Hailed at its introduction as a "holy grail of recording" by Recording
magazine (and adopted worldwide as the largest-selling single audio plug-in of
all time), Auto-Tune corrects intonation and timing problems in vocals or solo
instruments, without distortion or artifacts, while preserving all of the
expressive nuance of the original performance - with audio quality so pristine
that the only difference between what goes in and what comes out is the
intonation and timing. All with a user-interface that is a model of clarity,
speed and ease-of-use.
And now, with its new-from-the-ground-up time manipulation capabilities,
Auto-Tune 7 represents the most substantial advancement in functionality since
Auto-Tune’s original introduction in 1997.
For most common pitch problems, Auto-Tune 7's Automatic Mode instantaneously
detects the pitch of the input, identifies the closest pitch in a user-specified
scale (including minor, major, chromatic and 26 historical and microtonal
scales), and corrects the input pitch to match the scale pitch. A Retune Speed
control lets you match the retune rate to virtually any performance style as
well as create the iconic Auto-Tune Vocal Effect (the T-Pain/Cher-style
effect).
For meticulous pitch and time editing, Auto-Tune 7's Graphical Mode displays
the performance's detected pitch envelope and allows you to modify pitch and
timing with a variety of easy-to-use graphical tools. This mode gives complete
control over the correction or modification of the most elaborate expressive
pitch and rhythmic gestures.
Auto-Tune is used daily by thousands of audio professionals around the world.
Whether to save studio and editing time, ease the frustration of endless
retakes, save that otherwise once-in-a-lifetime performance, or create the
Auto-Tune Vocal Effect (the Cher/T-Pain-style effect), Auto-Tune is the
overwhelming tool of choice.
What's New in Auto-Tune 7
By far the most dramatic addition to Auto-Tune 7 is its entirely new time
correction and manipulation system. Seamlessly integrated into the Graphical
Mode interface, Auto-Tune 7’s time control capabilities allow to you quickly and
easily edit the timing of your vocals right along with their pitch.
Auto-Tune 7 also features the second generation of Antares' Evo™ Voice
Processing Technology, offering even more natural pitch shifting and throat
modeling, along with a host of time-saving workflow enhancements.
Key New Auto-Tune 7 Features Include:
- Integrated time correction and manipulation: Auto-Tune
7’s time control capabilities combine an extremely high-quality time shifting
algorithm with an exceedingly intuitive user interface designed to make it
quick and easy to correct timing errors or exercise your creative imagination.
Auto-Tune 7’s time manipulation functions include the ability to move a point
in time within a selected range as well as move a range in time within a
larger range. The time functions have their own Undo/Redo controls independent
of the pitch correction controls and an Enable button that allows you to
instantly switch between your original audio and your time shifted audio.
- Evo™ Voice Processing Technology: In 2008, Auto-Tune Evo
introduced Antares’ seriously evolved Evo Voice Processing Technology, setting
a new standard in pitch detection, pitch shifting, and formant processing
performance. In the intervening years, Evo Voice Processing Technology has
been integrated into Antares’ full line of vocal processing tools. Now, with
Auto-Tune 7, we are introducing the second generation of Evo Voice Processing
Technology, offering even more natural (if you want it to be) pitch shifting
and throat modeling over a wider transposition range.
- Create target notes from MIDI in Graphical Mode:
When tracking pitch in Graphical Mode, Auto-Tune 7 will record any MIDI note
information routed to it (either from another MIDI track or live from a MIDI
controller) and (optionally) display the data on the Pitch Graph Display. You
can then use the new Make Notes From MIDI function to convert the MIDI
information into Note Correction Objects. Perfect for fine-tuning the
Auto-Tune Vocal Effect or even completely redefining melodies.
- Adjust Throat Length on an individual correction object
basis: To give you maximum control over the timbre of your vocal
tracks, Throat Length Adjustment is now an independent property of each
individual correction object (Curve, Line or Note). While the overall Throat
Length is still set by the master Throat Length knob, each correction object
can have its own independent adjustment (either longer or shorter) as desired.
- Enhanced Amplitude Envelope Display: Whenever time
control is enabled, the Amplitude Envelope Display will display both the
original audio and the time-shifted audio, updating in real time as you make
your edits. So you'll always be able to see at a glance the results of your
time edits relative to the original audio.
- Enhanced Graphical Mode Adjust Vibrato function:
Auto-Tune 7's new Adjust Vibrato let's you modify the depth of any natural
vibrato in the original performance. And since it is additive, acting on any
already existing correction object, you are free to you to work on pitch
correction and vibrato adjustment in any order desired.
- Amplitude envelope in the graphical editing window: A
display of the tracked audio’s amplitude envelope now appears as a background
element in the graphical editing window. While its primary function is to help
make precise selections for time shifting, since it is always visible in the
center of the window, it provides a helpful indication of the presence of
tracked audio, even if that audio is currently beyond the upper or lower
boundaries of the window.
- Expanded keyboard shortcuts: Auto-Tune 7's Key Binding
system has been expanded to allow you to program custom keyboard access to the
new time manipulation tools and controls.
- Smooth continuous scrolling of graphical audio data: If
you have selected Auto Scroll in Graphical Mode, the graphical data will
scroll smoothly across the screen during playback, maintaining the currently
playing audio at the vertical center of the window.
- The option to display the graphical timeline in bars and
beats: Primarily designed as reference for time manipulation, you can
now display the graphical timeline in either absolute time or as bars and
beats relative to your project’s tempo.
- Increased vertical zoom range in Graphical Mode: For ease
of extremely precise pitch editing, you can now zoom all the way in to the
one-cent-per-pixel level.
And lots more...
For well over a decade, Auto-Tune has stood alone as the worldwide standard
in professional pitch correction. Now, with Auto-Tune 7, there’s finally a tool
that brings the same combination of power, superb audio quality and ease of use
to rhythmic editing.
Auto-Tune 7. It’s about time.