Antares TA-1VP Manuale Utente

note and therefore pulls the phrase up to the correct 

pitch.

A NOTE ABOUT SCALE EDITS: While you remain in 

a preset, you can make edits to multiple scales and 

the TA-1VP will remember the edits and allow you to 

switch between the edited scales (e.g., to evaluate 

the effect of various scale settings on the correction 

of a particular performance). However, if you select 

another preset without first saving the first preset, all 

of your scale edits will be lost. Furthermore, since a 

TA-1VP preset includes only the scale selected at the 

time it was saved, be sure your desired scale is selected 

before saving the preset, as any edits to other scales 

will also be lost.

Pressing the SPEED button brings up this page:

  Correction Speed

  (0 is fast):   7

The Speed control determines how rapidly pitch 

correction is applied to the incoming sound. Values range 

from 0 to 25.  (The default setting is 7). A value of zero will 

cause instantaneous changes from one note to another 

and will completely suppress a vibrato and any purposeful 

expressive pitch variations (note that any related volume 

changes will remain). This will result in what has become 

known as the “Cher effect.”
Values from 6 to 10 are typical for vocals. Higher values 

allow more vibrato and other interpretative pitch gestures, 

but will slow down the rate at which pitch corrections are 

made.
Although the above suggestions can be used as starting 

points, finding the correct Speed setting for a particular 

performance is largely a matter of trial-and-error and 

depends on such attributes as song tempo, note duration 

and vocal style, among others.

This meter indicates, in real time, the amount of pitch 

correction being applied to change the input pitch to the 

target pitch. The green LEDs indicate that the input is flat 

and that positive correction is being applied. Conversely, 

the yellow LEDs indicate that the input is sharp and that 

negative correction is required.

When this button is lit, the AUTO-TUNE module is active. 

When it is not lit, the module is bypassed. Pressing the 

button toggles its state. The Auto-Tune On/Off function 

can also be controlled by MIDI and/or by a footswitch.

Pressing the COMP button brings up this page:

This page allows you to set the main compressor 

parameters. Use the cursor buttons to move from field to 

field and the Data Knob to set each parameter. For ease 

in setting the threshold, this page includes a display of 

the incoming signal level and a graphic indication of the 

currently selected threshold. The threshold must be set 

below the signal peaks for any compression to occur.
Pressing the COMP button again while the Compressor 

Page is displayed will display the Gain Reduction Meter 

Page (see below). Continually pressing the COMP button 

will alternate between the two pages.
The ranges of the parameters are as follows: 

Threshold: –36 dB - 0 dB (Default: –10 dB)
Ratio: 1.0:1 - 99:1 
Makeup Gain: 0 dB - 36 dB (Default: 10 dB)

Pressing the ATK button brings up this page:

 Compressor Attack

       40ms

The Attack Time control adjusts the speed with which 

the compressor responds to peaks in the input signal. 

The range of the control is from 1 milliseconds to 200 

milliseconds.

 

(The default setting is 7.)

While using the compressor and the de-esser 

simultaneously, be sure that the attack time of the 

compressor is long enough not to interact with the de-

esser.

Pressing the REL button brings up this page:

 Compressor Release

        200 ms

The Release Time control sets the time it takes for the 

compressor’s gain to return to normal after the input 

level drops below the threshold. The range of the control 

is from 1 milliseconds to 200 milliseconds. (The default 

setting is 120 milliseconds.)