User Manual

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4. Trigger the Pattern
Play your track. At any point, click and hold
the Trigger button to play the selected
pattern. Continuing to hold down the
Trigger button will cause the pattern to
repeat for as long as you hold it down.
Release the Trigger button to stop the
pattern. Repeat as desired.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Since the Auto-
Motion patterns are being generated
from your vocal track, they will only
play as long as there is actually vocal present
on the track. If you continue to hold down
the Trigger button in a portion of the track
where there is no vocal, the pattern will cease
sounding. However, the pattern will continue to
cycle through the silence and will again sound
at the point that the vocal once again enters.
ANOTHER NOTE: The overall pitch
of the pattern is determined by the
note being sung at the moment you
click the Trigger button. If you continue to hold
down the button, the pattern will continue to
repeat at the same pitch, regardless of the
pitch of subsequently sung notes. However, if
you briefly release and then re-click the button
during a different note, the pattern will be
transposed to reflect the pitch of the new note.
Auto-Motion Pattern Generation offers
enormous possibilities for striking effects. As
always, experimentation is the order of the day
Some useful tips
Pitch Correction and Auto-Tune
Vocal Effect
1. If you’re not getting the result you want,
even though you’re sure you’ve set the
correct Key and Scale, try some other keys
and/or scales. Sometimes a melody might
actually give a more interesting effect in
other than its “correct” scale.
2. Use your host’s automation facility to
change the Key or Scale, or toggle the state
of various Note buttons, in real time. This is
particularly useful for songs with complex
chord progressions or modulations.
3. Try the chromatic scale. If you are doing
pitch correction and the singer is never
more than 49 cents off (i.e., just less than
half a semi-tone — actually a pretty huge
error), everything should work just fine,
regardless of key changes or modulations.
Although our experience shows that if
you’re going for the classic Auto-Tune Vocal
Effect, chromatic rarely provides it, for a
specific song, it might be just what you
want.
4. Create a custom scale for a particular vocal
track. Start by selecting any chromatic scale
and remove selected notes until you’re left
with a combination that sounds good.
5. Try re-pitching the vocal line. Watch Mr.
Hand and note which notes appear in the
melody. Remove one or more of those
notes from the scale and try adding various
adjacent notes. You might end up with
something interesting (but then again, you
might not).
6. Don’t forget your host’s Bypass function.
Limiting the Auto-Tune Vocal Effect to
specific phrases can provide sonic contrast
in your song.