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Tutorial 11:
Time: Error Correction
In this tutorial we’ll use Auto-Tune 8’s Move
Point and Move Region functions to correct
timing errors in a lead vocal track. While you
can use Auto-Tune 8’s bars and beats scale as a
reference for correction, we’ve also included a
harmony track with proper timing that will let
you try correcting by ear.
The Move Region Tool
1. Load or import the audio files “Time_
vocal” and “Time_accomp” into two
separate tracks in your host and set your
host’s tempo to 110 BPM. Listen to the
tracks to become familiar with them.
2. Set up Auto-Tune 8 as an insert eect on
the “Time_vocal” track and select “Alto/
Tenor” as the Input Type.
3. Select Graphical Mode and select Bars +
Beats as the Time Display mode.
4. Press the Track Pitch + Time button.
5. Start playback and track “Time_vocal.”
Stop the transport to exit the tracking
function. Adjust the zoom and scroll
controls to focus on the first two bars
(there is one bar of silence at the beginning
of the tracks).
6. Note that the vocalist comes in early with
the first word, “Time.” SInce this word is
isolated (i.e., there’s silence after it), we’ll
use the Move Region tool to move it into
its proper place.
7. Select the Move Region Tool and select
the initial range from the beginning of
the third beat of the first measure to the
end of the second measure. The precise
boundaries of this selection are not critical,
as long as there are a few beats of silence
before and after the note to be moved.
(You can check out the graphic below for
reference.)
8. Use the Move Region tool to select the
region to be moved. Using the envelope
display as reference, select the the region
from the beginning of the breath before
the note (at time position 1:3.9) to the
end of the note’s decay (at time position
2:3.62).
At this point, your display should look like this:
9. Still using the Move Region tool, click and
hold anywhere in the region selected in
Step 8 and move the region to the right
until the beginning of the note’s main
envelope (the part after the initial breath)
is lined up exactly on the first beat of
measure 2.
Your display should now look like this:
Play back your track and note that the two
vocal parts are now perfectly in sync. (You can
click the Time Control Enable button to A/B
the original and time shifted versions.)