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The Virtual Keyboard
The Virtual Keyboard displays Auto-Tune Evo’s
pitch detection range and acts as a real-time
display of the currently detected pitch, a display
of the current Scale settings, and as a tool
for setting target note behaviors in specific
octaves.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The keyboard is
only active for scales with exactly
twelve notes. It will be grayed
out (hence inactive) when any other scale is
selected. “But wait!” you might be thinking,
“I want to edit Major and Minor scales in
individual octaves and the keyboard is grayed
out when I select either one.” No problem.
Simply select Chromatic, then use the Set
Major or Set Minor button to set up the scale of
your choice and edit away.
KEY COLORS The color of the keys of the
Virtual Keyboard indicate their current state as
follows:
COLOR STATE
Blue The currently detected
input pitch
White or Black Scale Note
Gray Removed
Light Brown Bypassed
KEYBOARD EDIT These buttons are used to
select which state (Remove or Bypass) will be
toggled when you click on a key.
When Remove is selected, clicking on any
key that is not currently set to Remove will set
that key to Remove. Clicking on any key that is
currently set to Remove will set that key to a
Scale Note.
When Bypass is selected, clicking on any
key that is not currently set to Bypass will set
that key to Bypass. Clicking on any key that is
currently set to Bypass will set that key to a
Scale Note.
NOTE: In the descriptions above,
“clicking” on a key refers to pressing
the mouse button down and then
releasing it. The edit action is executed when
the mouse button is released. Therefore, if the
Keyboard Mode is set to Latch (see below),
dragging across the keyboard highlights each
key in turn, but it is only when you release the
mouse button that the resulting key will change
state.
KEYBOARD MODE When the Latch mode is
active (i.e., the Latch button is blue), any edits
made to the keyboard will latch -i.e., clicking a
key will change its state and the key will retain
that state until some other action causes it to
change.
When the Momentary mode is active (i.e., the
Momentary button is blue), keyboard edits are
only active for as long as the mouse is held
down on a key.
NOTE: Pressing and holding the Shift
key on your keyboard will temporarily
toggle the Keyboard Mode.
A TIP: The main purpose of the
Momentary mode is to allow you to
deal easily with specific individual
events in a performance. However, you can
also use it to “play” the target melody notes in
real time. To do this, set the scale to Chromatic