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Editing Tools
Editing Modality
With Auto-Tune 8, you are free to use the
graphical editing functions while correcting
pitch. This can be particularly useful if you edit
specific sections while looping them, as you can
immediately hear the results of an edit without
having to stop and restart the transport.
You can, for example:
•
Draw new correction objects while you are
correcting pitch.
•
Edit existing correction objects while
correcting pitch — even when the position
indicator is passing over the object you’re
editing (in which case the edit takes eect as
soon as you release your mouse button).
•
Click Make Curve, Import Auto or Make
Notes while correcting pitch.
•
Cut, copy or paste correction objects while
correcting pitch.
Now, just because you can do something,
doesn’t necessarily mean you would want to
(or that it even makes sense to), but with this
functionality, you have a lot of flexibility in
developing whatever workflow works best for
you.
The Graphical Tools
The graphical tools are used in conjunction
with the edit buttons to create or modify the
desired correction objects.
NOTE: The two tools dedicated to
time correction and manipulation
will be described in the Time
Controls section later in this chapter.
ANOTHER NOTE: In addition to
clicking on the various tools, if your
host passes key presses to plug-
ins, you can assign selected tools to QWERTY
number keys using the Key Binding function in
the Options dialog.
The Line Tool
The Line Tool is used to draw
multi-segment straight lines
on the Pitch Graph. Start the
process by selecting the Line Tool and clicking
anywhere on the Pitch Graph to set an anchor
point. As you move the cursor, a line will
extend from the anchor point to the cursor
position. Click again to set a second anchor
point and define the first segment of your
pitch contour. Continue clicking and defining
lines until your contour is complete. End the
process by double-clicking on the final anchor
point or pressing esc on your keyboard.
Pressing Option/Alt on your keyboard during
line entry will force the current segment to be
perfectly horizontal.
NOTE: Due to issues in Pro Tools for
PC that are beyond our control,
using the Alt key to constrain a
line segment to horizontal does not function
in those versions. However, you can get
an equivalent eect by using the Snap To
Note function (see below) to constrain a
line segment to a semitone, and then using
the Arrow Tool to move that horizontal line
segment to any intermediate pitch.