Owner`s manual

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The End Of Editing Modality
In previous versions of Auto-Tune, tracking
pitch, editing pitch objects and correcting pitch
operated in a modal manner — i.e., when
you were doing any one of those things, you
couldn’t do either of the others. With Auto-
Tune 5, you are now free to use any of the
graphical editing functions while either tracking
or correcting pitch.
You can, for example:
• Draw new pitch objects while you are either
tracking or correcting pitch.
• Edit existing pitch objects while correcting
pitch — even when the position indicator
is passing over the object you’re editing (in
which case the edit takes effect as soon as
you release your mouse button).
• Click either Make Curve or Import Auto
while tracking or correcting pitch. (If you do
this while tracking pitch, the resulting curves
will apply only to the audio that has already
been tracked at the instant you click the
respective button).
• Cut, copy or paste pitch objects while
tracking or correcting pitch.
Now, just because you can do something,
doesn’t necessarily mean you would want to
(or that it even makes sense to), but with this
new functionality, you will have a lot more
flexibility in developing whatever workflow
works best for you.
The Graphical Tools
The graphical tools are used in conjunction
with the edit buttons to create the desired
target pitch contour.
NOTE: In addition to clicking on the
various tools, if your host passes
key presses to plug-ins, you can
also select the various tools by pressing the
number keys 1-7.
NOTE ALSO: Some hosts reserve
the numeric keypad for host
keyboard shortcuts even when a
plug-in window is active. For that reason, the
tool selection shortcuts mentioned above
are specifically assigned only to the number
keys that appear above the letter keys on the
QWERTY portion of your keyboard.
The Line Tool (1)
The Line Tool is used to draw multi-
segment straight lines on the Pitch
Graph.
Start the process by selecting the Line Tool
and clicking anywhere on the Pitch Graph to
set an anchor point. As you move the cursor,
a line will extend from the anchor point to the
cursor position. Click again to set a second
anchor point and define the first segment
of your pitch contour. Continue clicking and
defining lines until your contour is complete.
End the process by double-clicking on the
final anchor point or pressing <esc> on your
keyboard.
Pressing Option/Alt on your keyboard during
line entry will force the current segment to be
perfectly horizontal.
NOTE: Due to issues in Pro Tools
HD and LE for PC that are beyond
our control, using the Alt key to
constrain a line segment to horizontal does