Hailed as a "holy grail of recording" by Recording Magazine, Auto-Tune is used daily by thousands of audio professionals around the world. Whether to save studio and editing time, ease the frustration of endless retakes, or to save that otherwise once-in-a-lifetime performance, Auto-Tune has become the professional pitch correction tool of choice.

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Now, never content to leave a good thing alone, Antares introduces Auto-Tune 3. Preserving the great sound quality and ease of use of Auto-Tune, Auto-Tune 3 adds significant new features as well as a snazzy new user interface.

Key new features of Auto-Tune 3 include:

A revised core pitch detection algorithm that greatly improves pitch detection reliability in both Automatic and Graphical Modes.

"Source Specific" pitch detection and correction algorithms. Choices include Soprano Voice, Alto/Tenor Voice, Low Male Voice, Instrument, and Bass Instrument. Matching the appropriate algorithm to the input results in even faster and more accurate pitch detection and correction.

Phase-coherent pitch correction of stereo tracks.

A Bass Mode that lowers the lowest detectable frequency by about one octave to 25Hz. Since the lowest E string on a bass guitar is approximately 41Hz, Bass Mode allows the user to apply pitch correction to fretless bass lines as well as other low bass range instruments.

The ability to set target pitches in real-time via MIDI from a keyboard or sequencer track.

A new Make Scale From MIDI function for occasions when it is not clear exactly what key a melody line is in, or where the line has too many accidentals to fit comfortably into a conventional scale. For those occasions, the Make Scale From MIDI function allows you to simply play the line from a MIDI keyboard or sequencer and let Auto-Tune 3 construct a custom scale containing only those notes that appear in the line.

High sample rate (88.2kHz, 96kHz) compatibility (depends upon host application and audio hardware support)

Mac TDM and RTAS versions compatible with Pro Tools|HD (OS 9 & OS X) and Pro Tools 6 (OS X)

Enhanced MIX chip usage efficiency for more instantiations per MIX chip (TDM only).

AudioSuite version (TDM and RTAS only)

If you already use Auto-Tune, you're going to want Auto-Tune 3. It's as simple as that.

If you're one of the few who are still not convinced, we encourage you download a fully functioning 10 day trial version. Try it out on a variety of your own projects. We're confident that once you experience what it can do, you'll have to have it.

Auto-Tune 3. We made it better because we just couldn't help ourselves.

Auto-Tune 3 is available in TDM, MAS, RTAS, Mac VST, and DirectX versions. Upgrades are available for current Auto-Tune owners.

Technical specifications

Macintosh TDM, RTAS, MAS and VST

Macintosh TDM and RTAS:
A Macintosh with a PowerPC processor running OS 9.x or OS X 10.2.3 or later as required by the host application.
Auto-Tune 3 TDM and RTAS for OS 9 require Pro Tools? 5.1 or later.
Auto-Tune 3 TDM and RTAS for OS X require Pro Tools? 6.0 or later.

Macintosh VST:
A Macintosh with a PowerPC processor running OS 9.x or OS X as required by the host application.
A host program that supports the appropriate plug-in architecture.

Macintosh MAS:A Macintosh with a PowerPC processor running OS 9.x or OS X as required by the host application.
A host program that supports the appropriate plug-in architecture.

DirectX

DirectX v6.1 or later (DirectX Media Runtime recommended)
A host program that supports the DirectX plug-in architecture.

MIDI

Auto-Tune 3's MIDI functions require that your computer be equipped with a MIDI interface and properly configured system level software to allow MIDI communication with your host application. Please note: Some host applications may not support the routing of MIDI to plug-ins.