Waves Plug-in for Vocals and Monophonic - Manual (Page 15)

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The WaveSystem Toolbar provides standard functions such as preset Save/Load handling,
Help button etc. This is common to all Waves Plug-ins. However, with Tune there are
some special considerations which require a few unique implementations as follows:
Setup A/B – The Tune plug-in does not have Setup A/B.
Presets
– Tune presets will have two separate pre-set parameters blocks: Scale and
Global.
Load/Save
:
Tune will load and save presets normally. When saving presets, all parameters will be
saved. When loading a preset, you will be able to load the entire preset or just the scale
saved in a preset so that the rest of the parameters remain unaffected.
Export MIDI - This button enables the user to export the corrected notes as a MIDI file so
you can assign it to any instrument that will receive MIDI.
Using Tune
Waves Tune is designed for an intuitive and smooth workflow. Tune offers a very simple
assortment of pre-sets for beginners, but allows advanced users to tailor their work with
a rich collection of controls.
You’ll find the Tune plug-in to be most effective if you “guide” it to the correct key and
scale, based on the musical passage you are working on. With that in mind, we
recommend the following workflow for ease and efficiency.
Part 1: Global parameters and preparation for scanning
We first set global parameters for optimizing the pitch detection process. The default
parameters of Tune are generalized, so specifying some pre-scan preferences may make
the initial auto-generated correction more useful, saving you work down the line.
1) Session Start Time – In most cases when working on songs, the default session
start time is the 00:00.000. However Tune’s memory management allocates
memory for 10 minutes of pitch analysis. It’s best you study the song before you
begin the pitch analysis, to get the most out of those ten minutes. If , for example,
you are working on a long session which begins at zero and there is a vocal take
starting at 14:24.122, Tune’s memory will be full before this vocal begins, so Tune
will not track its pitch. If the vocals do not start at the beginning of a song, but
instead after a lengthy introduction, begin pitch analysis at that point. Place your
cursor at the start of the vocal take and select Acquire Session Start Time from
Timeline from the preferences pull down menu.
2) Reference pitch -The first step is to define the reference pitch of your material or
the music to which the vocalist sings. You’ll see this control in the upper left corner
of the Tune interface. The default pitch for modern Western music is middle
A=440Hz. Some special Asian and European orchestras use alternate reference