Antares AutoTune EFX 2

Powered by the same core technology as Antares' professional standard Auto-Tune 7, Auto-Tune EFX 2 is the quickest, easiest-to-use tool for real-time pitch correction and creating the iconic Auto-Tune Vocal Effect. And now, with its new Auto-Motion™ Vocal Pattern Generation, you can add a variety of intricate musical patterns to your track for an entirely new (and sonically dramatic) vocal effect.

Designed to make almost everything automatic, Auto-Tune EFX 2 provides two different flavors of the iconic Auto-Tune Vocal Effect as well as Antares' world-renown real-time pitch correction. Just select your desired effect type, set the key and scale of your track, and Auto-Tune EFX 2 does the rest. For songs with complex chord progressions or modulations, you can optionally set up custom scales or use your host's automation facility to allow the processing of virtually any vocal line.

New in Auto-Tune EFX 2 is Auto-Motion Vocal Pattern Generation. Auto-Motion takes advantage of Auto-Tune's superb pitch-shifting ability to add intricate musical patterns to a vocal performance.

Pitch Correction

Like Auto-Tune 7, Auto-Tune EFX 2's pitch correction works by continuously tracking the pitch of your vocal and comparing it to the notes in a (customizable) scale. The scale note closest to the input pitch is identified as the target note. If your vocal's pitch exactly matches the target note, no correction is applied. If your vocal's pitch varies from the target note, either sharp or flat, the output pitch is smoothly corrected to the target note.

Auto-Tune Vocal Effect

The Auto-Tune Vocal Effect is what is technically known as “pitch quantization.” Instead of allowing all of the small variations in pitch and the gradual transitions between notes that are a normal part of singing, the Auto-Tune Vocal Effect limits each note to an exact pitch, stripping out any variation, as well as forcing instantaneous transitions between notes.

Auto-Motion Vocal Pattern Generation

Auto-Motion Vocal Pattern Generation is a new effect that adds intricate musical patterns to a vocal performance. Patterns are selected from a built-in (and expandable) library in a variety of styles and can be synced to your host's tempo at various beat divisions. At any point in your vocal track, simply click the Auto-Motion Trigger button to send your vocal on a melodic adventure.

Create Your Own Auto-Motion Patterns
 With Auto-Tune EFX 2, you're not limited just to our Auto-Motion patterns. Since Auto-Tune EFX 2's patterns are stored in standard MusicXML format, you can use any application that can open and edit MusicXML files (and there are free open source apps that can do that) to edit existing patterns and create entirely new patterns of your own. So your vocal tracks can always feature your own unique Auto-Motion effects.

SPECIFICATIONS

Auto-Tune EFX 2 is available for:
Macintosh (Intel Only)
* RTAS
* VST
* Audio Units

  PC
* RTAS
* VST

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Auto-Tune EFX 2 Native for Macintosh and PC
Macintosh Versions
RTAS
* Pro Tools or Pro Tools LE 7.x or later
* Mac OS 10.4.11 or later as required by your version of Pro Tools

VST
* A certified compatible VST host program.
* Mac OS 10.4.11 or later as required by your host

Audio Units
* A certified compatible AU host program.
* Mac OS 10.4.11 or later as required by your host

PC Versions
RTAS
* Pro Tools or Pro Tools LE 7.x or later
* Windows 7, Vista or XP (32 bit only) as required by your version of Pro Tools

VST
* A certified compatible VST host program.
* Windows7, Vista or XP (32 bit only) as required by your host

 Auto-Tune EFX 2 authorization requires an iLok USB smart key (sold separately) and the ability to access ilok.com (on any computer).