User Manual

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What’s new in Auto-Tune 7
The following are the key new features that
have been added in Auto-Tune 7:
The second generation of Evo
™
Voice
Processing Technology
In 2008, Auto-Tune Evo introduced Antares’
seriously evolved Evo Voice Processing
Technology, setting a new standard in pitch
detection, pitch shifting, and formant processing
performance. In the intervening years, Evo Voice
Processing Technology has been integrated
into Antares’ full line of vocal processing tools.
Now, with Auto-Tune 7, we are introducing the
second generation of Evo Voice Processing
Technology, offering even more natural (if you
want it to be) pitch shifting and throat modeling
over a wider transposition range.
An extremely high quality and easy-to-use
time correction and manipulation system
By far the most dramatic addition to Auto-
Tune 7 is its entirely new time correction and
manipulation system. Auto-Tune 7’s time
control capabilities combine an extremely
high-quality time shifting algorithm with an
exceedingly intuitive user interface designed to
make it quick and easy to correct timing errors
or exercise your creative imagination.
Auto-Tune 7’s time manipulation functions
include the ability to move a point in time
within a selected range as well as move a
range in time within a larger range. The time
functions have their own Undo/Redo controls
independent of the pitch correction controls
and an Enable button that allows you to
instantly switch between your original audio
and your time shifted audio.
Enhanced Amplitude Envelope Display
Whenever time control is enabled, the
Amplitude Envelope Display will display both the
original audio (in the lower portion of the display)
and the time-shifted audio (in the upper portion).
Data File Management System
Since Auto-Tune 7’s time control functions
require Auto-Tune to operate on a copy of the
audio you wish to manipulate, we’ve provided
a convenient data management dialog that
allows you to establish or move the location of
the data files, rename their folder, as well as
delete them if they are no longer necessary
(after bouncing the final time-modified audio,
for example).
The File Management System will also alert
you if the data files are not where Auto-Tune 7
expects them to be and will provide information
to help you find them.
The ability to adjust Throat Length on an
individual correction object basis
To give you maximum control over the timbre
of your vocal tracks, Throat Length Adjustment
is now an independent property of each
individual correction object (Curve, Line or
Note). While the overall Throat Length is still
set by the master Throat Length knob, each
correction object can have its own independent
adjustment (either longer or shorter) as desired.
Since each object can have its own Throat
Length adjustment setting, you will no
longer need to automate Throat Length to
get the optimum timbre for each note of a
performance.
The ability to record MIDI note
information in Graphical Mode and
create Note Objects from it
When tracking pitch in Graphical Mode, Auto-
Tune 7 will record any MIDI note information
routed to it (either from another MIDI track
or live from a MIDI controller) and (optionally)
display the data on the Pitch Graph Display. You
can then use the new Make Notes From MIDI
function to convert the MIDI information into
Note Correction Objects.
Enhanced Graphical Mode
Adjust Vibrato function
In previous versions of Auto-Tune, the Graphical
Mode Adjust Vibrato function would create
its own correction curve, replacing any other
correction object that had previously been
created in the selected range. In Auto-Tune 7,
the Adjust Vibrato function is additive, acting on
any already existing correction object, thereby
freeing you to work on pitch correction and
vibrato adjustment in any order desired.