Antares auto-tune 4 Manual Do Utilizador
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THE SCALES
Auto-Tune 4 comes with 29 preprogrammed scales. The first three scales are
equal tempered. These are the ubiquitous scales typically found in Western
tonal music. The other scales are historical, ethnic, and microtonal scales.
An in-depth discussion of these scales and their history is beyond the scope
of this manual. The interested reader will find more information in Tuning
In — Microtonality In Electronic Music by Scott R. Wilkinson, published by
Hal Leonard Books.
equal tempered. These are the ubiquitous scales typically found in Western
tonal music. The other scales are historical, ethnic, and microtonal scales.
An in-depth discussion of these scales and their history is beyond the scope
of this manual. The interested reader will find more information in Tuning
In — Microtonality In Electronic Music by Scott R. Wilkinson, published by
Hal Leonard Books.
The following is a brief synopsis of the scales:
MODERN EQUAL TEMPERAMENT:
• major: a seven-tone equal tempered major scale.
• minor: a seven-tone equal tempered minor scale.
• Equal Tempered chrom.: a twelve-tone equal tempered chromatic
scale.
HISTORICAL TUNINGS:
• Ling Lun: a twelve-tone scale dating from 2700 B.C. China.
• Scholar’s Lute: a seven-tone scale dating from 300 B.C. China.
• Greek diatonic genus: a seven-tone scale from ancient Greece.
• Greek chromatic genus: a seven-tone scale from ancient Greece.
• Greek enharmonic genus: a seven-tone scale from ancient Greece.
• Pythagorean: a twelve-tone scale dating from 600 B.C. Greece. This
scale is derived by tuning twelve pure perfect fifths upward and
adjusting the octaves downward. This leads to some pure intervals
and some very impure intervals.
adjusting the octaves downward. This leads to some pure intervals
and some very impure intervals.
• Just (major chromatic): a twelve-tone scale. Just intonation tunes the
most frequently used intervals to be pure (integer ratios in fre-
quency). These tunings depend on the mode (major or minor) and
the key. This scale is tuned for major mode.
quency). These tunings depend on the mode (major or minor) and
the key. This scale is tuned for major mode.
• Just (minor chromatic): (See Just (major chromatic), above)
• Meantone chrom.: a twelve-tone scale. This tuning is a combination
of Pythagorean and just tunings so that music in a wider variety of
keys could be usable.
keys could be usable.
• Werckmeister III chrom.: a twelve-tone scale. This scale was a first
attempt (about Bach’s time) to allow an instrument to be played in
any scale. It was in response to this scale that Bach wrote Well-
Tempered Clavier.
any scale. It was in response to this scale that Bach wrote Well-
Tempered Clavier.
• Vallotti & Young chrom.: a twelve-tone scale. Another derivative of
the Pythagorean scale designed to allow arbitrary keys.
• Barnes-Bach (chromatic): a twelve-tone scale. A variation of the
Vallotti & Young scale designed to optimize the performance of
Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.