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Chapter 2: Introducing Auto-Tune 3
Some background
In 1997, Antares Audio Technologies first introduced the ground-breaking
Auto-Tune Pitch Correcting Plug-In. Auto-Tune was a tool that actually
corrected the pitch of vocals and other solo instruments, in real time,
without distortion or artifacts, while preserving all of the expressive
nuance of the original performance. Recording Magazine called Auto-
Tune a “holy grail of recording.” And went on to say, “Bottom line, Auto-
Tune is amazing... Everyone with a Mac should have this program.” (In
fact, we know of quite a few people back then who bought kilo-buck
ProTools™ systems just to be able to run Auto-Tune. )
In the intervening years, Auto-Tune has become available for most every
major plug-in format and has established itself as the worldwide standard
in professional pitch correction. Today, it’s used daily by thousands of
audio professionals to save studio and editing time, ease the frustration of
endless retakes, save that otherwise once-in-a-lifetime performance, or
even to create unique special effects.
Now, never content to leave a good thing alone, Antares has created
Auto-Tune 3. Preserving the great sound quality, transparent processing,
and ease of use of Auto-Tune, Auto-Tune 3 adds significant new features
as well as a spiffy new user interface.
So what exactly is Auto-Tune 3?
Auto-Tune 3 is a precision tool for correcting intonation errors or cre-
atively modifying the intonation of a performance. Auto-Tune 3 employs
state-of-the-art digital signal processing algorithms (many, interestingly
enough, drawn from the geophysical industry) to continuously detect the
pitch of a periodic input signal (typically a solo voice or instrument) and
instantly and seamlessly change it to a desired pitch (defined by any of a
number of user-programmable scales or through the use of graphical
editing tools.).
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