Mackie Digital Mixers manual

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. Part No. 820-252-00 Rev . A 03/2001 © 2001 Mackie Designs Inc. All Rights [...]

3 User’ s Guide Cont ents Intr oduction ---------------------------------------- 4 About Antar es --------------------------------------------------- 4 About the D8B UFX Car d -------------------------------------- 5 About Auto- T une ------------------------------------------------ 5 Let’ s Get Started ---------------------------------- 6 Requ[...]

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. The Auto-T une plug-in is a precision instrument for controlling pitch, allowing you to apply nuances of intonation to virt[...]

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 . Up to four UFX cards can be installed in the D8B, allowing up to sixteen simultaneous [...]

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 3.0 software upgrade. If you have encountered problems with the installation of hardware or software please see their associated u[...]

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 . It is unique to the D8B processor , and is not the serial number label on the rear of the contr[...]

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). 2. In the Plugin Configuration window , locate the card slot [...]

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. In the example below , we hav[...]

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. V ibrato Controls Using the Auto- T une Plug-in Global Contr ols Auto- T une Controls Vibra to Controls[...]

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. The output meter is located just beneath the input meter . Menu Button The drop-down menu bu[...]

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. Click the button again to resume processing. S[...]

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. An in-depth discussion of these scales and their history is beyond the scope of[...]

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 . The Edit Scale window displays each note of the curren[...]

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. If the Remove box is selected, then the note is simply removed from the current scale. For example, selecting the Chromatic scale and then setting C#, D#, F#, G#, A# to Remove would cause a C Major[...]

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. Only when you[...]

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). V alues from 10 to 50 are typical fo[...]

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. Depth varies from 0 to 100 cents, controlling the amount of pitch varia[...]

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. Select Save User Preset to overwrite the file currently opened. 3. Select Save User Preset As to s[...]

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. Click INTERNAL if the file is on the internal drive, or click FLOPPY if the file is on a floppy [...]

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. Click and hold the Menu button. 2. Select Cut AntaresA T . The current settings are temporarily stored in the clipboard memory in case you want to paste them to a new pres[...]

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). Subsequent edits to any recorded automation m[...]

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 Button Input Sour ce As- signment Column Plug-in Assign- ment Column Close Window Ster eo/Mono Mode Column Ster eo/Mono T oggle Button[...]

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 . A plu[...]

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). 2. Assign the input channel V -Pot/GUI Control Pot to an aux se[...]

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). This can be accomplished from the console or GUI. Pre-[...]

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. FX Channels 1&2 (channels 49&50) Ster eo Plug-in The Plug button toggles between Windows menu buttons and FX buttons (lower lef t o[...]

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. • Greek chromatic genus: a seven-tone scale from ancient Greece. • Greek enharmonic[...]

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 . Ethnic T unings • Indi[...]

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.[...]

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