- Solo vocals
- Solo instruments such as guitar, woodwinds, brass, strings, etc playing one note at a time
Auto-Tune is not recommended for use on the following sources:
- Vocal groups or doubled vocals
- Polyphonic sources (chords, harmonies, etc)
- Percussive sources (drums, cymbals, etc)
- Sources processed with stereo effects (chorus, delay, reverb, etc)
- Full mixes
Using Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced
Inserting Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune can be inserted on mono or stereo tracks, however, the source should always be monophonic.
Processing Order
In general, effects like high pass/low cut filters, subtle EQ, de-essers, and gentle compression/dynamics should be used before Auto-Tune in the effects chain. All other processing such as delay, reverb, spatial effects, distortion, etc should be applied after Auto-Tune.
Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced is Unison-compatible - meaning it can be used after a Unison plug-in within Console - however extremely distorted or saturated signals should be avoided.
Tips for Best Results
Auto-Tune works best with clean, well-recorded audio. The following standard recording practices can help improve your results with Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced:
- Reduce microphone bleed and reflections by using an isolation booth, gobo, and/or overdub vocals without any other sources in the room
- Use closed-back headphones when recording vocals
- Reduce rumble by using a shock mount / suspension mount for the microphone
- Reduce plosives by using a pop filter and ensuring proper distance from the microphone
- Reduce hum and hiss by using high pass/low cut filters before Auto-Tune
- Reduce excess sibilance by using a de-esser before Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune features "Input Types" designed for specific sources. If you encounter audio artifacts when using Auto-Tune, check that the Input Type matches your source and/or try a different Input Type. The Input Types available are:
- Soprano: Used mainly for female vocals, occasionally for male falsetto vocals
- Alto/Tenor: Used for most male vocals, occasionally for lower female vocals
- Low Male: Used for very low male vocals
- Instrument: Used for instruments such as guitar, woodwind, brass, strings, etc
Tips for Reducing Latency
Auto-Tune Realtime Advanced has the lowest latency when used in Console with an Apollo interface.
- Lowering the buffer size in your DAW application
- Lowering the buffer size provides for lower latency, however it also puts additional strain on the host CPU
- How low you can stably set the buffer size on your system depends on the CPU load and processing power available from the host CPU
- Removing latency causing plug-ins from DAW output busses (including the master buss)
- Using LiveTrack Mode
- LiveTrack Mode is only available on Thunderbolt, PCIe, and USB devices (not available on FireWire)
- LiveTrack Mode reduces latency when monitoring input signals through the DAW, but temporarily increases the native CPU load
- UAD plug-ins are not processed by the host CPU, however performance when using LiveTrack mode depends on the processing power available from the host CPU
- For details, see the "Using UAD Plug-Ins" section of the UAD System Manual
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