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NOTE: Some hosts do not support
immediate resizing of an open plug-
in window. If yours in one of those,
after clicking Save, you will have to close the
Auto-Tune Evo window and reopen it to have
the size change take affect.
ANOTHER NOTE: Since real-time
resizing is supported in all current
versions of Pro Tools LE and HD,
neither the RTAS nor TDM versions of Auto-
Tune Evo include (or need) the Window Size
controls.
SAVE AS DEFAULT: When the “Save as
default” box is checked, any changes you make
to the various Options settings are saved as
defaults for all future instances of Auto-Tune
Evo.
If you want to make a temporary change to an
Option setting for a particular track, but want to
retain the previous default for future instances,
uncheck the “Save as default” box before
clicking the Save button. Your modified value
will take effect in the current instance of Auto-
Tune Evo, but future instances will revert to the
previously saved value.
Bypass
Auto-Tune Evo does not include a dedicated
Bypass control as that function is typically
provided by the host applications plug-in
interface.
Automatic Mode Controls
Pitch Correction Functions
Retune
Speed
Retune Speed
controls
how rapidly
the pitch
correction is
applied to the
incoming sound. The units are milliseconds. A
value of zero will cause instantaneous changes
from one tone to another and will completely
suppress a vibrato (note that any related
volume changes will remain). Values from 10
to 50 are typical for vocals (unless you’re going
for the now-infamous Cher or T-Pain-style
effect, in which case use 0). Larger values let
through more vibrato and other interpretative
pitch gestures but also slow down how rapidly
pitch corrections are made. Although the above
suggestions can be used as starting points,
finding the correct Retune Speed setting for
a particular performance is largely a matter of
trial-and-error and depends on such attributes
as song tempo, note duration and vocal style,
among others. As always, let your ears be your
guide.
The default Retune Speed value is 20. Double-
clicking or Command (Mac)/Control (PC)
clicking the Retune Speed knob will reset it to
that value.
Humanize
One tuning
situation that can
be problematic is a
performance that
includes both very
short notes and
longer sustained
notes. The
problem is that in order to get the short notes
in tune, you’d have to set a fast Retune Speed,
which would then make any sustained notes
sound unnaturally static. Luckily, the Humanize
easily solves this problem.
The Humanize function differentiates between
short and sustained notes and lets you apply