User`s manual

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Why set Scale notes to “Remove?”
To understand why it is sometimes necessary to set even correct scale notes
to ”Remove,“ let’s look again at the example from Chapter 1.
10.0 10.5 11.0
D3
B2
C
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3
ORIGINAL
PERFORMANCE
CORRECTED BY
AUTO-TUNE 3
This phrase is in D Major and, if all the pitch errors were no greater than
about 49 cents, would work fine with a standard D Major scale (D, E, F#, G,
A, B, C# ). However, the pitch error of three semitones at the end of the
last note is so large that with B and C # present in the Scale, as the pitch
fell, Auto-Tune 3 would see first C# and then B as the target pitch and
therefore allow the error to remain. With C# and B removed from the
Scale, Auto-Tune 3 continues to see D as the target pitch for the entire
duration of the note and therefore pulls the phrase up to the correct
pitch.
Cents
The number in the Cents column is the associated note’s interval,
in cents, from the root note of the scale. It’s provided for refer-
ence purposes and to help you choose which notes of a
microtonal scale to include or remove.
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