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Tutorial 8: Make Curve Function
This tutorial will introduce you to the Make
Curve function. The Make Curve function gives
you precise control over pitch accuracy and
inflection.
1. Setup to process the file “Crowd All”
through Auto-Tune 7.
2. Select Graphical Mode.
3. Press the Track Pitch button.
4. Play the “Crowd All” file.
5. Select the Magnifying Glass Tool and drag
out a box on the Pitch Graph that encloses
the red curve for the “-gether” part of
the last word, “together.” You will see
something like the following:
6. Use the I-Beam Tool to drag a selection of
“-gether” in the Pitch or Envelope Display.
The result will be something like the
following:
7. Click the Make Curve button. Auto-Tune 7
will compute a new blue curve object from
the existing pitch data as well as a green
output curve that reflects the default Curve
Retune Speed. (The new curves may be
difficult to see at first because they may
exactly overlay the red curve.) Click the
I-Beam Tool on the background of the Pitch
Graph to cancel the area selection.
8. Select the Arrow Tool and click precisely on
the left end of the curve to select only the
left anchor point (you’ll know you’re over
the anchor point when the cursor changes
to the up-and-down arrow cursor). Drag
this straight up, stretching the curve so it is
centered around the D3 graph line.
9. Drag the Arrow tool across all of the visible
curves to select them. Then move the
Arrow Tool over the body of a correction
curve so that the cursor changes to the
horizontal bar. Click and drag the curves
straight down so they centered on the C3
graph line. The Pitch Graph should now
appear as follows:
10. Set the Retune Speed to 0 and play back
the sound. Note that the errant note is now
in tune.
To continue, here is an alternative approach to
the same pitch problem using the Line Tool.
1. Click “Select All” and then click “Cut” to
delete the curves you created in the steps
above.