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The actual values represent the percentage change in the throat length. For
example, a value of 120 represents a 20% increase in throat length, while a
value of 70 represents a 30% decrease in throat length.
NOTE: This control is only active when Formant Correction is engaged.
When Formant Correction is not engaged, this control is disabled
(grayed out).
NOTE: While this control gives you the ability to radically change the
throat length, keep in mind that the variation in the length of human
vocal tracts is rarely more than about 20% in either direction. If you are
looking for a “realistic” vocal characteristic, start with modest settings of
this control. More extreme settings can produce dramatic results, but prob-
ably not what anyone would call “realistic.”
Command (Mac)/Control (PC) click the control to reset it to its default value
of 100.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This function is specifically for changing the existing
quality of a voice, not for manual formant compensation for pitch shift-
ing. Auto-Tune Live automatically applies appropriate formant correction
when it shifts pitch with Formant Correction Enabled.
Formant Correction
Click the Formant button to toggle Auto-Tune Live’s formant
correction function on and o. The button will turn blue when
formant correction is active and will be pale gray when it is
inactive.
Engaging Auto-Tune Live’s Formant Correction prevents the shifting of
a voice’s resonant frequencies to ensure that its vocal characteristics are
preserved over the pitch shift range. (For a more complete explanation
of formant correction, refer to the Pitch Shifting and Formant Correction
section in Chapter 2.)
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: Over the very small intervals usually associated
with basic pitch correction, formant shifting is essentially inaudible
and Auto-Tune’s classic pitch adjustment technology still provides the
optimum results. Formant Correction is designed to be used with overall
transposition or on tracks where notes are shifted by large intervals.