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Tutorial 5:
Transpose and Formant Control
This tutorial will demonstrate Auto-Tune 8’s
pitch shifting, formant correction and throat
modeling capabilities. We will use the “hidin_
vocal.wav” and “hidin_accomp. wav” audio
files
Begin the tutorial by doing the following:
1. Load or import the audio files onto two
tracks in your host program.
2. Set up Auto-Tune 8 to be an insert
eect on “hidin_ vocal.wav” and select
Automatic Mode.
3. Select Ab minor as the Key and Scale,
“alto/tenor” as the Input Type, set the
Retune Speed to 20 and the Correction
Style to 0.
4. Play the audio file.
5. Set the Transpose control to 6 (a perfect
fifth up). Check to be sure that Formant is
o .
6. Play the audio file and listen to the quality
of the voice. Since the formants are being
shifted with the pitch, you will hear the
familiar “chipmunk” eect.
7. Click the Format button to turn on
formant correction. Set the Throat Length
to 120.
8. Play the audio file again and note the
dierence.
9. Play the audio file again while adjusting
the Throat Length control to hear the
eect of changing the modeled vocal
tract.
10. Repeat steps 5 through 9 with dierent
settings of the Transpose control.
Tutorial 6:
Graphical Mode Basics
This tutorial will introduce you to the basic
Graphical Mode functions, again using the
“A2-A3-A2 sweep” file from Tutorial 1.
Begin the tutorial by doing the following:
1. Load or import “A2-A3-A2 sweep” into a
track of your host program. Play the track
so that you are familiar with the original
audio.
2. Set up Auto-Tune 8 to be an insert eect
on that track.
3. Set Auto-Tune 8 to Graphical Mode.
4. Set the Key to “A” and the Scale to “Major.”
5. Click the Track Pitch button.
6. Play the sweep signal through Auto-Tune
8. A red curve representing the pitch
contour of the signal will be drawn to the
screen as the file plays.
7. Stop playback and click the Track Pitch
button again to stop the tracking function.
To continue:
1. Select the Magnifying Glass tool and drag
out a box on the Pitch Graph that encloses
the red curve. The result will be something
like the following:
2. Select the Line tool and enter a line similar
to that below. By clicking multiple anchor
points on the Pitch Graph, line segments
joining the points will be drawn.