User Manual

8
Auto-Motion Vocal Pattern
Generation
1. Select a Pattern
Auto-Tune EFX  comes with a varied
selection of melodic patterns (but see
Chapter 4 for info on expanding the
selection and creating your own). Click the
Select Pattern menu to pick one.
While we’ve tried to name each pattern in
a way to suggest its style, the easiest way
to become familiar with them is just to try
them out.
2. Select a Pattern Style
The Auto-Motion
Pattern Style
switch lets you
select the speed
of the transition
between the notes
of the pattern. The choices are similar to
those of the Eect Type switch:
Hard EFX: The classic Auto-Tune Vocal
Eect. Transitions between notes of the
pattern will be instantaneous.
Soft EFX: Transitions between notes of the
pattern will be slightly less instantaneous.
Legato: The notes of the pattern will glide
smoothly from one to the next.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The Pattern Style
selection is completely independent
of the Retune Speed. For example, if
you select a Retune Speed of 0 and Legato for
the Pattern Style, you will get classic Auto-Tune
Vocal Eect on the vocal when a pattern is not
being triggered, but when a pattern is being
triggered, there will be smooth transitions
between the notes. Conversely, if you select
a Retune Speed of 50 and Hard EFX for the
Pattern Style, your vocal track will be smoothly
pitch-corrected while Auto-Motion patterns
will exhibit the Auto-Tune Vocal Eect.
3. Set Pattern Tempo
Auto-Tune EFX  provides two ways to set
the tempo of your selected pattern:
Sync to Host: Sync to Host mode ensures
that your Auto-Motion patterns will be
perfectly synced to the tempo of your track
(assuming, of course, that you recorded
your track to a click track or other time
reference). Selectable beat multipliers or
subdivisions allow for a wide variety of
complex rhythmic possibilities.
Click the Sync to Host button (it’ll turn blue)
to sync the pattern tempo to your DAW’s
clock. The Receiving Clock “LED” will light to
confirm that it is getting a valid clock from
your host. (If the LED does not light, check
to see that your host does in fact route its
clock to plug-ins. Most do, but there may
still be a few out there that don’t.)
In Sync to Host mode, the Tempo knob lets
you select what division or multiplier of the
beat will define the length and position of
each note of your pattern.
The choices are:
•
4/4 (whole note, 4 beats)
•
3/4 (dotted half note, 3 beats)
•
2/4 (half note, 2 beats)
•
1/4. (dotted quarter note)
•
1/4 (quarter note, one beat)
•
1/4T (quarter note triplet)
•
1/8. (dotted 8th note)
•
1/8 (8th note)
•
1/8T (8th note triplet)
•
1/16. (dotted 16th note)
•
1/16 (16th note)
•
1/16T (16th note triplet)