Waves Plug-in for Vocals and Monophonic manual

Waves T u ne Tuning Corre ction Plug-in for Vocals and Monophonic Sound Sou rc es. Software Users Guid e[...]

Introducti o n and Overvie w Waves Tu ne is a softwar e au d io pr ocesso r wh i c h a l l ows fo r co rr ection and mani pu lat ion of pit ch i n v oca ls and mon o pho nic in strum ent s. When Tun e is insert ed into a t rack of y our au dio sequencer o r editor , it detects the s ignal ’s pi t ch an d c or rects t o the nea r est “c lean” [...]

Quick Start I NSE RTI NG T HE P L UG -I N To g e t start ed, ins ert Tune ont o y our v oca l track (or m on oph onic i nstrume nt track. ) I t is impor tant tha t Tune prece des any e ffects pr ocess i ng on th e s ource. We r ec om me nd that Tu ne is y our first i nsert on th e tr ack. Impo r tant n o te t o Pr oT ool s u sers! F or pr op er ope[...]

c lear ed, i t w i ll a uto matic a l ly be gin s cann ing. The sound output w i l l r emain un co r r ected dur ing the scan, but an oran g e highl ight w i l l a ppear to in d ic ate tha t scann ing i n prog r ess. P ITC H C O RRE CTI O N A ND P I TCH C U RVE E D ITI NG After a sect ion is sc anne d an d its c or r ection cu r v e and n ote s e g[...]

Tune I nt erface Reference The Tune Interf ace i s d iv i d e d i nto th e f ol lowin g sect i ons – • G lobal Co r r ection sect i on • Segm e ntation s ect ion • C or r ec t io n Para me ter s section • Graph ic E d it ing Tool s s ect ion • Vibra t o section • Ma in P it ch E di t ing Graph G LO BAL C O R RECTI O N S EC TIO N : The[...]

S EGM E NTA TION S E CTIO N : The Segm e ntation section al l ows y ou to s e lect cond it i ons by whi ch T u ne wi ll seg me n t the cor r ect ion curve into n o te s. These cond it i ons set th e “rules” of th e C or r ec t ion Grid in dete r min ing wheth er o r no t a n ot e i s “lega l.” Th is s ect ion has tw o main parts: S cale Se [...]

natura l vibrat o manipu lat i on after you turn ed the se g m enta tion on and natural v i brat o was detected, in oth er w o rds only the s eg m e ntation butt on wi l l perfo r m Natural vibra to detect ion and on ly on d etected se ct i on you wil l be ab le t o use the manip ul at ion para met e rs. C OR RE CTIO N P AR AME TER S S E CTI O N : [...]

The Note to ol a llows y ou to s elect a not e o r mu lti p le not es in the Ed it W in d ow and perf or m vari ous act ions on an y th i ng withi n the selection. Se l ect s ingle not es b y cl ic ki ng the m or select mu lti p le no tes b y c l ick - drag ging in the Ed i t Wi n dow. N ow y ou can ed it the selec ted no tes in the pit ch cor r ec[...]

P ITC H E DIT G RA PH : The P itch E d it Graph fi ll s the l arg es t part of the Tune interface. T here a re four m ain parts to th e Pit ch E d it Graph: • Wavef o r m Ove r v iew • T ime l ine Ru l er • P iano Roll • P it ch E d itor Wavefo rm Overview At the t op of Tune Ed itor is the Wavef o r m Ov er view. It sh ows an ov er view of[...]

M in u tes/Sec – Her e, th e tim el ine is d is p layed d is p lay i n M in utes/ Seconds. The t imeli ne wi l l be l imi te d t o ten mi n utes, afte r w h ich pit c h detect i on w i l l stop. S am ples – Th is mod e shows the ti meli ne i n sa mples. Again , the maximum length is ten minutes, after whi ch p it ch detect ion wi l l stop. When[...]

Note Tune : When t he Edit S c ale butto n is on, each of the 12 not es wi ll show its temp e ra me nt, in cents. Tu ne can b e adjusted to perf ect th e n ot es’ intonation. The adjustmen t is in cents but al lows inserting sub-dec i ma l fract i ons, f or maximum r es olut ion. Note Status: The N ote Grid ass igns a status t o each not e in t h[...]

The corr ected p itch graph ma y b e furth e r edited us in g a few s imp l e to ols that change the ap pearance of th e mouse p ointer in c ont ext with i ts c urr en t funct i on. Un do/ Red o Next t o the Graph ic To ols sect ion are the U n d o / R edo butt ons. These pu ll - d own menus al low you t o view an d a c cess any point of the Undo/R[...]

Wavefo rm : Wavef or m d efi nes the shape of the sy nth etic vibrat o whi ch w i ll be a pp lie d to a select ion. Choices are: si ne, triangle, square, saw u p , saw down. Defau lt : S ine. Pre-delay: 0 to 2 0 00 ms; Default 0ms Th is is the t im e it wi ll take fr o m the star t of a new n ot e unti l the synth etic v ibrat o com m e nces. Rate:[...]

Clear Graph – Clears th e Det ect ion and Co rr ection curves fr o m th e sele cte d area, c l earing al l ana l ys is fo r tha t r egi on. Dur ing subsequ ent p layback, Tune wi l l s c an c leared re gions as thou gh the y had ne ve r b ee n scanned. Select All – Se lect s al l detected no tes on the t imeli ne and mak es th em r eady for ed [...]

W AVE S YS TE M The WaveSys te m To olba r pro vides stan dard f un ct ions su ch as preset Save /Load hand li ng, Help button etc. Th is is com m o n to all Waves P lug-i ns . How e ve r, wit h T une the re ar e so me spec ia l cons iderations w h ic h re qu ire a few uniq ue imp lem entations as f ol l ows: Setup A/B – The Tune p lug- in does n[...]

tunes su ch as 443. M u s ic transfer r ed fr om an alogue tape can exhib it p i t ch var iances due to playback spee d in consistenc ies. H owe v er you d eter mine the r ef er ence pit ch , it is v ery imp or tant t o g e t this r ight f or co r re c t tar g eting of the pitc h cor r ect ion ope ra t io n. 3) Gl obal Pitc h Sh ift- H ere y ou def[...]

Part 3: Post Sca n – General corr ecti ons After per f or ming th e scan, Tu ne constr ucts the d etected p i t ch c urv e and corr ect i on c urve. F r o m this point on, any aud io you play on thi s track wi l l b e aff ected by the co r r ect i on c urve pit ch adj ustme nt, with a l l c hanges hap p ening in real time. Re me m b er , to m odi[...]

Th is can c ause an artifac t whi ch has bec om e a creative eff ect occa siona l l y (i n cor r ect ly) r efe r red t o as the “ Ch e r Effect.” Rati o: Her e, y ou det e rmi ne h ow str o ngly to app l y the co rr ect i on. Rat io d efi nes how t ight the cor r ect ion should be, o ve r then entire t im el ine of the co r r ect i on. The defa[...]

In the opposite ca se, T une might re m ain at the sam e n o te, although the s inge r was su p posed to g o to th e n ext one. He r e th e Slic e to ol al l ows seg me nting the s ingle n ot e into separate o n es b y cl i ck ing on the point at wh ic h y ou w ant to sl ice . Cl i ck-drag t o sp l ice a wh o le se g me n t. Use the N ote to ol to [...]

stepp ing f orwar d unt il y ou ma k e a chang e and the Un do Histor y i s br o ke n. In this cas e the Red o butto n b ec om es gr ay ed out and isn ’t avai lab le. Rem e m b e r, in w orst case y ou can always sele ct the tr oub les om e or o ve rw o rk ed seg me n t, c lear it then scan i t again t o start f r o m th e b e g inn ing. MIDI Rec[...]