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6. Adjust the Retune Speed
If your initial Retune Speed setting did not
give you the results you want, speed it up
or slow it down as necessary.
7. Customize the Scale
Depending on the specific vocal line,
adding or removing scale notes can give
you distinctly dierent results. Try any
combination of the following:
•
Click on a lit blue Note button to remove
it from the scale and prevent Auto-Tune
EFX from correcting or quantizing the
output to that note.
•
Click on an unlit Note button to add it
to the scale and allow Auto-Tune EFX
tocorrect or quantize the output to that
note.
Click and play and click and play until you
get exactly the result you want.
8. Engage the Humanize Function
One situation that can be problematic is
a performance that includes both very
short notes and longer sustained notes.
The problem is that in order to get the
short notes in tune, you’d have to set a fast
Retune Speed, which would then make any
sustained notes sound unnaturally static.
Luckily, the Humanize function easily
solves this problem.
The Humanize function dierentiates
between short and sustained notes and
lets you apply a slower Retune Speed just
to the sustained notes. Thus, the short
notes are in tune and the sustained notes
still allow the natural variations of the
original performance.
Here’s how it works:
Start by setting Humanize to 0 and
adjusting the Retune Speed until
the shortest problem notes in the
performance are in tune. At this point, any
sustained notes may sound unnaturally
static. If so, start advancing the Humanize
control. The higher the Humanize setting,
the more the Retune Speed is slowed for
sustained notes. The goal is to find the
point where the sustained notes are also
in tune and just enough of the natural
variation in the performance is present in
the sustained notes to sound natural and
realistic. (If you set Humanize too high, any
problem sustained notes may not be fully
corrected.)
This is another of those settings where
you have to let your ears be your guide.
The optimum Humanize setting for any
particular performance will depend on the
performance style, the other parameter
settings and the specific eect you desire.