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- Page 1 U S E R ’ S G U I D E Auto-Tune ™ Antares Advanced Tuning Effects Plug-in for Mackie Digital Mixers ® ™...
- Page 2 This icon marks information which is very important, so please make sure you have a read. “Mackie” and the “Running Man” figure are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mackie Designs Inc. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders, and are hereby acknowledged.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Saving, Loading, and Resetting a Preset ----------------- 19 Automation and Snapshot Control ---------- 22 FX Routing ---------------------------------------- 23 More about Scales------------------------------- 28 Note: Any future revisions of this guide will be available for viewing and downloading from our website: www.mackie.com. User’s Guide... -
Page 4: Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Auto-Tune from Antares. It is one of the exciting new family of 24-bit plug-ins for the D8B, specifically designed for the new Mackie Universal Effects (UFX) card. The Auto-Tune plug-in is a precision instrument for controlling pitch, allowing you to apply nuances of intonation to virtually any performance. -
Page 5: About The D8B Ufx Card
About the D8B UFX Card The UFX card provides robust processing power for computation- heavy plug-ins. The UFX card is a 4-in/4-out architecture, which means it can support four mono, two mono and one stereo, or two stereo sends simultaneously. Up to four UFX cards can be installed in the D8B, allowing up to sixteen simultaneous single- channel effects, eight stereo plug-ins, or combinations thereof. -
Page 6: Let's Get Started
• Plug-in Software We will assume you have successfully installed a Mackie UFX card and Mackie Real Time OS 3.0 software upgrade. If you have encountered problems with the installation of hardware or software please see their associated user guides or contact Mackie support (www.mackie.com). -
Page 7: Unlock Procedure
3. To obtain the unlock code, have the ESN and plug-in serial number ready. Then you have two options: • Log on to the Mackie plug-in authorization web page: (http://www.mackie.com/d8bauthorize.htm) • Telephone Mackie Tech Support at 800-258-6883. -
Page 8: Configuring The Plug-In
Configuring the Plug-in After booting the D8B you must assign the Auto-Tune plug-in to a UFX card. See FX Routing on page 23 for more details. Assign the Auto-Tune Plug-in to a UFX card 1. Click the Plugins menu and select Plugins, (or Ctrl+P on the keyboard). - Page 9 Assign an Input Source to the Plug-in • Click the plug-in’s INPUT button to select an input source. In the example below, we have chosen the Aux 5 Bus as the input to the plug-in installed in slot 5. When a plug-in is fed from an aux bus, its output appears on the FX Return channels (faders in the...
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Page 10: Using The Auto-Tune Plug-In
Using the Auto-Tune Plug-in Front Panel Overview You can think of Auto-Tune as being broken into three sections. 1. Global Controls 2. Auto-Tune Controls 3. Vibrato Controls Global Controls Auto-Tune Controls Vibrato Controls Antares Auto-Tune... -
Page 11: Global Controls
Global Controls Input Select Display & Drop-down Menu Preset Display/ Select Input Select Assign Auto-Tune’s input from any of the DB8’s pre, post, or auxiliary channels. Input and Output Meters The input meter represents the incoming signal from the D8B, with a range from –50 dB to 0 dB. - Page 12 Memory A/B Memory A and Memory B are two separate storage banks that let you temporarily store setups. This is handy for quickly referencing and comparing sounds while you are creating edits. Bypass This allows the input signal to pass through Auto-Tune without being processed.
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Page 13: Auto-Tune Controls
Auto-Tune Controls This section is a reference for all of the Auto-Tune controls and describes the function of each control. Scale Display & Drop-down Menu Key Display & Drop- down Menu Scale Detune Display & Slider Scale Selection Select the desired scale from the drop-down scale list. - Page 14 Scale Editor Click the Scale button to open the Scale Editor window. Edits made using this dialog are associated with each scale. That is, each scale retains its own edits separate from the other scales. When finished editing, click the Done button to close the window. Do Not Track Remove Column...
- Page 15 If the Do Not Track box is selected, when the input pitch is close to this note the input will be passed through with no correction. If the Remove box is selected, 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.
- Page 16 Pitch Controller The Pitch Controller is used to force the input to an exact pitch. Trigger the desired note(s) by selecting keys on the keyboard image or by using a MIDI input controller. As long as a key is selected or held/triggered from an external controller, the chosen note will adjust the input pitch.
- Page 17 Retune Speed Retune Speed controls how rapidly the pitch correction is applied to the incoming sound. The units are milliseconds. A value of zero will cause instantaneous changes from one tone to another and will completely suppress a vibrato (note that any related volume changes will remain).
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Page 18: Vibrato Controls
Vibrato Controls The Vibrato Section contains one drop-down menu and three sliders. The Vibrato drop-down allows you to select the shape of the vibrato’s pitch variation through time. The choices are: (no vibrato), sine wave, square, and sawtooth. Depth varies from 0 to 100 cents, controlling the amount of pitch variation in the vibrato. -
Page 19: Saving, Loading, And Resetting A Preset
Saving, Loading, and Resetting a Preset Auto-Tune settings can be saved and recalled from the hard drive. You can save and load files using either Memory A or Memory B. To Save a Preset: 1. Click and hold the Menu button. 2. - Page 20 To Load a Preset: 1. Click Mem A or Mem B to choose the memory location from which to load the file. 2. Click and hold the Menu button. 3. Select Load Antares Autotune to open a file. The Load Preset File dialog box appears.
- Page 21 To Reset the Plug-in: Reset will reload the previous patch. 1. Click and hold the Menu button. 2. Select Reset Antares Autotune. To Cut Preset Settings: 1. Click and hold the Menu button. 2. Select Cut AntaresAT. The current settings are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to a new preset.
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Page 22: Automation And Snapshot Control
Automation and Snapshot Control Dynamic Real Time To write automation on a loaded plug-in: 1. Engage AUTO TOUCH. 2. Engage ALL, disengage BYPASS, and send timecode to the console – the POSITION readout will change to show TC is being received. -
Page 23: Fx Routing
FX Routing The Plug-in Configuration Window Card Slot Column Plug-in display toggle Input Channel Assignment Drop- down Menu Button Card A Card B Card C Card D (no card installed) Input Source As- Plug-in Assign- ment Column signment Column User’s Guide Close Window Stereo/Mono Mode Column... - Page 24 Inserting a Plug-in into a Channel A pre- or post-DSP channel insert can also be used as the input source for a plug-in. When a channel insert point is selected, the plug-in output returns to the channel. The FX return path is disconnected, although the plug-in output is still displayed on the FX return channel meter.
- Page 25 Using an Aux Send with a Plug-in Click the associated INPUT menu button and select an Aux input source. In the example below, we have chosen the Aux 5 Bus. Send the Input Signal to the Aux Bus 1. Send a signal to a D8B mixer input channel (MIC/LINE or TAPE IN).
- Page 26 You will see the plug-in’s input meter become active as you raise the mixer input channel’s aux send. Set the plug-in input/output signal levels as you would with any effect, so the meter reaches its upper-most range every so often (always trust your ears first).
- Page 27 The FX Return Channel Switch the D8B Bank Select to EFFECTS (49-72) and bring up faders one and two (channels 49 and 50). You will also see meter activity associated with these channels. FX Channels 1&2 (channels 49&50) Stereo Plug-in The Plug button toggles between Windows menu...
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Page 28: More About Scales
More About Scales Historical Tunings Ling Lun: a twelve-tone • scale dating from 2700 B.C. China. Scholar’s Lute: a seven- • tone scale dating from 300 B.C. China. Greek diatonic genus: a • seven-tone scale from ancient Greece. Greek chromatic genus: •... - Page 29 Vallotti & Young chrom: a twelve-tone scale. Another • derivative of the Pythagorean scale designed to allow arbitrary keys. Barnes-Bach (chromatic): a twelve-tone scale. A • variation of the Vallotti & Young scale designed to optimize the performance of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
- Page 30 24 Tone: Also know as the quarter-tone scale, this scale • is used for variety but has no advantage in terms of ratios that better approximate pure intervals. 31 Tone: In addition to intervals that better • approximate pure intervals, this scale also contains good approximations to Indonesian pelog and slendro scales.
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- Page 32 ® ™ ©2001 Mackie Designs Inc. and Antares Audio Technologies. All Rights Reserved. Part No. 820-252-00 Rev. A 03/2001...
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