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The Throat Length control lets you modify
the length of the modeled throat. The range
of the control is 50 to 180. Values above 100
represent a lengthening of the throat while
values below 100 represent a shortening of the
throat.
The actual values represent the percentage
change in the throat length. For example, a
value of 120 represents a 20% increase in
throat length, while a value of 70 represents a
30% decrease in throat length.
NOTE: This control is only active when
Formant Correction is engaged.
When Formant Correction is not
engaged, this control is disabled (grayed out).
Since Formant Correction is not available in the
TDM versions of Auto-Tune 7, Throat Length
is also not available in the TDM versions. If
you wish to use the Throat Length function
on a TDM system, be sure to select the RTAS
version of Auto-Tune 7.
In addition to simply changing vocal timbre,
increasing throat length is useful when the
original performance is female and you want
to transpose it down and have it sound more
male. Conversely, decreasing throat length
is useful when the original input is male and
you want to transpose it up and have it sound
female or childlike.
NOTE: While this control gives you the
ability to radically change the throat
length, keep in mind that the variation
in the length of human vocal tracts is rarely
more than about 20% in either direction. If you
are looking for a “realistic” vocal characteristic,
start with modest settings of this control. More
extreme settings can produce dramatic results,
but probably not what anyone would call
“realistic.”
Command (Mac)/Control (PC) click the control
to reset it to its default value of 100.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This function is
specifically for changing the existing
quality of a voice, not for manual
formant compensation for pitch shifting.
Auto-Tune 7 automatically applies appropriate
formant correction when it shifts pitch with
Formant Correction Enabled.
ANOTHER NOTE: This control sets the
overall Throat Length for your entire
track. Additionally, Throat Length can
be adjusted on a note-by-note basis in Graphical
Mode using the Throat Length Adjust function
described in the Graphical Mode section below.
Formant Correction
Click the Formant button to
toggle Auto-Tune 7’s formant
correction function on and off.
The button will turn blue when
formant correction is active and will be pale
gray when it is inactive.
Engaging Auto-Tune 7’s Formant Correction
prevents the shifting of a voice’s resonant
frequencies to ensure that its vocal
characteristics are preserved over the pitch
shift range. (For a more complete explanation
of formant correction, refer to the Pitch Shifting
and Formant Correction section in Chapter 2.)
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Over the very
small intervals usually associated
with basic pitch correction, formant
shifting is essentially inaudible and Auto-
Tune’s classic pitch adjustment technology
still provides the optimum results. Formant
Correction is designed to be used with overall
transposition or on tracks where notes are
shifted by large intervals.
ANOTHER NOTE: Formant Correction
is not available in the TDM versions
of Auto-Tune 7. If you wish to use
the Formant Correction function on a TDM
system, be sure to select the RTAS version of
Auto-Tune 7.
Correction Mode
Click the appropriate
button to select
either Automatic or
Graphical Mode.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Switching
between Automatic and Graphical
Modes while your DAW’s transport
is running will almost certainly result in audio
artifacts or other unexpected weirdness. Don’t
do that.