Vocal Tuning Pitch Correction and Auto-Tune

Question 1

What does the 'Retune Speed' parameter in Auto-Tune control?

Accepted Answer

How quickly pitch is corrected to the target note

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The volume of the vocal track

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The reverb decay time

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The sample rate of the session

Question 2

In pitch correction, what is 'formant shifting' used for?

Accepted Answer

Preserving the natural timbre of a voice when shifting pitch

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Increasing the loudness of consonants

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Adding vibrato to sustained notes

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Reducing sibilance in high frequencies

Question 3

Which mode in Auto-Tune allows manual graphical editing of pitch over time?

Accepted Answer

Graph Mode

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Auto Mode

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Scale Mode

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MIDI Mode

Question 4

What is the 'T-Pain effect' in vocal tuning?

Accepted Answer

Extreme pitch correction set to 0 ms retune speed creating a robotic sound

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A type of reverb applied to vocals

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Layering three vocal harmonies

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Using a talk-box effect on vocals

Question 5

Which scale setting in Auto-Tune removes pitch correction and passes the audio unprocessed?

Accepted Answer

Bypass

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Chromatic

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Major

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Custom

Question 6

What does 'humanization' refer to in the context of pitch correction plugins?

Accepted Answer

Allowing some natural pitch variation to prevent an overly perfect, robotic sound

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Matching the singer's accent to the song key

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Converting MIDI notes to audio

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Increasing the bit depth of the recording