Waves Tune Real-Time User GuideWaves Tune Real-Time User Guide 4 1.3 Concepts and Overview When Waves Tune Real-Time is inserted into a track of an audio sequencer or editor, it detects

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Contents CHAPTER1–INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................................................................................3

1.1WELCOME...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31.2PRODUCTOVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................31.3CONCEPTSANDOVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................41.4LATENCY..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................41.5COMPONENTS..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4

CHAPTER2-QUICKSTARTGUIDE......................................................................................................................................................................................................4CHAPTER3–INTERFACEANDCONTROLS..........................................................................................................................................................................................5

3.1INTERFACE...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................63.2CONTROLS...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7

CorrectionControl..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7Speed...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7NoteTransition............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8Tolerance.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8VibratoOn/Off...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10VibratoDepth............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10

PitchCorrectionRatioControlandMeter............................................................................................................................................................................................11CorrectionOn/Off......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11Correction%..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12CorrectionMeter.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12FormantCorrection...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................12

GlobalSettings.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13ReferencePitch..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13RootandScale...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13ResetScale.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14Range.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14

Keyboard..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15CorrectionRules........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15CustomScales............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17

UsingMIDI............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18ConnectingaMIDITrackorMIDIKeyboard..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................18MIDILearn.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19MIDIInputandKeyboardFunctionality.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19ReferenceTone..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20TargetPitch................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20

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Chapter1–Introduction 1.1 Welcome ThankyouforchoosingWaves!InordertogetthemostoutofyourWavesprocessor,pleasetakethetimetoreadthroughthismanual.Wealso

suggestthatyoubecomefamiliarwithwww.waves.com/support.Thereyouwillfindanextensiveanswerbase,thelatesttechspecs,detailed

installationguides,newsoftwareupdates,andcurrentinformationaboutlicensingandregistration.

1.2 Product Overview WavesTuneReal-Timeisasoftwareaudioprocessorthatcorrectspitchinvocalperformances,inrealtime.Itenablesyoutoperformstraightforward

pitchcorrectionsornuancedtouch-ups,andissuitableforliveperformancesaswellasstudioprojects.WavesTuneReal-Timedeliversexcellent

resultsinanyformofmusic,includingnon-Westernmusicalscales.Vocalists,producers,andengineersfacingpitch-correctionproblemswillbenefit

fromitsextraordinaryqualityandflexibility.

Thispluginprovidestight,natural-sounding,pitchcorrectionbycombiningformant-correctedpitchshiftingwithsmooth,controllednotetransitions.A

singer’snaturalvibratocanbepreservedormanipulated,dependingonyourneeds.YoucanalsouseWavesTuneReal-Timetomanipulatethevocal

soundandcreateasynthetic-soundingquantizedeffect.

Controlsarelaidoutinawaythatprovidesaclear,intuitive,andefficientworkflow.WavesTuneReal-Timecaneasilybeprogrammedpersongand

customizedtosuitasinger'sarticulationandstyleforanoptimalperformance.Youcancontroltheplugin'ssensitivity,chooseascale,range,and

octave,andmarkinadvancethespecificnotestofixortoletpass.

WavesTuneReal-TimeiscompatiblewithallWavesSoundGridapplicationsandeMotionmixers,andwillworkwithanyconsoleviaMultiRack

SoundGrid.

WavesTuneReal-TimeUserGuide


1.3 Concepts and Overview

WhenWavesTuneReal-Timeisinsertedintoatrackofanaudiosequenceroreditor,itdetectsthesignal’spitch,determineswhatthetargetpitch

shouldbe,andthencorrectstothenearestlegalnote.

Theplugindetectsandcorrectspitchveryeffectivelyandofferspowerfulcontrolstobringthebestresults.Butitcan’toffera“one-size-fits-all”solution

that’sgoodforeverycondition.Itcannotpredictavocalist’sintentionsormakewisechoicesifitdoesn’tknowsomethingaboutthemusic.Improperly

set,thepluginmaycorrecttonotesthatareperfectlylegal,butarenotinthedesiredscale.Themoreyou’refamiliarwiththesongandthevocalist’s

abilities,andthemoreyou’reinvolvedintheprocess,thebetteryoucanuseWavesTuneReal-Timetogetthedesiredresults.

Theplugindoesnotprocesspolyphonicsounds.

1.4 Latency

WavesTuneReal-Timereportszerolatencytoanyhost.However,delaycanbeimposedbythedetection/correctionprocess.Thelatencyisdynamic,

from0msto4ms,basedonthepitch/frequencyofthecurrentinputnote.Lower-pitchedsoundshavelongerperiodsthandohigher-pitchedsounds,

sotheirlatencyislonger.

1.5 Components

WaveShelltechnologyenablesustosplitWavesprocessorsintosmallerplugins,whichwecallcomponents.Havingachoiceofcomponentsfora

particularprocessorgivesyoutheflexibilitytochoosetheconfigurationbestsuitedtoyourmaterial.

WavesTuneReal-Timeincludestwocomponents:MonoandStereo.

Whenthesourcesignalisstereo,detectionforpitchcorrectionisbasedonasummedsignal:Sum(L+R)/2.


Chapter2-QuickStartGuideWerecommendthattheWavesTuneReal-Timepluginprecedeanyeffectsprocessingonthesourceandthatitbeyourfirstinsertonthetrack.

Forbestresults,startbyselectingaKeyandScaleandusingtheassociatedcontrols.Thenusecorrectiontechniquesthatsuityourvocalistandbring

youtothesoundyou’reafter.

1. InserttheWavesTuneReal-Timepluginontothevocaltrack.

2. SetglobalparameterssuchasScale,Root,andReferenceFrequency.

Ifyoudon’tknowthescaleofthevocal,youcanusetheReferenceTonecontrolandtheon-screenkeyboardtodetermineit.

UsingWavesTuneReal-Timefornaturalpitchcorrection:

1. AuditiontheincomingvocalandadjusttheNoteTransitioncontrol.BeginbysettingNoteTransitiontothelowestvaluethatdoesnotresultin

quantizationbetweennotes.Youmaythenwanttobackoffabitfromthissetting.

2. AdjusttheSpeedinthesamemanner.Undernormalcircumstances,setSpeedtothelowestvaluethatdoesnotproducequantizationartifacts.

UsingWavesTuneReal-Timeasaninstrumentthatenhancesnotequantization:

1. Tocreateaquantizationeffect,you’llusuallyturnofftheVibratocontrol.Butiftheincomingvocalcontainswidevibrato,turnontheVibrato

controlandsettheVibratoDepthto0.

2. SettheSpeedandNoteTransitioncontrolstotheirminimumvalues.


Chapter3–InterfaceandControls

3.1 Interface

CorrectionControlSection

PitchCorrectionRatioControlandMeterKeyboard

GlobalSettings


3.2 Controls

Correction Control

TheCorrectionControlsectionsetsthecharacteristicsofthepitchcorrection.Italsoletsyoudeterminehowtotreatvibrato.

Speed Setsthecorrectionspeed,inmilliseconds.Itdefinestheattackincorrectingasustainedpitchthat’sdriftingoutoftune.Fastervaluesresultinrapid

correctionsthatcanflattenmostofthepitchcontoursfromtheoriginalsource.Withslowervalues,WavesTuneReal-Timetakeslongertocorrectto

thetargetnote.

Range:0.1–800ms,logarithmic,in0.1-mssteps

Default:15ms


Note Transition WhenWavesTuneReal-Timedetectsthatanotehaschangedfromthepreviousone,NoteTransitiondetermineshowfastcorrectionwillbeapplied.

Setthecontrolaccordingtowhatyouwishtoaccomplish.SettingNoteTransitiontoafastvalueresultsinpitchchangesthatmaysoundjumpyand

quantized.Slowervaluesmayprovidesmoothertransitionsandpreservetheglissandowithoutcompromisingthesustaintightness.Thetransitiontime

canbesetin0.1mssteps.

Range:0.1–800ms

Default:120ms

LinktiestogetherthemovementoftheSpeedandNoteTransitioncontrols.

Range:On/Off

Default:Off

Tolerance TwocontrolssetthethresholdanddelayforNoteTransitiontotakeplace:CentsandTime.UntiltheTolerancethresholdismet,the(internally

detected)targetpitchdoesn’tchange.Thesethresholdcriteriaapplyonlywhentransitioningfromonenotetoanother.Onceeitherthresholdis

crossed,theNoteTransitionbegins.Thecontrolscanworkindependentlyortogether.

Theprimarypurposeofthesecontrolsistoeliminatenotetransitionglitchescausedbysmallirregularitiesinasinger’sperformance.Duetothe

accuracyoftheinternalpitchdetector,eventhesmallestpitchvariationoutsidethelegalboundariesofanintendedpitchwillresultincorrectiontothe

nextlegalnote.TheCentsandTimecontrolsallowyoutosethowmuchpitchvariance,andforhowlong,youwanttoallowthesingerbefore

correctionbegins.

WhenaScaleisdefinedorchosen,theintervalsbetweenlegalnotesmaybecome“wider.”Tolerancesettingscanbeusedtolocallyincreasethiswidth

evenmore.


Cents

ThevalueoftheCentssettingisaddedtothemarginbetweenadjacentnotesthattriggerspitchcorrection.Inthechromaticscale,forexample,this

half-waypointis50cents.SoiftheCentssettingis10centsandTimecontrolisOff,thenthetargetnotewillchangeonlyoncethedetectednotediffers

byatleast60centsfromthenote,andnot50.

Time

Thissetstheamountoftimethatanotemustholdbeyondthe50centspitchdetectionthresholdtoallowNote Transition tooccur.Soif

Timeissetto100ms,andCentscontrolisOff,thenNoteTransitiontimewillkickinonlyafterthenotepasses+/-50centsfor100ms.

Brief,intentional,vocalembellishmentscanresultinunwantedcorrectioniftoleranceisnotsetappropriately.Settingsdependlargelyontheaccuracy

ofthesingerandthedesiredeffect.

• Withawell-trainedvocalist,youwouldwanttokeepthesevaluesloworoffmostofthetime.

• Withalessstable,orfatigued,vocalistyoumaywanttousehighervalues.

Generally,tolerancepreventscorrectiontoadifferenttargetfromthepreviouslydetectednote,eitherbyincreasingtherangefromthepreviously

detectednote,orwaitingthedesiredamountoftimeoutsidethestipulatedrange.

IMPORTANT:Definingthecorrectscaleofthesongwillmakemostlegalnotes“wider”andprotectthemfromglitchesbetweenneighboringnotes.Set

theScaleandNoteTransitionfirst,andonlythenaddresstheTolerancesettings,ifnecessary.IncreasedTolerancesettingsdo,essentially,makeanote

wider,sinceCentsandTimecandelaythestartofnotecorrection.

BewareofveryhighToleranceCentsandToleranceTimesettings.LargeTolerancesettingsmayyieldunwantedresultsinasectionofa

scalewheretwoconsecutivehalfnotesarelegal.Oftenasingeraddsshortnuancesinpitch.Settingvaluesthataretoohighmight

“enforce”orflattencorrection,anddefeatwhatthesingerhadintended.Whentherearelargeintervalsbetweenlegalnotes,higher

settingsprobablywillnotaffecttheperformance.


Tolerance Cents Range:Off–40Default:OffTolerance Time Range:Off–300msDefault:Off

Vibrato On/Off

Thepresenceofvibratocancreateundesirableeffectsinapitch-correctionalgorithmsoit’shandledseparately.

VibratoOn–Notetransitionwillnotaffectnaturalvibrato.Thiswillpreserve,enhance,ordecreasethefrequencymodulationbetweenpitches,

dependingontheVibratoDepthsettings.

VibratoOff-Notetransitionwillaffectnaturalvibrato.FastSpeedandNoteTransitionssettingswillresultinafastpitchquantizationeffect,eliminating

vibrato.

Range:Off/OnDefault:Off

Vibrato Depth

Thiscontroldetermineswhethernaturalvibratoispreserved,diminished,orexaggerated,andbyhowmuch.WhenVibratoisOnandDepthissetto

100%,thenaturalvibratowillbepreserved,evenatfastNoteTransitionvalues.WhenVibratoDepthissetlowerthan100%,vibratoisreduced.Azero

valuewillflattenpitch.Valueshigherthan100%exaggeratethefrequencymodulationaspectsofthevibrato.WavesTuneReal-Timedoesnotaffect

amplitudemodulationinthevibrato.

IMPORTANT:Vibratorelatesnotonlytodistinctivevibrato,butalsotoflutterintheVoice,whichkeepsthecorrectionverynaturalevenataSpeedvalueof0.1.

Range:0–200%

Default:100%


Pitch Correction Ratio Control and Meter

ThePitchCorrectionSectioncontrolstheamountofcorrectedsignalthatwillbeappliedtotheoriginalsound.Thetargetnoteandtheamount

ofcorrectionappliedareindicatedbytheCorrectionmeter.Inthetwoexamplesbelow,vocalpitchis40centsaboveA.

Correction On/Off Activatesordeactivatesthepitchcorrectionalgorithm.

Range:On/Off

Default:On

Example1:Correctionknobissetto100%.Themetershows40

centspitchdown.

Example2:Correctionknobissetto50%.Themetershows20

centspitchdown.

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Correction % Setshowmuchofthedetectedcorrection(totheclosestlegalnote)willbeappliedtothesignal.

Range:0.1–100%

Defaultvalue:100%

Correction Meter Showsthetargetnoteandindicateshowmuchcorrectionisappliedtothedetectedpitch(seeExamples1and2above).

Formant Correction TurnsFormantCorrectionOnandOff.

Formantsareacousticalresonantfrequenciesthatdefinethe characteristicsofavoiceorinstrument.Formantcorrectionpreservesthenatural

characteristicsofavoicewhilepitchshifting.Pitchshiftswithoutformantcorrectionmaynotpreservethenaturalattributesofthevoice—especially

withlargepitchshifts—sincetheseresonancesarenotmaintained.

Forquantizingeffects,youmaychoosetonotuseformantcorrection.Thiscancreatetheartifactsoundsoftenassociatedwithpitchshifters.

Range:Corrected/Non-Corrected

Defaultvalue:Corrected

Meters

Thepluginincludestheinput(IN)andoutput(OUT)metersstandardtoWavesplugins.

Range:-28to0dBFS


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Global Settings

Globalsettingsestablishthescaleforasong.Theyprovideinformationnecessaryforthepitch-correctionprocesstomakecorrectassumptionsand

enableyoutolimitcorrectiontoadesiredrange.

Reference Frequency Similartothecalibrationadjustmentonastandardguitar/instrumenttuner,theReferenceFrequencycontroladjuststheoveralltuningoffsetforany

scale.

Range:+/-100cents(415.3Hz–466.16Hz.)

Default:A4=440Hz;

Root and Scale Thesedefinetherootnotefortheselectedscale.Thedefaultscaleisatwelve-semitone(half-step)equal-temperedchromaticscale.Sincethenotesin

ascaledefinethecorrectiongrid,aselectedscalepresetwilladjustthepitchintervalsofnotes,aswellastheNoteStatus(legalvs.illegal).Anasterisk

nexttotheScalenameindicatesthatthescalehasbeenmodified.

SelectaScaleusingthedrop-downmenu.



Reset Scale ResetsScalebacktoitsdefault,cancelingalluserchanges.

Range RestrictsWavesTuneReal-Time’sdetection/correctiontoaspecifiedrange(bass,baritone,tenor,sopranoetc.),bypassingcorrectionofnotesoutside

thatrange.Thisavoidsunnecessaryvocalprocessingbeyondthedesirednotes.It’salsousefulinexcludingextraneousambientsoundsfromthe

detection/correctionprocess.WerecommendthatyousetRangetothenarrowestvaluethatmeetsyourneeds.

Youcanchangetherangeofdetectionsimplybynarrowingorenlargingthegrayed-outareaontheon-screenkeyboard.Thisisdonebyplacingthe

mouseoverthecurrentrangeborderuntilthepointerchangesintoaresizetool.Click-dragtoadjustthedetectionrangeboundary.

Important:AnyNotedetectedoutsidetheRange(inthegreyarea)willbebypassed.Nocorrectionwillbeapplied.


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Keyboard

TheonscreenkeyboardrepresentsaYamaha-standardMIDIkeyboardthatfollowsthenormsofmostpopularhosts.

Correction Rules

OnceaKeyandScaleareselected,thekeyboardwilldisplayalegendoflegalandIllegalNotes.Whenaninputpitchisdetecteditwillbecorrectedto

theclosestLegalnote,inrealtime,accordingtoyourSpeedsettings.Byclickingthegridabovethekeyboardyoucantogglenotesbetweenfivestatus

states.Thisallowsyoutocustomizethecorrectiontoyourneeds.

LegalNote:Cancorrecttothisnote.

IllegalNote:Thenoteisillegalandtheoutputshouldbetunedtothenearestlegalnote.

IllegalNote,PitchUp:Correctstothenearestlegalnoteabovethisnote.

IllegalNote,PitchDown:Correctstothenearestlegalnotebelowthisnote.

BypassNote,LegalNote:Bypassthefix(nopitchcorrection).


Group Octaves

Whenthisbuttonisactive,anyedittoanoteinascalewillbeappliedsimilarlytothecorrespondingnoteinalloctaves.Whenthebuttonisdisengaged,

aneditwillapplytoaspecificnoteonaspecificoctave.


Custom Scales Twomenuitemscanbeusedasastartingpointfromwhichtocreateacustomscale.Selecting“UserScale”setsallnotesasillegal.Toggleanoteto

makeitlegal.Thisbehaviorisoppositethatofeditingascale.TheUserScalepresetisusefulforcreatingascalebyselectingthenotesthatareinyour

scaleasopposedtothosethatarenot.

TheChromaticScaleselectionistheoppositeoftheUserScale.WhenChromaticScaleisselected,allnotesarelegal.Theusercanthendeclarenotes

illegalasneeded.

Therearemany,manymorescalesavailablefromthedrop-downmenu.


Using MIDI

Connecting a MIDI Track or MIDI Keyboard WhenopeningthepluginaMIDINodeiscreated.ThisiscommontoallMIDI-enabledWavesplugins.

ConnecttheMIDIdevicetooutputtothisinstanceofWavesTuneReal-Time.TheMIDIinputcanbeeitheraMIDIkeyboardoraMIDItrack.


MIDI Learn MIDIcontrollermappingincludesaconventional“Learn”functionthatisaccessedbyright-clickingthedesignatedcontrol.Allmappingissavedwiththe

preset.

MIDI Input and Keyboard Functionality Thissectionsetsthefunctionoftheon-screenkeyboardortheMIDIkeyboardorMIDItrackatthisinstanceoftheplugin.


Reference Tone PlayinganoteontheWavesTuneReal-TimevirtualkeyboardorfromaMIDIinputwillsoundatonewhentheReferenceTonebuttonisengaged.The

Levelknobcontrolstheaudiooutputlevelofthetonegenerator.ReferenceToneisnotactivewhendynamicprocessingisenabledintheDAWandno

audioiscomingintotheprocessor.

LevelKnob:-/+18dB

Target Pitch WhenTargetPitchisselected,anoteplayedfromtheon-screenkeyboard,MIDItrack,orMIDIkeyboardforcesthetargetpitchofthevocalnote.You

canactually“play”thepitchofthevocalist’sperformance.TargetPitchcanbeusedinrealtimeforcorrectingorasanartisticeffect.Thisistrueevenif

thenoteisinBypassmode.

Anexample:IftheplugindetectsA4,andyouplayC4,thenthevocalwillbeshiftedup.ThespeedofthecorrectionisdeterminedbytheSpeedand

NoteTransitioncontrols.AnincomingnotethatisnotwithintheRangecannotbepitchedshifted.

Default:Off

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