Waves Plug-in for Vocals and Monophonic manual

tunes such as 443. Music transferred from analogue tape can exhibit pitch variances due to playback speed inconsistencies. However you determine the reference pitch, it is very important to get this right for correct targeting of the pitch correction operation.

3)Global Pitch Shift- Here you define any global pitch shift you want to perform on all scanned signal. You would use this, for example, if you have an existing vocal take that was recorded before the song was transposed.

4)Formant Correction- Choose whether or not you want formant correction. Normally you will choose formant correction for human vocals, as well as instruments with a similar resonance (woodwinds, some brass, etc.,) as this will give you much more natural pitch shift results than without formant correction. There may be times you will want to work without formant correction, but you run the risk of the familiar “Chipmunk” sound often associated with pitch shifters.

5)Range- Setting Tune’s detection range according to the singer’s range will help detection process by narrowing frequency range scanned. While Tune’s pitch detector is designed to detect the exact pitch of the fundamental frequency of the input, some cases are challenging. Since we can’t foresee the range in which your talent sings, we assign a wide, inhuman range as default. However, narrowing the Range to the singer’s expected vocal range can reduce the risk of false detection.

6)Scale and Root - While these can be changed at a later point, setting them before the initial scan will provide results that are more immediately usable.

Part 2: Scanning – pitch detecting and initial correction curve creation.

Press Play to scan the audio from the track where Tune plug-in is inserted. Tune will automatically scan previously un-scanned segments within the ten minute limit. During the scan, the waveform display area will highlight in orange and display a “Scanning…” message. Tune is scanning the audio and preparing the initial correction curve, however the sound output is not yet corrected, so you will hear the track in its original form.

We strongly suggest that you scan an entire song or logical segment of music before you begin correcting the track. Whereas it’s possible to scan a section of a song, work on that section’s corrections, and then scan new sections, the fact that Tune will automatically switch into Scan mode when playing un-scanned regions may prove confusing. With study and experience you will develop your own way of working with Tune, but for starters we suggest you work in a methodical manner, beginning with a complete scan of the song, followed by corrections and fine-tuning.

While scanning, Tune creates the initial suggested correction curve using a set of default correction values. Speed-15ms, Note Transition-120ms and Ratio-100% are hard coded into the initial correction graph creation but can be easily edited after the scan, even before auditioning the initial correction curve.

Once you have scanned a segment of music and made your corrections, changing the underlying audio will not automatically update the graph. If you make editorial changes to a piece or re-record a segment and drop it into your audio, you will likely need to re- scan and re-adjust the graph for that section. Select and clear graph segments to refresh them. After clearing segments, Tune will relate to them as un-scanned and will scan them on the next pass.