Antares Autotune 3

larryo wrote on 11/14/2002, 4:30 PM
I downloaded a free 10 day fully functional demo of Antares Autotune to try out with Vegas. After some quirks getting it to work (had to delete cache folder through "regedit" to make it appear in my directx), I jumped right in and was amazed at it's simplicity. I'm pretty much sold on it's capabilities, but have had no other experiences using any other form of pitch correction plugins. My applications will likely be sporatic vocal pitch correction, so many of the bells and whistles will go unused. I've had no system bog down so far, which is a pleasant surprise. Any opinions or suggestions from anyone on this plugin or other ones that may be better? The only other one I checked out had a free trial that couldn't save altered files, and that turned me off. Any comments would be appreciated.

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drbam wrote on 11/14/2002, 4:34 PM
I've found it to be an incredible tool when needed. I usually experiment with it in Vegas and then move the track(s) over to Sound Forge to create a permanent version. Worth every penny IMO.

drbam
ibliss wrote on 11/14/2002, 8:23 PM
Have a look at RBC Audio's Voice Tweaker Pro

It works well in Vegas, and is cheaper than Autotune.
Demo is available (I think)

Mike K
SHTUNOT wrote on 11/14/2002, 8:52 PM
So which do any of you recommend over the other? Looks really cool but how does it compare to autotune in quality/cpu usage? The RBC unit is alot cheaper but am I getting what I paid for? Thanks.
drbam wrote on 11/14/2002, 10:16 PM
You might also look at OB-Tune (you can find it at www.MusicYo.com). Its a scaled down version of Antares Autotune (Oberhiem licensed the technololgy from Antares), sounds identical and is only $50. Obviously it lacks many of the bells and whistles of the full version and like the RBC plug, it will only process mono files.

drbam
decrink wrote on 11/15/2002, 2:31 AM
I had OB Tune before I got AA3 and it didn't work when I upgraded to Win XP. Don't know if they fixed it yet but they were good about giving me the price back when I purchased the full product. Check to see if it works with XP before using. Other than that I have had great use of autotune. I had a project last year with 35 different youth voice solos and I popped that baby on about 2/3's of them and it fixed them like a charm. Their parents never knew a thing!
RikTheRik wrote on 11/15/2002, 4:22 AM
I recommend Autotune 3 far away !
This plugin is simply perfect and is a killer one. I didn't find the automode of the rbc as powerful as Antares one. With the autotune parameters, you can achieve easily *perfect* pitch correction without any artifact (I rarely spend more than few minutes tweaking the speed and track buttons before achieving a good result).
I am always surprised at the accuracy of the pitch detection of autotune.
If that is for manual pitch editing, I heard rbc is more powerful with all the different tabs and possibilities of editing.
bgc wrote on 11/15/2002, 12:35 PM
Autotune is pretty much the defacto standard, i highly recommend it.
Even though you may not think that you'll use the full power of it, the graphic mode is indespensible. I don't even use the automatic mode.
bgc