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USER’S GUIDE Auto- T une ™ Antares Adv anced T uning Ef f ects ™ ® Plug-in for Mackie Digital Mix ers.
2 Antares Aut o- T une Iconogr aphy “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.
3 User’ s Guide Cont ents Intr oduction ---------------------------------------- 4 About Antar es --------------------------------------------------- 4 About the D8B UFX Car d ----------------------.
4 Antares Aut o- T une Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing Auto-T une 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.
5 User’ s Guide About the D8B UFX Car d 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 .
6 Antares Aut o- T une Requir ements • One or more Mackie UFX cards • Mackie Real T ime OS 3.0 Software • Plug-in Software W e will assume you have successfully installed a Mackie UFX card and Mackie Real T ime OS 3.
7 User’ s Guide Unlock Pr ocedure 1. Locate your D8B’ s Electronic Serial Number (ESN). This is displayed at the bottom of the Licensing window , which is accessed from the Setup screen. The 12 digit ESN is made from numbers 0–9 and letters A–F .
8 Antares Aut o- T une Configuring the Plug-in After booting the D8B you must assign the Auto-T une plug-in to a UFX card. See FX Routing on page 23 for more details. Assign the Auto- T une Plug-in to a UFX car d 1. Click the Plugins menu and select Plugins , (or Ctrl+P on the keyboard).
9 User’ s Guide Removing the Plug-in 1. In the Plugin column, select none from the drop-down menu. 2. Click OK in the Alert dialog box. Note: A plug-in can also be deleted from the Setup s ec tion on the console. Assign an Input Sour ce to the Plug-in • Click the plug-in’ s INPUT button to select an input source.
10 Antares Aut o- T une Front P anel Overview Y ou can think of Auto-T une as being broken into three sections. 1. Global Controls 2. Auto-T une Controls 3.
11 User’ s Guide Global Contr ols Input Select Assign Auto-T une’ 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.
12 Antares Aut o- T une 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-T une without being processed.
13 User’ s Guide Scale Selection Select the desired scale from the drop-down scale list. The first three scales are equal tempered. These are the ubiquitous scales typically found in W estern tonal music. The other scales are historical, ethnic, and microtonal scales.
14 Antares Aut o- T une 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 .
15 User’ s Guide If the Do Not T rack box is selected, when the input pitch is close to this note the input will be passed through with no correction.
16 Antares Aut o- T une Pitch Controller The Pitch Controller is used to force the input to an exact pitch. T rigger 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.
17 User’ s Guide 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).
18 Antares Aut o- T une Vibr ato Contr ols The V ibrato Section contains one drop-down menu and three sliders. The V ibrato 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.
19 User’ s Guide Sa ving, Loading, and Reset ting a Pr eset Auto-T une settings can be saved and recalled from the hard drive. Y ou can save and load files using either Memory A or Memory B. T o Sa ve a Pr eset: 1. Click and hold the Menu button. 2.
20 Antares Aut o- T une T o Load a Pr eset: 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. 4.
21 User’ s Guide T o Reset the Plug-in: Reset will reload the previous patch. 1. Click and hold the Menu button. 2. Select Reset Antares Autotune . T o Cut Pr eset Settings: 1.
22 Antares Aut o- T une Dynamic Real Time T o write aut omation on a loaded plug-in: 1. Engage AUTO TOUCH. 2. Engage ALL, disengage BYP ASS, and send timecode to the console – the POSITION readout will change to show TC is being received. 3. Move a parameter or recall a patch (user or factory preset).
23 User’ s Guide FX Routing The Plug-in Configur ation Windo w Car d Slot Column Car d B Car d C Car d D (no car d installed) Car d A Plug-in display toggle Input Channel Assignment Drop- down Menu .
24 Antares Aut o- T une 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 .
25 User’ s Guide 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 T APE IN).
26 Antares Aut o- T une Y ou 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).
27 User’ s Guide The FX Return Channel ♦ Switch the D8B Bank Select to EFFECTS (49-72) and bring up faders one and two (channels 49 and 50). Y ou will also see meter activity associated with these channels.
28 Antares Aut o- T une Mor e About Scales Historical T unings • 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.
29 User’ s Guide • V allotti & Y oung 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 V allotti & Y oung scale designed to optimize the performance of Bach’ s W ell-T empered Clavier .
30 Antares Aut o- T une • 24 T one: 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 T one: In addition to intervals that better approximate pure intervals, this scale also contains good approximations to Indonesian pelog and slendro scales.
31 User’ s Guide Complimentary Doodle P age.
™ ® © 2001 Mackie Designs Inc. and Antares Audio T echnologies. All Rights Reserved. Part No. 820-252-00 Rev . A 03/2001.
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