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Bypass
If the Bypass button is lit, when the input pitch
is close to this note the input will be passed
through with no correction.
Why set Scale notes to “Bypass?”
There are two main reasons to set one or more
scale notes to “Bypass.”
1. If a performance includes pitch gestures
around one or more specific notes that
you want to preserve with no modification
whatsoever, you can set just those notes
to Bypass. This lets Auto-Tune Evo correct
any pitch problems elsewhere in the scale
but passes everything near the bypassed
notes completely unprocessed.
2. If a performance contains only a single
error, you can set all notes to Bypass
except the one “sour” note. Auto-Tune
Evo will then pass the entire performance
through unprocessed except for the sour
note, which will be corrected.
Remove
If the Remove button is lit, then the note is
simply removed from the current scale. For
example, selecting the Chromatic scale and
then setting C#, D#, F#, G#, A# to Remove
would cause a C Major scale to remain. In that
case Auto-Tune Evo would always retune the
input to the closest note of the C Major scale.
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 2.
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 Evo 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 Evo
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
reference purposes and to help you choose
which notes of a micro-tonal scale to include or
remove.
Set Major/Set Minor
When any scale that includes more than seven
notes (i.e., any non-diatonic scale) is selected,
the Set Major and Set Minor buttons will
appear. Clicking on either of these buttons will
“Remove” all notes from the scale except for
those notes closest to the notes of a traditional
diatonic major or minor scale (depending, of
course, on which button you clicked).
Set All
Clicking this button sets all notes in the current
scale to Scale Notes in all octaves. This function
is useful as a Reset button to instantly erase all
previous Remove and/or Bypass settings and
reset an edited scale to its default state.
Remove All
Clicking this button sets all notes in the current
scale to Remove in all octaves.
Bypass All
Clicking this button sets all notes in the current
scale to Bypass in all octaves.
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ORIGINAL
PERFORMANCE
CORRECTED BY
AUTO-TUNE EVO
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