First off all I want to thank my friend Stylo for sharing this information.
Intro
He hit me up through iChat today informing me that Anatares has made a “new” plugin named Antares Auto-Tune EFX. Which in basic terms, is just a simplified Auto-Tune with extreme tuning settings which can be manually switched between soft, medium, and extreme.
Antares Auto-Tune EVO vs. Antares Auto-Tune EFX
I remember loads of people in studios world wide were already making the joke that Antares should use T-Pain in their add campaigns to get more sales, or even sell a seperate plugin; which right now has happened. However, the very first one to do that T-Pain effect was on the track “Believe” by Cher. My main question is: Why would you want to buy a plugin like this? To further explain this, we all need tuning. Why buy tuning and tuning efx? Meanwhile both are already in one, which is the actually tuning (pitch correction) plugin. For me it’s simple, just buy Antares Auto-Tune EVO.
So how does the T-Pain effect work?
- In Automatic Detection Mode(not graphical)
- C Major (or whatever root key the singer sings)
- Retune-0
- Tracking-67
- Vibrato Section: All zero except for;
- Amplitude-30
- Formant-100
- Pitch knob can be tweaked for more effect.
- Voice input type: Alto/Tenor, or your choice.
- Retune is usually always at 0, but the Tracking can be tweaked for different effects.
- The Vibrato section is real important for the effect. All other vibrato settings except for those listed here are set to “0”(example- “rate”). Usually I have maxed out the Formant and Amplitude settings, but its track dependant.
NOTE: Auto Tune needs to be correcting the pitch to get good effect. Therefore I first apply Waves Tune on the vocal to get it sounding right before I apply the Auto-Tune effect. This way the effect will sound much smoother and solid.
Signing out,
Yours Truly
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