Antares TASCAM TA-1VP Manuale Utente

Up to this point, the instructions in this manual have 

focused on how to use the TA-1VP for its primary purpose: 

creating traditionally gorgeous vocal tracks. But don’t let 

that limit you. We’ve purposely given the controls wide 

ranges to allow you to move beyond what might be 

considered useful for traditional processing. Try some of 

the following:

Auto-Tune can be used to simulate other singing 

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styles. Many ethnic styles feature exceptional (almost 

unbelievable) intonation during fast, melismatic 

passages. Setting the Speed parameter faster than 

normal (less than 5), and setting the SCALE to an 

appropriately exotic mode (for example, G A A# C# 

D D# F#) can produce exactly this result (if the singer 

improvises with sufficient global panache.)
You can also create ‘impossible’ effects (like very fast 

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octave leaps) by creating a Scale of only one note and 

setting the Speed medium fast (~5). Using a foot pedal, 

enter bypass mode before beginning the performance, 

then engage Auto-Tune while singing an interval of 

a fifth or more from the Scale note, and then re-enter 

Bypass Mode to continue with the normal performance. 

This effect can sound quite like the abruptly beautiful 

vocal ornaments of the Pygmies.
Don’t be afraid to use just as little Auto-Tune as you 

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need. It’s quite possible that a performer has really 

quite good intonation, but fails consistently on one or 

two notes. In this case, use Auto-Tune’s note Bypass 

function to bypass all the notes except the one(s) 

which need the retuning. This way, the Auto-Tune is 

working in a completely transparent mode, and only 

when needed.
Speed = 0 = “Cher effect.”

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Use Auto-Tune to create the double track, but instead 

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of using a scale that will produce the traditional unison 

double track, create a more constrained scale that 

includes some, but not all, of the notes in the main 

track’s melody. Improvising in this mode can produce 

heterophonic effects (the effect of two players and 

instruments playing the ‘same’ melody, which actually 

varies with some different pitch material). The more 

constrained your Auto-Tune scale is, the more variation 

there will be between the two performances.
To set up a drone or ambient aura behind a melodic 

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performance, use Double Track Mode in stereo with an 

extremely constrained scale (for example, in the key of 

C: C, F, G, A#). Process the Auto-Tune created double 

track through a lush, long reverb. The effect produced 

will be a steady backdrop of chanting tones behind the 

main melodic material.

Select a Source Mic that doesn’t match your physical 

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mic. In fact, try one whose characteristics are as 

different as possible from your physical mic.
Select Bypass for the Source Mic to combine the sound 

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of your physical mic with the sound of the modeled 

mic.
Extreme Proximity settings can give strange, but 

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interesting effects. Try wildly differing settings in the 

Source and Model sections.
Dynamically change Proximity settings during a 

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performance.
Overdrive the Tube Warmth section for some serious 

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gruzz.