Mackie Digital Mixers User Manual
USER’S GUIDE
Auto-Tune
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Antares Advanced Tuning Effects
Plug-in for Mackie Digital Mixers
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Contents
Introduction ----------------------------------------4
About Antares ---------------------------------------------------4
About the D8B UFX Card -------------------------------------- 5
About Auto-Tune------------------------------------------------5
Let’s Get Started ---------------------------------- 6
Requirements----------------------------------------------------6
Authorizing the Plug-in----------------------------------------6
Unlock Procedure -----------------------------------------------7
Configuring the Plug-in --------------------------------------- 8
Using the Auto-Tune Plug-in ------------------ 10
Front Panel Overview ---------------------------------------- 10
Global Controls ------------------------------------------------ 11
Auto-Tune Controls ------------------------------------------- 13
Vibrato Controls ---------------------------------------------- 18
Saving, Loading, and Resetting a Preset ----------------- 19
Automation and Snapshot Control ---------- 22
FX Routing ---------------------------------------- 23
More about Scales------------------------------- 28
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Auto-Tune 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-Tune plug-in is a precision instrument for controlling
pitch, allowing you to apply nuances of intonation to virtually
any performance. This plug-in is an implementation of the
Antares Auto-Tune pitch correcting software for the Mac and
PC. It employs state-of-the-art digital signal processing
algorithms to continuously detect the pitch of a periodic input
signal (typically a solo voice or instrument) and instantly and
seamlessly change it to a desired pitch (defined by a number of
user-programmable scales).
About Antares
Antares Audio Technologies is renowned as a developer of
innovative, DSP-based audio software and hardware, including
the ATR-1 Intonation Processor, MDT (Multi-band Dynamics
Tool) and JVP (Antares Voice Processor) DSP plug-ins.
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About the D8B UFX Card
The UFX card provides robust processing power for computationheavy 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 singlechannel effects, eight stereo plug-ins, or combinations thereof.
Note: Earlier D8Bs were fitted with 16 MB of memory. It is recommended that
you increase this to 32 MB (as fitted in newer D8Bs) if you install more than one
UFX card. Memory upgrade instructions are supplied with each UFX card.
About Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune is very easy to use. Simply identify a key and scale
and the affected signal will automatically conform to that scale
in real time, while preserving all of the expressive nuance of the
original. Auto-Tune can work while the track is being recorded
(instead of as a separate post-recording process). In other
words, the tracked vocal goes to tape (or disk) already in tune.
Of course, you can always process a track that has already been
recorded. Micro-adjustments can be automated using hands-on
D8B controls instead of a mouse, a huge advantage when
correcting melodies that have modulated to other keys or modes.
Up to 4 channels of Auto-Tune can be engaged per UFX card.
With 4 UFX cards installed, that’s up to 16 channels of pitch
correction!
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Let’s Get Started
Requirements
• One or more Mackie UFX cards
• Mackie Real Time OS 3.0 Software
• Plug-in Software
We will assume you have successfully installed a Mackie UFX
card and Mackie Real Time OS 3.0 software upgrade. If you have
encountered problems with the installation of hardware or
software please see their associated user guides or contact
Mackie support (www.mackie.com).
Authorizing the Plug-in
If you have D8B v 3.0 b186 or greater, the plug-in is already
installed on the D8B hard drive, however an authorized unlock
code must be entered to unlock the plug-in for normal operation.
An Unlocked
Plug-in
LICENSING
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1234-5167-89D1
D8B Electronic Serial Number (ESN)
Antares Auto-Tune
AUTHORIZE
D8B SETUP screen’s
LICENSING window
Unlock Procedure
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 control surface or CPU
chassis.
2. You will also need your plug-in’s serial number which is
printed on the floppy disk label.
3. To obtain the unlock code, have the ESN and plug-in
serial number ready. Then you have two options:
• Log on to the Mackie plug-in authorization web page:
(http://www.mackie.com/d8bauthorize.htm)
or
• Telephone Mackie Tech Support at 800-258-6883.
4. When you have obtained an unlock code, open the D8B
Setup window, and click Licensing.
5. With your plug-in highlighted in the Licensing window,
click Authorize, and enter your unlock code in the
UNLOCK CODE box. Click Enter, and enjoy your newly
expanded console.
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Configuring the Plug-in
After booting the D8B you must assign the Auto-Tune plug-in to
a UFX card. See FX Routing on page 23 for more details.
Assign the Auto-Tune Plug-in to a UFX card
1. Click the Plugins menu and select
Plugins, (or Ctrl+P on the
keyboard).
2. In the Plugin
Configuration window ,
locate the card slot
that contains the UFX
card you wish to assign
to.
3. In the Mode column,
click the Mono/Stereo
toggle button and set it
to Mono.
4. In the Plugin column,
select Antares
Autotune from the drop-down menu.
Note: A plug-in can also be loaded from the Setup section on the console.
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Assign an Input Source to the Plug-in
• Click the plug-in’s INPUT button to select an input
source. In the example below, we have chosen the
Aux 5 Bus as the input to the plug-in installed in slot 5.
When a plug-in is fed from
an aux bus, its output
appears on the FX Return
channels (faders in the
EFFECTS bank). The return
channel is determined by the
slot number and whether the
effect output is mono or
stereo. For example, a reverb
with a mono input and stereo
output that is installed in
Slot 5 has its outputs on FX
5 and FX 6. Note: The
default state for all FX
channels is MUTE. You won’t
hear the effect until you
unmute its FX return
channel(s).
A plug-in can also receive its input from a channel pre- or postDSP insert or the main stereo left and right bus. When a plug-in
is inserted “in line” in this manner, its output is routed directly
back into the channel. See FX Routing on page 23 for more
details.
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 section on the console.
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Using the Auto-Tune Plug-in
Front Panel Overview
You can think of Auto-Tune as being broken into three sections.
1. Global Controls
2. Auto-Tune Controls
3. Vibrato Controls
Global Controls
Auto-Tune Controls
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Vibrato Controls
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