Auto-Tune For TDM and VST UserÕs Manual tm v 1.8 Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual i © 1999 Antares Audio Technologies All Rights Reserved Antares Audio Technologies 464 Montery Ave. 2nd Floor Los Gatos, CA 95030 (408) 399-0008 web: www.antarestech.com Auto-Tune software and this UserÕs Manual are protected by copyright law. Making copies, adaptations, or derivative works without the prior written authorization of Antares Audio Technologies, is prohibited by law and constitutes a punishable violation of the law. Antares Audio Technologies retains all ownership rights to the Auto-Tune software and other software offered by Antares Audio Technologies and their documentation. Use of Auto-Tune is limited by the license agreement printed on the envelope containing your original diskette and distributed on Þles with Auto-Tune. This license agreement also appears below. All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. 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Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual iii Welcome! On behalf of everyone at Antares Audio Technologies, weÕd like to offer both our thanks and congratulations on your decision to purchase the absolute best intonation correction software in the world. Before you proceed much farther, weÕd like to strongly encourage you to Þll out and return the Auto-Tune registration card. As an Auto-Tune owner, you are entitled to receive notiÞcation of any upgrades, technical support, and advance announcements of upcoming products. But we canÕt send you stuff unless we know who and where you are. So please, send it in. At Antares, we are committed to excellence in quality, customer service, and technological innovation. With your purchase of Auto-Tune, you have created a relationship with Antares, which we hope will be long and gratifying. Let us know what you think. You can count on us to listen to you. Again, thanks. The Whole Antares Crew iv Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 Getting Started 7 A few words from Dr. Andy 7 How To Use This Manual 8 The Contents Of This Manual 8 Chapter 1: Getting Started 8 Chapter 2: Introducing Auto-Tune 8 Chapter 3: Auto-Tune Tutorial 8 Chapter 4: Auto-Tune Controls 8 Installing Auto-Tune 9 Software Notes 9 Owner Registration 9 Technical Support 9 CHAPTER 2 Introducing Auto-Tune 11 What Is Pitch? 11 Some Terminology 12 The Purpose of Pitch Correction 13 How Auto-Tune Detects Pitch 14 How Auto-Tune Corrects Pitch 15 Auto-Tune Modes: Automatic and Graphical The Automatic Mode 16 The Graphical Mode 18 16 CHAPTER 3 Auto-Tune Tutorial 21 Lesson 1: Automatic Mode Controls 21 Lesson 2: Graphical Mode 24 Keyboard equivalents: 28 Lesson 3: A Quiz 29 Lesson 4: Precision 30 Lesson 5: Using the Make Curve Button 30 Lesson 6: Using the Make Auto Button 34 Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual v More Information and Usage Tips 37 CHAPTER 4 Auto-Tune Controls 39 Automatic Mode Controls 39 The Scale popup 39 Modern equal temperament: 39 Historical tunings: 40 Ethnic Tunings: 40 Contemporary Tunings: 41 The Key popup 42 The Edit Scale button 42 The Scale Detune slider 44 The Retune slider 45 The Tracking slider 45 The Vibrato Section 45 The Change meter 46 Graphical Mode Controls 46 The Arrow buttons 46 The Graphical tools 47 The Line tool 47 The Curve tool 47 The Pointer tool 47 The Zoom/Select tool 48 The Undo button 48 The Cut and Copy buttons 48 The Paste Button 49 The Select All Button 49 Keyboard equivalents: 49 The Make Curve button 49 The Make Auto button 50 The Tracking slider 50 The Retune slider 51 The Playback controls 51 The Track Pitch button 51 The Correct Pitch button 52 The Buffer size control 52 The Use Cursors button 52 vi Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual CHAPTER 1 Getting Started A few words from Dr. Andy I remember, as if it were yesterday, sitting in my junior high school band, happily playing away on my ßute, when I noticed that our conductor was screaming and jumping up and down on the podium. What was this about? Suddenly, I realized she was screaming at me. And just in time too Ñ since I was able to duck and watch a baton ßy past my head, missing me by inches. ÒWhy [expletive] canÕt you play in tune?Ó she asked. But I was in tune. Everybody else was out of tune. It was then I began to learn about intonation. Many artists struggle with intonation. An entire concert can be spoiled by a single sour note. Many of our most celebrated entertainers spend hours in the studio doing retake after retake, trying to sing expressively and in tune. Afterwards, their producers spend yet more time trying to correct intonation problems using inadequate tools. Auto-Tune is dramatically changing all of that. Because of Auto-Tune, sessions can focus on feeling and expression, rather than retakes. Studio hours are reduced and production costs are lowered. Even artists in live performance situations can concentrate on interpretation, conÞdent that any pitch inaccuracies will be caught and corrected before they make it out to the audience. WhatÕs more, Auto-Tune is incredibly easy to use (a fact attested to by the thinness of this manual). So Þre up Auto-Tune, invest a half hour or so in reading the following pages, and prepare to make intonation problems a thing of the past. Andy Hildebrand Ph.D. Founder and Chief Scientist andy@antarestech.com Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual 7 Getting Started How To Use This Manual Auto-Tune has a transparent user-interface and is extraordinarily easy to use. However, because Auto-Tune does things that have never been done before, some aspects of the user-interface will not be immediately obvious. You must read either Chapter 3, Auto-Tune Tutorial, or Chapter 4, AutoTune Controls, to learn the essential information you will need to operate Auto-Tune. The Contents Of This Manual Chapter 1: Getting Started The chapter you are reading. Chapter 2: Introducing Auto-Tune This chapter explains basic facts about pitch and how Auto-Tune functions to correct for pitch errors. The basic functionality of Auto-Tune is discussed, and information you need to use it effectively is provided. Chapter 3: Auto-Tune Tutorial This chapter introduces you to details of how Auto-Tune works by guiding you through several tutorials. All of the important controls are explained. Also, important hints and tips are presented that will help you use AutoTune effectively. If you only read one chapter, read this one. Chapter 4: Auto-Tune Controls This chapter is reference information for all of the controls used in the AutoTune interface. Much of the information in this chapter is also presented in Chapter 3, however, some of the less important controls are only explained in Chapter 4. 8 Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual Installing Auto-Tune Installing Auto-Tune To install Auto-Tune, double click the installer icon. Information about the authorization process call be found in the installed read-me Þle. Software Notes The TDM version of Auto-Tune is used within ProTools and other programs that access TDM through DAE. Auto-Tune processes one audio channel per DSP chip. Owner Registration Your purchase of Auto-Tune entitles you to technical support, special introductory offers on new products from Antares Audio Technologies, and notiÞcation of software updates. Software updates will be published as the program evolves. Please Þll out and return the Owner Registration Card. The information on the card will allow us to communicate more effectively with you and will enable us to serve you better in the future. Technical Support If you have some problem using Auto-Tune that canÕt be solved by reading the manual, call Antares Customer Support at (888) 332-2636, or (408) 3990008 Monday through Friday between 9 AM to 5 PM PaciÞc Standard Time. Also, you might Þnd what you want at our web page: www.antarestech.com You can also e-mail: techsupport@antarestech.com Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual 9 Getting Started 10 Auto-Tune UserÕs Manual CHAPTER 2 Introducing Auto-Tune Auto-Tune is a breakthrough in digital signal processing (DSP) in the music industry. It puts you in control of pitch. Moreover, Auto-Tune is a precision instrument for controlling pitch, allowing you to apply nuances of intonation to any performance. These nuances were only previously available to synthesized music if the engineer involved was willing to do a lot of work. Access to this new level of control is achieved by any Auto-Tune user who has a basic understanding of pitch and how Auto-Tune functions to correct for pitch errors. This chapter presents basic terminology and introduces Auto-TuneÕs operating paradigm, giving you information you need to use it effectively. What Is Pitch? Pitch is a quality of sound relating to the frequencies of the energy involved. Some sounds are very complex and donÕt involve energy of speciÞc frequencies. Even then, there is pitch. Compare, for example the pitch of hissing steam with the rumble of an earthquake. Other sounds, although still complex, have more speciÞc pitch. A symphony orchestra playing a scale in unison is an example of this. The waveforms involved are very complex; nonetheless, you are able to easily sense the pitch. Vocalist and ...