged
up or down to change their pitch, can
have their beginning and/or end positions
moved forward or backward, or can be cut
into multiple shorter Notes for individual
processing. Check out the tutorial in Chapter 4
for an example of working with Notes.
Number
of Note
Objects
When
Auto-Tune
8 analyzes
the input
pitch for the
purpose of
creating Note objects, it must make decisions
about what constitutes notes and what
constitutes transitions between notes as
well as dierentiating between a single note
with wide vibrato and a series of separate
notes of alternating pitch. Often, the “right”
choice depends on the style and technique of
a specific performance. The Number of Note
Objects control lets you give Auto-Tune 8
some guidance in making these decisions.
NOTE: This function is only available
when some tracked audio has been
selected with the I-Beam tool. If no
audio is selected, the knob will not become
active. Once some audio is selected, the knob
will become active. To set the Number of Note
Objects value for all tracked audio, double-
click the I-Beam tool in the Pitch or Envelope
Display to highlight the range of all tracked
audio.
ANOTHER NOTE: As mentioned
above, whenever the Make Notes
function is used without previously
highlighting a time range with the I-Beam
(i.e., is used for the entire track), Auto-Tune 8
will automatically highlight the entire range
of tracked audio, allowing you to immediately
adjust the Number of Note Objects setting
without having to manually select the I-Beam
to highlight the audio range.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Adjusting the
Number of Note Objects in a range
where you have already performed
some pitch correction will regenerate new
Note objects and replace any correction
objects that were previously in that range. As
a result, adjusting the Number of Note Objects
value should be the first action you take
before proceeding with any pitch correction
or Note or Curve-based pitch shifting. If not,
frustration is almost guaranteed to ensue.