User`s manual

Chapter 1: Getting Started

What’s New in Auto-Tune 3

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Auto-Tune, you will find

that most all of what you’re already doing will continue to work in Auto-

Tune 3, only better.

The following are the key new features that have been added in Auto-

Tune 3:

• A revised core pitch detection algorithm that greatly improves pitch

detection reliability in both Automatic and Graphical Modes.

•“Source Specific” pitch detection and correction algorithms. Choices

include Soprano Voice, Alto/Tenor Voice, Low Male Voice, Instrument,

and Bass Instrument. Matching the appropriate algorithm to the input

results in even faster and more accurate pitch detection and correction.

• Phase-coherent pitch correction of stereo tracks.

• A Bass Mode that lowers the lowest detectable frequency by about one

octave to 25Hz. Since the lowest E string on a bass guitar is approxi-

mately 41Hz, Bass Mode allows the user to apply pitch correction to

fretless bass lines as well as other low bass range instruments.

• The ability to set target pitches in real-time via MIDI from a keyboard or

sequencer track.

• A new Make Scale From MIDI function for occasions when it is not clear

exactly what key a melody line is in, or where the line has too many

accidentals to fit comfortably into a conventional scale. For those

occasions, the Make Scale From MIDI function allows you to simply play

the line from a MIDI keyboard or sequencer and let Auto-Tune 3

construct a custom scale containing only those notes that appear in the

line.

• High sample rate (88.2kHz, 96kHz) compatibility (depends upon host

application and audio hardware support).

• Enhanced MIX chip usage efficiency for more instantiations per MIX

chip (TDM only)

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