Antares Vocal Express manual

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iii T h e O b l i g a t o ry L e g a l M u m b o- J u m b o Th e A nta re s V oc al Ex pr es s s oftwa re a nd th is U se r’ s Man ua l ar e pr ot ecte d by c op yri gh t la w . Ma kin g co pi es , ad apt at ion s, or d eri va tiv e wo rks wi tho ut t he p rio r wri tten a uth ori za ti on of An tar es A ud io T ec hn ol og ie s, is p roh ib ite [...]

iv T erm of th e Agr eem ent Th is ag ree men t is e ecti ve un ti l t erm in ate d by y ou o r An ta re s. Y ou m ay t er min at e t he ag ree men t at a ny t ime b y no ti f yi ng An tar es a nd de str oyi ng a l l co pi es of t he m an ua l, a nd er as in g V oca l Exp re ss f ro m al l mac hi ne- rea da bl e med ia, wh et her o n-l in e or o[...]

01 C o n t e n t s G e tt i n g S ta rt ed 0 3 C h a p t e r 1 A u t o- T u n e E FX 2 0 4 T u to ri a ls 1 1 A ut o- Mo ti o n V oc al Pa tt e rn G en e ra ti o n 1 3 C h a p t e r 2 P U NC H E v o 1 4 C h a p t e r 3 D U O E v o 1 6 C h a p t e r 4 W A RM 2 0 C h a p t e r 5 M UT A T OR E v o 2 5[...]

02 W e l c o m e ! On b eh al f o f ev eryo ne at An tar es A ud io T e c hn olo gi es , w e’ d l ik e to o er bo th ou r th an ks an d c on gra tul at io ns o n yo ur de ci s io n to p ur cha se An ta re s V oc al Ex pr es s, a bu nd le o f five p ow erf ul , but e asy -t o-u se pl ug -i ns fo r rec or di ng g re at v oca l tra cks . Be fo r[...]

03 G e t t i n g S t a r t e d I n st a l l i n g V o ca l Ex p r es s V oca l Exp re ss i s de si gn ed t o wo rk w ith a w id e var ie ty of d ig it al a ud io a ppl ic at io ns . Pl ea se re fe r to yo ur ho st ap pli ca ti on ’ s use r man ua l fo r mor e in fo rma ti on o n in sta ll i ng a nd u si ng pl ug -i ns . ( Alt hou gh i n m ost ca [...]

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05 1 Auto-Tune EFX 2 S o m e b a c k g r o u n d In 1 997 , An tar es fi rst i nt ro du ce d t he g r oun d -b r ea ki ng A ut o - T un e Pi t ch C or re ct in g Pl ug-In an d Rec or din g Mag az in e cal le d Au to- T un e a “h oly g ra il o f re cor di ng . ” I n th e in t erv en in g y ea rs , Au to- T un e has e st ab li sh ed i ts el f as[...]

06 H o w t o d o it Au to- T un e EFX 2 h as be en de si gn ed t o ma ke a lm os t e v eryt hi ng a ut om at ic . Si mp ly f ol lo w th e st eps b elo w: P it c h C o r r e ct i o n o r Au t o- T u n e V o c a l Eff e c t 1 . S elect an effect type Au to- T un e EFX 2 pr ov id es tw o a lt er na ti ve v ers io ns o f th e Aut o - T un e V oc al E f[...]

07 A T IP : I f y ou d on ’t k no w t he k ey o f y our t ra ck , tr ial-a nd-er r or w or k s pr e t ty w el l. S ta rt b y se tt in g Ma jo r or M in or a nd t he n ju st t ry in g o ne K ey a ft er an ot he r un t il o ne s o un ds g ood . 5. Pla y yo ur tr ack Au to- T un e EFX 2 wi l l pr oce ss y ou r in pu t v oc al a nd, d epe ndi ng o n [...]

08 So ft EFX: T ra ns it ion s be twe en no t es o f th e pa tt er n wil l be s li gh tl y le ss i ns ta n ta ne ou s. Leg ato : The no t es o f th e pa tt er n wil l gl id e s mo o th ly f r om o ne t o t he n e xt. IMP OR T AN T NO T E: D es pi te t he s im il ar it ie s, t he P at t er n S ty le s el ec t ion i s com pl e t el y in de pe nde n t[...]

09 4. T rig ger th e P atter n Pl ay y ou r tr ack . At a n y p oi n t, c l ic k an d ho ld th e T ri gge r bu tt on t o pl a y th e se le ct ed pa tt er n. Con t in ui ng t o hol d do wn t he T ri gge r bu tt on wi ll ca us e t he p a tt ern t o r epe a t f or a s lon g as y ou ho ld i t do wn. Re le as e th e T rig ger b utt on t o st op th e pa [...]

10 A ut o - M ot i o n V o c a l P a tte rn G e n e r a t i o n 1 . A ut o -Mo ti on de pe nd s on th e sam e V oic e T ype , T ra cki ng , Ke y , and S ca le s et ti ng s as p it ch co rr ec ti on a nd t he A ut o - T un e V oca l Eff ec t. E v en i f yo u ar en ’t d oi ng p it ch co rr ect io n or u si ng t he Au t o - T un e V oca l E ff ect ,[...]

1 1 A u t o - T u n e E F X 2 T u t o r i a l s Th is ch ap t er i nt ro du ce s yo u t o ho w Au to- T un e EFX 2 wo rk s by g ui di ng y ou t hr ou gh th r ee b ri e f tu to ri al s. Th e tu t ori al s r equ ir e a nu mbe r of a udi o file s. Th ey ca n be f oun d on t he A ut o- T un e EFX 2 D VD , or y ou ca n dow nl oa d th em f ro m: h ttp :[...]

1 2 T u t o r i a l 3 : A u t o- M o t i o n V o c a l P a tt e r n G e n e r a t i o n Th e b es t w ay t o be co me f am il ia r wi th A ut o - Mo ti on i s si mpl y to p la y ar ou nd w it h i t. T o ge t st art ed : 1 . L oa d t he “ hi di n ” file s fr om T u t ori al 1 a nd s e t th e con tr ol s as in st ruc te d in th at t ut ori al . [...]

1 3 C r e a t i n g , E d i t i n g a n d U p d a t i n g A u t o - M o t i o n P a t t e r n s Fo r th e ad v en t ur es om e a mo ng y ou , Au to- T un e EFX 2 ’ s pat t er ns a r e st or ed in a de dic at ed fi le i n t he s tan dar d Mu s ic XML fo rma t. B es id es ma ki ng i t eas y fo r us t o re lea se u pda t ed a nd e xpa nd ed p att e[...]

1 4 2 : P U N C H E v o VOC A L IMP A C T ENH A NC ER P U NC H E v o i s a p r o ce s so r th a t i s de si gn ed t o o pt i m i z e t h e l e v e l o f a v o ca l t ra ck t o a l l o w i t t o c ut t h r o ug h a d en se m ix w it h po w e r a n d cl ar i ty . I t pr o vi de s a co m b i n at io n o f c om pr e s si on , ga in , l i m i t i n g, a[...]

1 5 Ceiling T h i s c o n tr o l a l l o w s y ou t o a tt en ua t e t h e s i gn al after all other p rocessing. Al though PU NC H Evo allows you t o create a full - level signal wi thout risk of ugly d istorti on, it will u s u al ly b e wi s e t o ap p ly a t l e a s t a l i tt le a tt en ua ti on here to allow yourself some roo m for any furthe[...]

1 6 3 : D U O E v o VOC A L MODE L ING AU TO -DOUBL E R T he DUO Evo Vocal Mo deling Auto - D oubler a u t o ma ti ca l ly g en er at e s a do ub l ed v o ca l pa rt f r om a n y e xi s t i ng m on op h o n i c v oc al . Un l i k e c on v e n t i on al d ou b le rs t ha t s i mp ly a pp l y p it c h a nd d el ay v a r ia ti on t o t he o ri gi na l[...]

1 7 VA R I AT I O N Voc al T imbre B eh i n d t h i s u na ss um i n g kn ob l i e s a c om p a ct v e rs io n o f t h e TH RO A T E v o v oc al m od e le r . Wh e n this control is set to 0, the d oubled voic e will h a v e e x ac t ly t h e sa me c ha r ac t e r a s t h e o ri g i n al voice. A s you adjust the control in eit her direction, D UO [...]

1 8 D UO E v o ’ s t i m i n g v ar ia ti on i s co mp l e t e ly i n d ep e nd e n t o f p it c h v a r ia ti on . T o ge t a go o d idea of the ef fect of timing vari ation, use the level c on t r o l s t o l i s t e n on ly t o t he d ou b le d v o i ce . s e t Vi br a t o t o 0 a n d Pi t c h V a r ia t i on t o 1 0 . S e t T i mi ng Variatio[...]

1 9 Usag e T ips • DU O E v o i s a v a i l ab l e i n m on o a n d s t e r e o v e rs io ns a nd , d ep e nd i n g o n t h e ca p a bi li t i es o f your host prog ram, a mono -> stereo version ( wh ic h i n m os t ca s es i s t h e pr e f e r r e d r ou t i n g) . I n t h e ca s e o f t h e s t er e o v e rs io n, D U O E v o proces ses only[...]

20 4 : W A R M T UBE S A T UR A T ION GENE R A T OR So wh at e x a ctl y i s W ARM? W AR M i s a n e as y- t o-u s e pl ug -i n t ha t ac c u r at e ly mod els the sonic effec ts of recording aud io t h r o ug h a h i g h q u a l i ty a na lo g t u b e p r ea m pl ifi e r . It o ff e r s t h e ch oi ce o f t w o d if f e r e n t t u b e m od e ls [...]

2 1 t u b e “ w a rm t h . ” Ad d i t i on al ly , W AR M ha s be e n d es ig ne d t o be e xt r em el y D SP e ffic ie n t , s o t h at e v e n a r e la ti v e ly m od e s t na t i v e s y s t em w i l l be c a pa b l e o f ru n n in g W AR M o n a n a l mo st u n l i m it e d number of tra cks simultaneo usly . W hat ’ s t he bi g dea l w [...]

2 2 T u be Se le cto r W AR M i n c l u d es tw o di ff er e n t t ub e m od e ls . T h e V e lv e t (b l u e ) t ub e m od e ls t h e s ub t l e e ff e c t s o f a cl as si c h i gh - q u al it y t u be p r e am p. Wh i l e t h i s m od e l is p e rf e ct f or a dd i ng w a r m t h t o v oc a ls , i t’ s j u s t a s us e fu l f or a co u s t ic [...]

2 3 T o ad ju st t h e D ri v e a mo un t, c l i c k on t h e f ad er h an dl e a n d mo v e i t l e ft o r r i gh t t o t h e de si r ed settin g. The numer ical disp lay will indic ate the ampli ficatio n factor in dB and the tu be graphic ’ s will “ gl ow” will change to provide a n addition al visual ind ication ( i.e. , “ eye cand y?[...]

2 4 Usag e T ips At its most b asic level, WARM is d esigned to add a n e xt r e m el y ac c ur a t e m od e l o f a t u b e p r ea m p ’ s s ou nd t o w ar m y ou r di gi ta l t ra ck s. B ut w e h a v e p ur p o s e ly d es ig ne d W AR M t o h a v e a r an ge o f controls that all ow you t o push well beyond th at mod el. Here are a fe w other[...]

2 5 5 : M U TAT O R E v o E X T RE ME VOICE DE SIGNER M UT A T O R E v o p r o v i de s a co mb i na t i on o f t o o ls f o r cr e a t i ng u n u s u al , w e i r d , o r do wn ri gh t w a ck y voices. W ith high - qu ality p itch shifting , throat mod eling, a pitch -tr acking ring m odulator for “ mut ation, ” and a mind - be nding Alie niza[...]

2 6 Co ntro ls VO CAL R A NGE Use this c on t r o l t o s e l ec t t he r an ge o f t h e t r a ck y o u w i l l be p r o c es si ng . Ch oi ce s i n cl ud e s op r an o v o i c e , a l t o/ t en or v o i ce , ba ri t on e/b a ss voice and instr ument (a general set ting for any thing that isn’t actually a vo cal). M a t ch i n g t h e ap p r o p[...]

2 7 V al u e s ab o v e 1 . 00 r e pr e s e n t a w id e n i ng o f t h e t h r oa t wh i l e v a l u es b el o w 1 .0 0 r e p r e s e n t a n ar r o wi n g o f t he t h r o a t. Th e a c t ua l v a l u es r e pr e s en t t h e p e r ce n t a ge c ha ng e i n t h e t h r oa t w id t h. F or e x am pl e, a v a l u e o f 1 .2 0 r ep r e se n ts a 20%[...]

2 8 N OT E : For t he technic ally curious, what’s going on here is a unique v a r ia t i o n o f t h e t ec h n i qu e ca l l e d r i n g m od u la t i o n, a s t a p le o f e ar l y a na lo g s y n t h es i z er s . W h a t m a k e s MU T A T O R E v o ’ s m u t a t i on p r o c es s s pe c i al i s t ha t M U T A T O R E v o i s co n s t an [...]

2 9 l i g h t t o i n d ic a t e t ha t MU T A T OR E v o i s i n fa ct r e ce i vi ng t h e c lo c k s i gn a l f r o m y o ur h os t. In T emp o Sync Mo de, the Dialec t control lets you s e l ec t w h a t d iv i si on o r m u l t ip li er o f t he b ea t w il l d efi n e t h e l e ng t h a n d po si ti on o f e a ch s pe e c h segment. T he cho[...]

30 Bypa s The B ypass c ontrol lets you c om p le t e l y by p a ss t he p lu g-i n . Wh en t h e B yp a s s bu tt o n i s b l u e , t h e p lu g-i n i s p r o ce s si ng n or ma l ly . Wh en i t i s r e d , it i s b yp as se d. C li ck t h e b ut t on t o toggle i ts state. Audi o Display T h e A u di o D is pl a y gi v e s y ou a v i s ua l i n d[...]